Lasik Eyes Surgery - Maclua Degenertions

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Maclua Degenertions

For God So Loved The World Deb

2005-05-18, 11:45 am

Ragnar

2005-05-18, 11:45 am

Most people think of a disease as something that is contagious, so
disease isn't the best word for it, but it's unusual to have it in one
eye and not the other.
Also, unlike what we normally think of with diseases, there is no cure
for it - just treatments.

This isn't the place to ask about macular degeneration. Try here:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00284

One thing that is critical is to determine if the condition is getting
worse/degenerating over time. Good optometrists offer retinal scans
for a nominal fee which you should get on a yearly basis. Actually,
that isn't a bad way of selecting an optometrist. If they don't have
a retinal scan, find one that does. Even if you aren't having a
retinal scan done, you can seperate the good optometrists from the
clowns by what services they offer. As anybody who is familiar with
this newsgroup is aware, there are some pitiful optometrists out
there.

On Wed, 11 May 2005 07:17:08 -0500, STAR609@webtv.net (For God So
Loved The World Deb) wrote:

>My husband does have it in his right eye went to our regular vision Dr
>who than sent us to Grossnickle they are sending us to a retina
>specialist this Friday.
> My question is this his other eye doesn't show no signs which is good.
>If one eye has this diease in it what is the chances his other eye will
>get this diease in it? He is 43 yrs old. He can see out of his right
>eye but in the center is a spot and he see blank with that and see the
>outer edges of faces and not the eyes or curves in brances. We are not
>sure what kind he has yet hoping that this specialist we are going to
>see will have more info for us.
> Is there a group on here like a chat room with familys who have
>this diease.?
>
>
> Signe concered and worried.
> a Loving wife.
>
>

doctor_my_eye@msn.com

2005-05-18, 11:45 am

OOOh, once again "Doctor Ragnar" knows 5% about a subject and lectures
us about 10% more than he knows. I believe that retinal scans are
limited to "Star Trek II The Wrath of Kahn" to get into the Genesis
Project. Digital Retinal Photography, however, is available in most
optometrists practice. It is not expensive and it creates a wonderful
record of the inside of the eye.

There is a technology that bounces light off of a "virtual mirror" to
take pictures inside an eye without any dilation, called an Optomap
digital scan. This machine cost 650 thousand dollars and no
optometrist "owns" one. Thay are leased to some large practices and
the patient pays a fee everytime a key card is put into the machine.
These are not common tests, though they are wonderfully thorough but
expensive.

Tune in tomorrow, when "doctor" Ragnar will discuss his recent brain
transplant surgery, and will once again amuse us with his anger at
having his new brain done at LVI.

Ragnar

2005-05-18, 11:45 am

What a clown you are minarik...
You repeat what I say, take credit for it, then trash what I said.

As for Optomaps, my optometrist has one. Like just about all
equipment, it comes on a lease and isn't bought up front - what does
that have to do with the price of tea in Tibet?

It is absolutely incredible that you are a practicing doctor. I wish
you would post here much more often. You do such a wonderful job of
making a fool of yourself.

On 12 May 2005 08:50:00 -0700, doctor_my_eye@msn.com wrote:

>OOOh, once again "Doctor Ragnar" knows 5% about a subject and lectures
>us about 10% more than he knows. I believe that retinal scans are
>limited to "Star Trek II The Wrath of Kahn" to get into the Genesis
>Project. Digital Retinal Photography, however, is available in most
>optometrists practice. It is not expensive and it creates a wonderful
>record of the inside of the eye.
>
> There is a technology that bounces light off of a "virtual mirror" to
>take pictures inside an eye without any dilation, called an Optomap
>digital scan. This machine cost 650 thousand dollars and no
>optometrist "owns" one. Thay are leased to some large practices and
>the patient pays a fee everytime a key card is put into the machine.
>These are not common tests, though they are wonderfully thorough but
>expensive.
>
>Tune in tomorrow, when "doctor" Ragnar will discuss his recent brain
>transplant surgery, and will once again amuse us with his anger at
>having his new brain done at LVI.