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From: Judy Rouse (no email)
Date: Mon Apr 17 2006 - 13:52:15 EDT
I also did monovision with Lasik, but eventually reached the point of
needing reading glasses for very tiny print, like on small size Tylenol
bottles. Don't need them for newspapers and still don't require glasses to
read charts and my distance vision ended up at 20/15. My husband won't even
consider this surgery; the thought of having his eyes cut makes his skin
crawl. So he constantly has a problem wearing glasses while sailing. We
haven't found a good solution for keeping them clean during rain. We have,
however, learned to carry at least 3 pair on the boat at all times because
he has leaned over while looking down and handling lines, etc., and lost his
glasses overboard several times. PITA.
HOWEVER, when I did the physical for my captains license last month, their
eye test was extremely difficult. It does not allow for monovision at all.
You must have correction to be no less than 20/40 for each eye, regardless
of total vision with both eyes. The MRO explained that the Coast Guard
requires this because you must be capable of corrected vision in each eye in
case there is an accident and you lose the vision of one eye. Then you can
continue to handle the boat safely with the corrected remaining eye.
When it is time to renew the captains license in 5 years, then I will
probably have to get a script for distance for my "reading" eye and a script
for reading for my "distance" eye. And take both contacts out for combined
vision. That will probably be the only way I will pass the eye exam again.
And I had just visited my ophthalmic surgeon for a check-up the month prior
to the Coast Guard physical eye exam, and my eye doctor said I needed no
correction whatsoever. Coast Guard doesn't care about the opinion of an eye
surgeon, only that you must pass their weird eye exam and have a medical
review officer sign off on it.
Judy
-----Original Message-----
From: [mailto:]
On Behalf Of Bryan Genez
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 10:40 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [world-cruising] How to maintain good sight in the rain
On 4/17/06, Len den Besten <> wrote:
>
> For this reason I even got soft contacts but I must say it's a pita.
> Lasik is not an option for me.
>
> My question to fellow-foureyes here: what do you do for a remedy?
I went with monovision. First with one contact to correct for distant
vision; my near vision is OK. Later went with Lasik on the same eye to
eliminate prescription glasses/contacts completely. That works for me.
Friends who have been caught out in severe weather have successfully used
swimming goggles to protect face and glasses. Water-shedding chemicals will
work on those.
--
Best,
Bryan Genez
"Capella" V40-158
New Bern, NC
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