-> We have entrepenuers here pushing laser eye surgery, but the  
-> public image of outcomes does not enjoy good press;  I've not  
-> enquired myself 'cos mine are age-related... 
  
I know several youngish people who have had their refractive errors 
corrected that way, and they are all very happy with the results. But 
of course everything works better on young people than older ones, 
since they can "accommodate" their lenses to compensate for any 
residual error. We "seniors" can't do that. 
  
For ten years or so, I wore contact lenses, and had one eye corrected 
for distance and the other for close-up. After a bit of practice, my 
brain got used to this situation, and I could see perfectly clearly at 
both distances. I have heard of the same idea being used with laser 
surgery, so even an older patient can see both distance and close-up 
without glasses or contacts. 
  
However, there is a problem with middle-distance. This is one of the 
reasons why I now wear graduated-focal glasses. By looking through the 
right part of the lens, I can see close-up, distance, or anywhere in 
between perfectly clearly. They took a while to get used to, but now I 
love them. 
  
                                dow 
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