Aggieddad02 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Ron, shot my first match this past weekend after 11 weeks off with broken ankle. Thought I shot the stages pretty good but knew I hosed the classifier. When scores were posted it appears I hosed everything. Shooting MS Classic in mid May and I don't know if I can shoot enough matches between now and then to come up to respectful status, but I am shooting with my son and lots of friends so it will be fun I am sure. Thanks so much for your time spent documenting your progress I had planned to do this but feel certain you helped concrete that decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CocoBolo Posted April 9, 2012 Author Share Posted April 9, 2012 4 weeks right 3 weeks on the left eye. Floaters in the left are fading. Vision is very good. No more drops in the right eye. One more week of drops in the left eye. Shot a match Saturday, changed to another gun for this match and shot 75% finished 5th overall. Much better than last match. Today I went out with all 4 open guns and my rifle and did Zero Check, just in case my eyes changing changed the Zero, Well 3 of the 4 guns were spot on, the one I had been shooting was way off so I shot a bunch of rounds thur it only to find the C-more is bad and will not hold zero, get it dead on shot 10 rounds and it is 4" high again. Explains that one bad match or two. My rifle was dead on. So just somemore shot gun practice and I'm ready for the big 3 gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CocoBolo Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Just returned for shooting the Texas Multigun Championship. Now some 6 weeks since eye one was done. Interesting that I could see things others could not. On the long range stage since it rained no one could tell where they were hitting no dust signatures, but I could see exactly where I was hitting, I could see the dirt behind the steel and when the hit came in the little clods would move, I adjusted but not quick enough. Being more than two years since I hammered down on a rifle beyond 25 yards, taking the wrong ammo, and just a few other mistakes helped me run out of time before making it to the 500 yard targets. I was using a 3x weaver, they were using similiar but much more expensive optics. Bottom line, vision is great! Nice to be able to see the targets even when not painted, when they blend with the bearm for others, and before looking thru the optic. I didn't finish well in the match but, the first shotgun stage my open shot gun died, on the last the shared tactical gun jammed up after the 2nd slug shot, not a good finish with 220 seconds of penalties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngeyes Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 There is nothing in life better than good vision. ... until you look in the mirror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary1911A1 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 There is nothing in life better than good vision. ... until you look in the mirror. Off topic, but you made me think of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNTHzJ5YxNs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shopgun Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Ron, just got in from the eye doctor and doing the measurements. I have to go back in 2 weeks to confirm the final measurements but looks like we are going with the multifocal lens based upon my daily work habits, lot of computer work and financial analysis. I sure hope that doesn't screw my shooting habits any worse. Shot my first match this past weekend after the broken ankle recovery and finished dead last on all but one stage and hosed the classifier. Shooting semi-automatic pistol in full-automatic mode doesn't help. Hoping my results are as good as yours. Thanks again You are going to absolutly LOVE the multifocals. It's been a little over two years for me and a year & a half for my wife since we had the procedures. I'm still in awe at what I can see. Have not shot my open gun since, so much fun seeing the sights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggieddad02 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Ron, after having to delay the surgery for 2 weeks due to an abrasion in one eye I had the left eye done this past Wednesday. Procedure is a piece of cake just as you have described, however, the anesthesia made me sick as a dog. Definitely going to have a heart to heart talk with the anesthesiologists for the next one. Post op visit showed 20/50 which sounds weird but the doctor says that is good and will definitely get better. My shooting has definitely been put on hold and look forward to getting finished so I can get back to it. Thanks for your posts if was a big help. Walter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CocoBolo Posted June 9, 2012 Author Share Posted June 9, 2012 Ron, after having to delay the surgery for 2 weeks due to an abrasion in one eye I had the left eye done this past Wednesday. Procedure is a piece of cake just as you have described, however, the anesthesia made me sick as a dog. Definitely going to have a heart to heart talk with the anesthesiologists for the next one. Post op visit showed 20/50 which sounds weird but the doctor says that is good and will definitely get better. My shooting has definitely been put on hold and look forward to getting finished so I can get back to it. Thanks for your posts if was a big help. Walter Yes, my first post op on both eyes was 20/50. After a week it was 20/20. Now more than 2 months out I'm truely enjoying being Bionic! I can stand at the start box and score the whold stage those 9 mm holes look like some one drove a truck thru the target! See that No Shoot on the first target on the right, two young guys with good eyes go No, you can't see that then they walk up about 10 yards and go, wow he saw that. So it gets way better. It has take a bit to get the benefit in my shooting but I definately am shooting better, I was in that 50 something % finishing matches with tight stages and that is now 70+% now. I figured out the reading glasses thing and bought another 3 pack for $11 at target 1.75's and life is good! Grab a pair of sun glasses the world is bright when you can see! Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianH Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Keep updating this if you don't mind. I find it very interesting (the eye) and how they are able to fix most things that go wrong with it. My eye doc was telling me there is work going on where they are using some flexible type of lens that will react very closely to the normal lens as in being able to change shape as it focuses on near and far. Said the natural lenses become less flexible with age but the muscles that control the lens still work pretty good. Also said it will probably not be perfected in our lifetime I bet it is.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggieddad02 Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 OK Ron headed in to do the right eye tomorrow and looking forward to getting this finished. For the last 2 weeks I have walked around and sat in traffic looking through the good eye and then the bad eye for comparison pruposes. You are right this is a blessing to have done. I am so excited with the vision that I ordered the Rudy Rydon Shooting kit today. By the way if you shoot the Texas Limited look for my son Brandon with Team Boomershooter, I told him to look for you and tell you hello. Walter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CocoBolo Posted June 21, 2012 Author Share Posted June 21, 2012 OK Ron headed in to do the right eye tomorrow and looking forward to getting this finished. For the last 2 weeks I have walked around and sat in traffic looking through the good eye and then the bad eye for comparison pruposes. You are right this is a blessing to have done. I am so excited with the vision that I ordered the Rudy Rydon Shooting kit today. By the way if you shoot the Texas Limited look for my son Brandon with Team Boomershooter, I told him to look for you and tell you hello. Walter In a couple weeks you will be amazed at how much better you see with two good eyes. When I had one done I was doing the same thing cover one and then the other and compare the vision. It was like the sun comes up when you look thru the eye with the cataract gone! My floater's in my left eye are now not noticable, I really have to look for them but they are getting smaller and more transparent, at the point of no longer being a distraction. Good Luck and let us know how it goes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggieddad02 Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Well Ron, yesterday everything just clicked and the second eye came through. I am sure you saw the same thing where all of a sudden it just seemed to be normal again. I lay in bed and change channels to read the credits at the end of shows and think how cool and with no glasses or contacts. Will be 2 weeks before follow-up appt on second eye so we will see what it checks out at. Fist eye was 20/30 a week after the procedure and was hoping for a little better than that but that is entirely doable. Still doing the drop regime and looks like 3 or 4 weeks of drops to go but no big deal. Thanks for the "encouragement" in your daily posts. Walter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CocoBolo Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 Well Ron, yesterday everything just clicked and the second eye came through. I am sure you saw the same thing where all of a sudden it just seemed to be normal again. I lay in bed and change channels to read the credits at the end of shows and think how cool and with no glasses or contacts. Will be 2 weeks before follow-up appt on second eye so we will see what it checks out at. Fist eye was 20/30 a week after the procedure and was hoping for a little better than that but that is entirely doable. Still doing the drop regime and looks like 3 or 4 weeks of drops to go but no big deal. Thanks for the "encouragement" in your daily posts. Walter Good to hear you are doing well. It is still early and they could improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3quartertime Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Moved for archival purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CocoBolo Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 The Final Chapter: Had my 4 month check up today. 20/10 in both eyes no Astigmatism. As asked the tech after all the test if I needed glasses, she said if I had glasses I could see thru walls. The DR/Surgeon was very pleased with the results, so am I. My shooting has improved and I hope to continue to improve. To deal with glasses and reading I ordered a pair of progressive/transitional glasses, they get dark in light. Now I don't have an excuse anymore for not keeping score at a match on the nooks. This also will let me work in my shop without taking the reading glasses off and on etc. So I'm set. My only regret is I didn't get it done sooner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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