Class A license med cert and eye test

[oceanobob]

Made it through the process. Eye one is soon to be three weeks and eye number two is two weeks. Using "standard issue" safety glasses only as my prescrips are on the shelf. Able to read newspapers and computers and nameplates and food package labels w/o the prescrips.
Self tested distance capability against the missus while being chauffeured to the docs ... her progressives allow seeing numbers on road signs a bit before I can then see 'em clearly.
Next day or so, am going to local dept store optician to have the DMV exam form done so I can attach it to the medical cert form. Based upon capabilities & experience so far, am planning for no prescription glasses. "Corrective lenses" are inside the eye.
PS Left my 1.50 cheater in the welding helmet as it didn't affect focus but gave a slightly larger view of the weld area.

 

[RZucker]

Made it through the process. Eye one is soon to be three weeks and eye number two is two weeks. Using "standard issue" safety glasses only as my prescrips are on the shelf. Able to read newspapers and computers and nameplates and food package labels w/o the prescrips.
Self tested distance capability against the missus while being chauffeured to the docs ... her progressives allow seeing numbers on road signs a bit before I can then see 'em clearly.
Next day or so, am going to local dept store optician to have the DMV exam form done so I can attach it to the medical cert form. Based upon capabilities & experience so far, am planning for no prescription glasses. "Corrective lenses" are inside the eye.
PS Left my 1.50 cheater in the welding helmet as it didn't affect focus but gave a slightly larger view of the weld area.

This is great news, I have one more consult with the surgeon on the 8th of june to really discuss the lens options in depth. I appreciate your info and the updates.

 

[terex herder]

For those of you putting off cataract surgery because you think you can see well enough, you may want to rethink. The Doc can't see the back of your eye well enough to determine if you have macular degeneration. Macular degeneration is treatable if caught soon enough. I know a person who put cataract surgery off long enough his macular degeneration wasn't really caught in time. The shots are helping, but he probably would have had another 5 years of driving if it had been diagnosed a couple of years sooner.

 

[oceanobob]

Got a eye cert from an optometrist then went to the industrial med stop for the physical and mailed all off to the DMV....still amazed at how nice to be able to see!

 

[RZucker]

Got a eye cert from an optometrist then went to the industrial med stop for the physical and mailed all off to the DMV....still amazed at how nice to be able to see!

I'm hoping for the best myself, Good to hear your doing good.

 

[suladas]

Pretty much. It has improved some over the years, That was told to me to expect and not to expect too much. The act of blinking has smoothed the scar somewhat and the cornea has relaxed from where was stitched up. To fix mine would take a corneal transplant, a iris reconfiguration and then the cataract replacement. The second one the doctors have no repair for so I am SOL. Started off in '87 20/250 with glasses on in that eye, I can regularly hit 20/80 now yet still have to cheat as to the DOT eye exam.

Wow eye exams must vary a lot, my eyes are 20/30 uncorrected and I cannot pass eye exam here without my glasses or contacts.

Other then that, my doc just scribbles in the form, nothing else. Not much of a medical.

 

[DMiller]

That is changing even as we speak here. Doctors are being held liable, the results from med inspections are being used in courts.

 

[RZucker]

Got my first cataract done 19 hrs ago... what a difference already and it seems to be improving by the hour.

 

[cuttin edge]

Here, we get our eyes tested to get our learner's permit for a regular license. No check required when you are old enough for a class one. I could get my permit 6 months before I turned 16, my class 5 when I was 16, and then my class 1 when I was18. Class 1 is good for 4 years, medical , a 30 second questionnaire filled out by your family Dr. , Is good for 8 years until you turn 45. After that every time I renew my license, I have a medical. No further eye testing unless you are diabetic or over 65.

 

[CM1995]

I am in my mid '40's and have a cataract in my right eye. That coupled with the normal needing some reading glasses has made a frustrating year.

Passed my DOT this year but since I am on blood pressure medication I have to have a physical every year - even though my BP has been maintained perfectly for years.

 

[DMiller]

Meds is a deal killer for length of time between physicals.

 

[RZucker]

Friday I had the follow up on the left eye, 20/25 vision. the membrane behind the new lens has some cloudiness, an easy fix with the laser. Right eye is scheduled for next Thursday, I'm actually looking forward to it. Did a bit of welding last week and saw a huge difference. True binocular vision will be good to have again.
Weird thing is... I had no idea how bad this got till I had one eye fixed.

 

[trucker1]

RZucker, glad that things have gone so well for you so far. I had both of my eyes done last October. I was very near sighted, wore glasses for 58 years, since I was 8 years old. They did my right eye first and I could not believe that my vision was so clear the first morning after the surgery. My vision in that eye came back 20/15! but that is where the good news stopped. After they did my left eye, I expected the same results, got up the first morning and could see next to nothing out of the left. Went in for my one day follow up and told the doctor "something is wrong". He said don't worry, sometimes it takes time to clear. So I left, but called the office back 5 days later and told them this is not getting better, it is getting worse. The surgeon called me back, same story, don't worry it'll clear. I will be seeing you on Friday for your 1 week follow up. So on Friday my vision was no better, they did all the tests said everything was fine it will clear up. "Go see your regular eye doctor in one month and he will fit you for reading glasses". So I went in 1 month, told him I can see next to nothing out of my left. I could read the top 2 lines on the chart and that was it. He took a digital photo of the inside of my eye, came back and asked who did the surgery. I told him and he said I am going to call him, you HAVE to go back today, you have a severe inflammation in your left eye. My surgeon was in surgery so I was sent to a retinal specialist and he took more photos, said the same thing, bad inflammation. So he put me on stronger drops for 2 months, which did not work, so he gave me a steroid injection in that eye. That has helped and I go back this Friday to follow up with him, but it has not cleared up the vision. And now I have developed the cloudiness in my right eye, like you had, and need the laser to clear that up. But my surgeon doesn't want to do it right away because he is afraid of causing inflammation like I had in my left eye. It has been 9 months, way too long as far as I am concerned. Sorry to vent here, but I just wanted you to know it does not always go as expected.
George

 

[RZucker]

RZucker, glad that things have gone so well for you so far. I had both of my eyes done last October. I was very near sighted, wore glasses for 58 years, since I was 8 years old. They did my right eye first and I could not believe that my vision was so clear the first morning after the surgery. My vision in that eye came back 20/15! but that is where the good news stopped. After they did my left eye, I expected the same results, got up the first morning and could see next to nothing out of the left. Went in for my one day follow up and told the doctor "something is wrong". He said don't worry, sometimes it takes time to clear. So I left, but called the office back 5 days later and told them this is not getting better, it is getting worse. The surgeon called me back, same story, don't worry it'll clear. I will be seeing you on Friday for your 1 week follow up. So on Friday my vision was no better, they did all the tests said everything was fine it will clear up. "Go see your regular eye doctor in one month and he will fit you for reading glasses". So I went in 1 month, told him I can see next to nothing out of my left. I could read the top 2 lines on the chart and that was it. He took a digital photo of the inside of my eye, came back and asked who did the surgery. I told him and he said I am going to call him, you HAVE to go back today, you have a severe inflammation in your left eye. My surgeon was in surgery so I was sent to a retinal specialist and he took more photos, said the same thing, bad inflammation. So he put me on stronger drops for 2 months, which did not work, so he gave me a steroid injection in that eye. That has helped and I go back this Friday to follow up with him, but it has not cleared up the vision. And now I have developed the cloudiness in my right eye, like you had, and need the laser to clear that up. But my surgeon doesn't want to do it right away because he is afraid of causing inflammation like I had in my left eye. It has been 9 months, way too long as far as I am concerned. Sorry to vent here, but I just wanted you to know it does not always go as expected.
George

Wow, I'm sorry to hear that. My eye surgeon is very well respected in Eastern Wa. state and then some. I have his cell and home number in case of any issues that aren't right and he was very adamant I call if something is wrong.
I hope you get your issues cleared up, and really hope I don't have any with the next eye.

 

[DMiller]

Hate to hear when someone has eye trouble especially after these surgeries as can be very intimidating as well scary. Hope the docs get the inflammation to back down and then get that eye to clear up, eye infections or inflammations are some of the hardest to treat.

 

[trucker1]

When I went in to the surgeon 5 weeks ago for the "cloudy" eye, he took a photo of the inflamed eye too and he said the inflammation is all gone now, but we'll see what the "specialist" says this Friday. I am at the point where I expect them to say the inflammation is gone but me vision won't get any better in that eye now. Wanna bet? This was all caused because the original surgeon did not believe me when I told him 3 times there was a problem and he sent me away. My wife had one of hers done 2 or 3 years ago, and was scheduled to have the second one done, but cancelled it, so she walks around with one good eye. At least she went to a different surgery center for hers. When I had the first one done, she said "where yours came out so good, maybe I will have my other eye done in the spring. Then I had problems all winter so now she has changed her mind again. Too bad. Like RZucker said, it sure would be nice to get my binocular vision back, but my bad eye throws off my good eye so much there is little I can do. Scared to drive, and only go to the pharmacy or grocery store, which are only 3 miles away. Working in the shop is an adventure, can't see anything with or without my readers. Hope I get better news on Friday.
Thanks to everyone for the concern. I will get this straightened out.

George

 

[RZucker]

When I went in to the surgeon 5 weeks ago for the "cloudy" eye, he took a photo of the inflamed eye too and he said the inflammation is all gone now, but we'll see what the "specialist" says this Friday. I am at the point where I expect them to say the inflammation is gone but me vision won't get any better in that eye now. Wanna bet? This was all caused because the original surgeon did not believe me when I told him 3 times there was a problem and he sent me away. My wife had one of hers done 2 or 3 years ago, and was scheduled to have the second one done, but cancelled it, so she walks around with one good eye. At least she went to a different surgery center for hers. When I had the first one done, she said "where yours came out so good, maybe I will have my other eye done in the spring. Then I had problems all winter so now she has changed her mind again. Too bad. Like RZucker said, it sure would be nice to get my binocular vision back, but my bad eye throws off my good eye so much there is little I can do. Scared to drive, and only go to the pharmacy or grocery store, which are only 3 miles away. Working in the shop is an adventure, can't see anything with or without my readers. Hope I get better news on Friday.
Thanks to everyone for the concern. I will get this straightened out.

George

Just curious, was this at one of those cataract surgery "mills" or an eye surgeon with an actual office and his own clinic ? I went to one of the "mills" a year ago for a consult and wouldn't go back because of the "crank the cattle through" attitude. I had to change my insurance to go with this guy, but he really seems to care about the results. I hope your specialist is that type.

 

[trucker1]

The place I went was an eye care specialist group. They have about 10 specialists that work there, and do all sorts of different surgical work from basic lasik and cataract surgery to specialized retinal surgery. They are one of the top notch places to go in southern Maine, I guess I just slipped thru the cracks. But even there it is get you in, get you checked out, and then the doctor skips in for 10 or 15 minutes and then runs off to the next patient who is waiting. I had gone there for a year before I went in for the cataract surgery because my local doctor was concerned about something else, and I had glaucoma too. so when the cataract came up that is where he sent me. Funny thing is my good eye got cloudy so I went to see him 5 weeks ago, told him it is so bad I did not feel good about driving and can hardly read a newspaper. But after that the cloudiness has almost all gone away, probably 90% of it. Will be interesting to see what they say on Friday.

George

 

[RZucker]

Just got home from eye #2. Cant take the cover off till tomorrow morning, Doc says all went well and was seeing good before he taped it up. Gonna go nap for awhile.

 

[Willie B]

Not a good time to tell the story, I apologize, but in 1917? a ship in the harbor of Halifax Nova Scotia caught fire. It burned for some time, and the danger of its cargo was kept secret. It carried a chemical used in the manufacture of military explosives. It reacted violently with water.

As firefighters battled the blaze, the size of the fire grew. Many thousands of people watched the fire in the harbor.

Ultimately, it exploded. As most were inside buildings, watching through windows, the explosion blasted glass shards into the eyes of thousands of people.

The rescue efforts were by rail. One track entered the city. The first train blocked the second, a staggering backup of rail access hampered rescue efforts.

The few doctors had to prioritize. They took first the most promising person in a household if all others had lost all sight. They routinely removed injured eyes to prevent the common spread of infection to the other eye.

We can all count our blessings that medical science has advanced exponentially in 100 years.