new eyes tomorrow - hope to shoot iron sights again

[Alexx1401]

You should change your motto to…

I LIKE that one!

 

[rjmt]

to all, thanks for your good wishes
it's something all of us will deal with sooner or later
and to us shooters, accuracy is one thing, but good vision is paramount!

what I have noted even on this first day is light transmission and color acuity
as part of my testing, I'll shoot in low light down in my forest with iron sight on the Marlin 336 and a Zeiss 3x9 40MM

 

[rjmt]

my new eye is starting to focus - still dilated so bright light hurts
a patient at the clinic told me a trick - take the lens out of your glasses for the new eye, therefor your focus is balanced

tonight I took out 2 pistols for dryfire only - a glock and my 5"bbl 686
I found the target at 35 yrds is now in sharp focus, the front sight is sharp focus, the rear sight is slightly blurred, but I can focus with the Tritium 3 dot system
I can live with this for pistol shooting

still have to wait for the eye to fully adjust to try my rifles at 100 yrds

next eye is next Tue

 

[rjmt]

NOTICE
after 2 bottles of wine, even an artificial lens goes out of focus

 

[Flopsweat]

NOTICE
after 2 bottles of wine, even an artificial lens goes out of focus

Well, scratch that plan. Should have known it was to be too good to be true.

 

[Stomper]

Well, scratch that plan. Should have known it was to be too good to be true.

Two bottles? Hell, after two glasses of GOOD wine I'm fighin' to stay off the floor.

I'm an occasional social drinker, but I'm generally anti-social so…..

 

[rjmt]

Two bottles? Hell, after two glasses of GOOD wine I'm fighin' to stay off the floor.

I'm an occasional social drinker, but I'm generally anti-social.

na - this is box wine - I'm a struggling pensioner
each box is equal to 4 bottle

 

[Stomper]

na - this is box wine - I'm a struggling pensioner
each box is equal to 4 bottle

Welp, since you'll have "new eyes" maybe you can make ends meet with some intricate wood carvings sans blood-stains from cutting your fingers.






OK, that was random and I don't really know where that came from…. I'm just typing and usually don't know how it ends until I'm done typing.

 

[Flopsweat]

Welp, since you'll have "new eyes" maybe you can make ends meet with some intricate wood carvings sans blood-stains from cutting your fingers.






OK, that was random and I don't really know where that came from…. I'm just typing and usually don't know how it ends until I'm done typing.

So you're pretty good ad-lib. Or is that ad-progressive?

 

[rjmt]

Welp, since you'll have "new eyes" maybe you can make ends meet with some intricate wood carvings sans blood-stains from cutting your fingers.






OK, that was random and I don't really know where that came from…. I'm just typing and usually don't know how it ends until I'm done typing.

 

[Flopsweat]

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That looks like more than a knife. A buddy of mine drove a masonry bit through his hand once. It doesn't look as bad as that.

 

[Stomper]

So you're pretty good ad-lib. Or is that ad-progressive?

I think it's just called schit-posting…. can't be too sure.

 

[Flopsweat]

I think it's just called schit-posting…. can't be too sure.

I would go with that.

 

[Stomper]

That looks like more than a knife. A buddy of mine drove a masonry bit through his hand once. It doesn't look as bad as that.

Well there's his problem…. he's supposed to use nails!

 

[rjmt]

That looks like more than a knife. A buddy of mine drove a masonry bit through his hand once. It doesn't look as bad as that.

that was from a 9mm FMJ through my let hand 3 years ago on my remote property
luckily the muzzle blast cauterized the wound and nerves and it didn't hurt that bad
my son cared for the wound until paramedics arrived
and when someone says that "they are coming for my guns", even after a 911 call and paramedic response, county sheriffs NEVER showed up
not then, not next day, not next week
as long as there was no dead body, it was low on their priority list

 

[Flopsweat]

that was from a 9mm FMJ through my let hand 3 years ago on my remote property
luckily the muzzle blast cauterized the wound and nerves and it didn't hurt that bad
my son cared for the wound until paramedics arrived
and when someone says that "they are coming for my guns", even after a 911 call and paramedic response, county sheriffs NEVER showed up
not then, not next day, not next week
as long as there was no dead body, it was low on their priority list

Wow, good news on the legal front. How much range of motion do you have now?

 

[rjmt]

Wow, good news on the legal front. How much range of motion do you have now?

2 fingers still numb, can close my hand half way
use a weight lifting claw for lifting heavy objects

 

[rjmt]

a LEO showed up in the hospital after i was under morphine
asked what hapened - Says I " I was shooting my Glock ------"
he nods his head and says "we hear that a lot!"
never even asked to see the firearm
the feedback from this forum figured out it was a hang fire from bad ammo
medical sent me to therapy that specialized in gunshot wounds
when I told them I was shooting my Glock, they nodded their head and said "we hear that a lot"
I kept the Glock and still shoot it, not the Glocks fault

 

[po18guy]

I will watch this with great interest.

I think I've needed and wanted such a procedure for a long time. Kaiser (medicare) always says it's not bad enough.

I went to Costco a while back for an eye check and new glasses, as they are cheaper than just my co-pay alone is at Kaiser optical. He said I need the surgery.

Do not be afraid. After years of chemo and high dose steroids, I had "world class" cataracts, per the surgeon. Bad enough that one evening they caused me to ride my motorcycle straight on a curvy road. But, what's a broken collarbone, shoulder and 5 ribs into 12 pieces among friends? Anyway, the difference is remarkable, especially in your perception of color. I do get the spider web effect*, depending on the color of light at night, but that is a small price to pay to halt increasing blindness.

*This is not from cataract surgery, but a side effect of the engineered lenses which replaced my own.

 

[rjmt]

second eye today
Doc said it could be a month before both eyes are focused
no shooting or driving until then
will get back to you when healed