-=PCTechTalk=- Re: off topic Re: 'Bionic' eye implants look ahead

Sometimes "sight" is an overlooked gift. Could not
imagine a life without it.
I have always wondered, though, if it would be more
desirable to be born blind, or to become blind later in
life. Actually, neither is desirable, though which one is
less desirable.

Being born blind, you never know what you're missing.
Though, if you go blind later in life, you at least had the
pleasure to see the world before going blind.

Though, you know, I bet Hank has seen more of the world than
we can all envision!
 
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On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:02:09 -0500, cristy wrote:
> Thanks for sharing Hank.  I am interested in how you
type so well
> or what program you use on the computer.  I may seek
some kind of
> visual help in the future and have begun to research
some things.
> My doc is concerned I may lose my vision, it is very
scarey to me.
>
> Christine
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "hank smith"
> To:
> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 10:25 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: 'Bionic' eye implants look
ahead
>
>
>> rop
>> basicly to much oxygen at birth caused my retna's
to detach.
>> thanks 73 hank smith amateur radio call sign:
KE7IEF echo link
>> node: 301027 email: hanksmith4earthlink.net msn messenger:
>> hanksmith5hotmail.com aim: hanksmith5 skype:
hanksmith5 -----
>> Original Message ----- From: "cristy"
>> To: Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007
>> 7:17 PM
>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: 'Bionic' eye implants
look ahead
>>
>>
>>> Yes Hank,
>>>
>>> that would be wonderful.  Do you mind me asking
from what?
>>>
>>> I have a bad case of glaucoma and surgery is
being considered.
>>> But it is something I would like to avoid for
now if possible.
>>> I am on lots of medicines for it.
>>>
>>> Christine
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "hank smith"
>>> To:
>>> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 8:24 PM
>>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: 'Bionic' eye
implants look ahead
>>>
>>>
>>>> also folks who were blind sense birth like
myself
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "cristy"
>>>> To:
>>>> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 5:13 PM
>>>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: 'Bionic' eye
implants look ahead
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Very interesting.  Would like to see
something similar for
>>>>> blindness due to
>>>>> glaucoma someday.  Not sure if that
would be possible or
>>>>> not.
>>>>>
>>>>> Christine
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "~OoO~"
>>>>> To: "PCTechTalk"
>>>>> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 10:27
AM
>>>>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- 'Bionic' eye
implants look ahead
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> 'Bionic' eye implants look ahead
>>>>>> By Jonathan Fildes
>>>>>> Science and technology reporter,
BBC News, San Francisco
>>>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/
go/rss/-
>>>>>> /2/hi/science/nature/6368089.stm
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A bionic eye implant that could
help restore the sight of
>>>>>> millions of blind people could be
available to patients
>>>>>> within two years.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> US researchers have been given the
go-ahead to implant
>>>>>> the prototype device in 50 to 75
patients.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Argus II system uses a
spectacle-mounted camera to
>>>>>> feed visual information to
electrodes in the eye.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Patients who tested less-advanced
versions of the retinal
>>>>>> implant were able to see light,
shapes and movement.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "What we are trying to do is
take real-time images from a
>>>>>> camera and convert them into tiny
electrical pulses that
>>>>>> would jump-start the otherwise
blind eye and allow
>>>>>> patients to see," said
Professor Mark Humayan from the
>>>>>> University of California.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wireless vision
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Retinal implants are able to
partially able to restore
>>>>>> the vision of people with
particular forms of blindness
>>>>>> caused by diseases such as macular
degeneration or
>>>>>> retinitis pigmentosa.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> About 1.5 million people worldwide
have retinitis
>>>>>> pigmentosa, and one in
>>>>>> 10 people over the age of 55 have
age-related macular
>>>>>> degeneration.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Both diseases cause the retinal
cells which process light
>>>>>> at the back of the eye to gradually
die.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The new devices work by implanting
an array of tiny
>>>>>> electrodes into the back of the
retina.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A camera is used to capture
pictures, and a processing
>>>>>> unit, about the size of a small
handheld computer and
>>>>>> worn on a belt, converts the visual
information into
>>>>>> electrical signals.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> These are then wirelessly sent to a
receiver just under
>>>>>> the surface of the skin, which in
turn feeds them to the
>>>>>> electrodes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The whole process happens in real
time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Growing dots
>>>>>>
>>>>>> First-generation, low-resolution
devices have already
>>>>>> been fitted to six patients.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "The longest device has been
in for five years," said
>>>>>> Professor Humayan.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "It's amazing, even with 16
pixels, or electrodes, how
>>>>>> much our first six subjects have
been able to do."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Terry Byland, 58, from California
was fitted with an
>>>>>> implant in 2004 after going blind
with retinitis
>>>>>> pigmentosa in 1993.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "At the beginning, it was like
seeing assembled dots -
>>>>>> now it's much more than that,"
he said.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "When I am walking along the
street I can avoid low-
>>>>>> hanging branches - I can see the
edges of the branches."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mr Byland is also able to make out
other shapes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "I can't recognise faces, but
I can see them like a dark
>>>>>> shadow," he said.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Brain change
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The new implant has a higher
resolution than the earlier
>>>>>> devices, with 60 electrodes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It is also a lot smaller, about one
square millimetre,
>>>>>> which reduces the
>>>>>> amount of surgery that needs to be
done to implant the
>>>>>> device.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The technology has now been given
the go-ahead by the US
>>>>>> Food and Drug Administration to be
used in an exploratory
>>>>>> patient trial.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This will take place at five
centres across America over
>>>>>> two years, with 50-75 patients aged
over 50.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If successful, the device could be
commercialised soon
>>>>>> after, costing around $30,000
(£15,000). Other devices
>>>>>> could then be developed with higher
resolution or a wider
>>>>>> field of view, said Professor
Humayan.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Future work includes studying the
effects the implants
>>>>>> have on the brain.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "We are actually studying what
happens to the visual
>>>>>> cortex over time," said
Professor Humayan.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The research was presented at the
American Association
>>>>>> for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS) annual meeting in
>>>>>> San
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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I went  completely  blind in  the  left  eye  about 3  years
 ago , went to 
the  Doc. he sent me to  a  Specialist  , he operated  next 
day, I was home 
the  following day  with my  eyesight  back again .  
Eyesight is back  to 
normal ,  I can  read  a  little  if  the  print is  not too
small otherwise 
I have to  wear  glasses  , can  drive  ok  with out them .
I am  80  in 
June  2007      There is  always  hope .



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Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 8:19 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: off topic Re: 'Bionic' eye
implants look ahead


> Sometimes "sight" is an overlooked gift.
Could not imagine a life without 
> it.
> I have always wondered, though, if it would be more
desirable to be born 
> blind, or to become blind later in life. Actually,
neither is desirable, 
> though which one is less desirable.
>
> Being born blind, you never know what you're missing.
Though, if you go 
> blind later in life, you at least had the pleasure to
see the world before 
> going blind.
>
> Though, you know, I bet Hank has seen more of the world
than we can all 
> envision!
>
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> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:02:09 -0500, cristy wrote:
>> Thanks for sharing Hank.  I am interested in how
you type so well
>> or what program you use on the computer.  I may
seek some kind of
>> visual help in the future and have begun to
research some things.
>> My doc is concerned I may lose my vision, it is
very scarey to me.
>>
>> Christine
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "hank smith"
>> To:
>> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 10:25 PM
>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: 'Bionic' eye implants
look ahead
>>
>>
>>> rop
>>> basicly to much oxygen at birth caused my
retna's to detach.
>>> thanks 73 hank smith amateur radio call sign:
KE7IEF echo link
>>> node: 301027 email: hanksmith4earthlink.net msn messenger:
>>> hanksmith5hotmail.com aim: hanksmith5 skype:
hanksmith5 -----
>>> Original Message ----- From:
"cristy"
>>> To: Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007
>>> 7:17 PM
>>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: 'Bionic' eye
implants look ahead
>>>
>>>
>>>> Yes Hank,
>>>>
>>>> that would be wonderful.  Do you mind me
asking from what?
>>>>
>>>> I have a bad case of glaucoma and surgery
is being considered.
>>>> But it is something I would like to avoid
for now if possible.
>>>> I am on lots of medicines for it.
>>>>
>>>> Christine
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "hank smith"
>>>> To:
>>>> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 8:24 PM
>>>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: 'Bionic' eye
implants look ahead
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> also folks who were blind sense birth
like myself
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "cristy"
>>>>> To:
>>>>> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 5:13
PM
>>>>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: 'Bionic'
eye implants look ahead
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Very interesting.  Would like to
see something similar for
>>>>>> blindness due to
>>>>>> glaucoma someday.  Not sure if that
would be possible or
>>>>>> not.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Christine
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "~OoO~"
>>>>>> To: "PCTechTalk"
>>>>>> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007
10:27 AM
>>>>>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- 'Bionic'
eye implants look ahead
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 'Bionic' eye implants look
ahead
>>>>>>> By Jonathan Fildes
>>>>>>> Science and technology
reporter, BBC News, San Francisco
>>>>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/
go/rss/-
>>>>>>>
/2/hi/science/nature/6368089.stm
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A bionic eye implant that could
help restore the sight of
>>>>>>> millions of blind people could
be available to patients
>>>>>>> within two years.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> US researchers have been given
the go-ahead to implant
>>>>>>> the prototype device in 50 to
75 patients.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Argus II system uses a
spectacle-mounted camera to
>>>>>>> feed visual information to
electrodes in the eye.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Patients who tested
less-advanced versions of the retinal
>>>>>>> implant were able to see light,
shapes and movement.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "What we are trying to do
is take real-time images from a
>>>>>>> camera and convert them into
tiny electrical pulses that
>>>>>>> would jump-start the otherwise
blind eye and allow
>>>>>>> patients to see," said
Professor Mark Humayan from the
>>>>>>> University of California.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Wireless vision
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Retinal implants are able to
partially able to restore
>>>>>>> the vision of people with
particular forms of blindness
>>>>>>> caused by diseases such as
macular degeneration or
>>>>>>> retinitis pigmentosa.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> About 1.5 million people
worldwide have retinitis
>>>>>>> pigmentosa, and one in
>>>>>>> 10 people over the age of 55
have age-related macular
>>>>>>> degeneration.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Both diseases cause the retinal
cells which process light
>>>>>>> at the back of the eye to
gradually die.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The new devices work by
implanting an array of tiny
>>>>>>> electrodes into the back of the
retina.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A camera is used to capture
pictures, and a processing
>>>>>>> unit, about the size of a small
handheld computer and
>>>>>>> worn on a belt, converts the
visual information into
>>>>>>> electrical signals.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> These are then wirelessly sent
to a receiver just under
>>>>>>> the surface of the skin, which
in turn feeds them to the
>>>>>>> electrodes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The whole process happens in
real time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Growing dots
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> First-generation,
low-resolution devices have already
>>>>>>> been fitted to six patients.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "The longest device has
been in for five years," said
>>>>>>> Professor Humayan.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "It's amazing, even with
16 pixels, or electrodes, how
>>>>>>> much our first six subjects
have been able to do."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Terry Byland, 58, from
California was fitted with an
>>>>>>> implant in 2004 after going
blind with retinitis
>>>>>>> pigmentosa in 1993.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "At the beginning, it was
like seeing assembled dots -
>>>>>>> now it's much more than
that," he said.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "When I am walking along
the street I can avoid low-
>>>>>>> hanging branches - I can see
the edges of the branches."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mr Byland is also able to make
out other shapes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "I can't recognise faces,
but I can see them like a dark
>>>>>>> shadow," he said.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Brain change
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The new implant has a higher
resolution than the earlier
>>>>>>> devices, with 60 electrodes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It is also a lot smaller, about
one square millimetre,
>>>>>>> which reduces the
>>>>>>> amount of surgery that needs to
be done to implant the
>>>>>>> device.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The technology has now been
given the go-ahead by the US
>>>>>>> Food and Drug Administration to
be used in an exploratory
>>>>>>> patient trial.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This will take place at five
centres across America over
>>>>>>> two years, with 50-75 patients
aged over 50.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If successful, the device could
be commercialised soon
>>>>>>> after, costing around $30,000
(£15,000). Other devices
>>>>>>> could then be developed with
higher resolution or a wider
>>>>>>> field of view, said Professor
Humayan.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Future work includes studying
the effects the implants
>>>>>>> have on the brain.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "We are actually studying
what happens to the visual
>>>>>>> cortex over time," said
Professor Humayan.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The research was presented at
the American Association
>>>>>>> for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS) annual meeting in
>>>>>>> San
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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Hi Lionel,

What I have read so far and researched, there is not too
much in the way of 
restored sight for glaucoma patients, but I am hoping for
something in the 
near future.  I have read of some stem cell research but
that is probably a 
decade away and $$ away too (the research).


Christine
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From: "Lionel" <percy10optusnet.com.au>
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Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 4:47 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: off topic Re: 'Bionic' eye
implants look ahead


>I went  completely  blind in  the  left  eye  about 3 
years  ago , went to
> the  Doc. he sent me to  a  Specialist  , he operated 
next  day, I was 
> home
> the  following day  with my  eyesight  back again .  
Eyesight is back  to
> normal ,  I can  read  a  little  if  the  print is 
not too small 
> otherwise
> I have to  wear  glasses  , can  drive  ok  with out
them . I am  80  in
> June  2007      There is  always  hope .


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Lionel,
    That's awesome.  Did any of the doctors tell you how
long that 
proceedure had been available before it was done for you?

Peace,
GMan

"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never
asked!"

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implants look ahead


>I went  completely  blind in  the  left  eye  about 3 
years  ago , went to
> the  Doc. he sent me to  a  Specialist  , he operated 
next  day, I was 
> home
> the  following day  with my  eyesight  back again .  
Eyesight is back  to
> normal ,  I can  read  a  little  if  the  print is 
not too small 
> otherwise
> I have to  wear  glasses  , can  drive  ok  with out
them . I am  80  in
> June  2007      There is  always  hope. 

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Hi.  I had a tear in the Retina,  He just took  the  eye out
 and  sewed up 
the  tear  and  popped it  back  in  I guess , local 
anaesthetic .  could 
hear  them  talking  as  he done it . Common op  down hwere 
like  any where 
else  I suppose .   When  the  Retina  tears , it  floods 
the  back  of the 
eye  with  blood  causing  blindness.  good as  gold  now  
.   Lionel  .



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Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 2:39 PM
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implants look ahead


> Lionel,
>    That's awesome.  Did any of the doctors tell you how
long that
> proceedure had been available before it was done for
you?
>
> Peace,
> GMan
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones that are
never asked!"
>
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> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 4:47 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: off topic Re: 'Bionic' eye
implants look ahead
>
>
>>I went  completely  blind in  the  left  eye  about
3  years  ago , went 
>>to
>> the  Doc. he sent me to  a  Specialist  , he
operated  next  day, I was
>> home
>> the  following day  with my  eyesight  back again .
  Eyesight is back 
>> to
>> normal ,  I can  read  a  little  if  the  print is
 not too small
>> otherwise
>> I have to  wear  glasses  , can  drive  ok  with
out them . I am  80  in
>> June  2007      There is  always  hope.
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I just went through exactly that issue the end of last year.
 I had a very large tear in the retina.  I lost all vision
in my right eye for a while due to blood in the eye.  I only
have about 40% vision now but will get it all back when the
lens is replaced in April or May of this year.
Regards,

Bob - "The Keyboard Cowboy"

Cincinnati, OH
Scottsdale, AZ

Saturday, February 17, 2007   11:25:28 PM
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On Saturday, February 17, 2007, 10:59:42 PM, you wrote:

L> Hi.  I had a tear in the Retina,  He just took  the 
eye out  and  sewed up
L> the  tear  and  popped it  back  in  I guess , local 
anaesthetic .  could
L> hear  them  talking  as  he done it . Common op  down
hwere  like  any where
L> else  I suppose .   When  the  Retina  tears , it 
floods  the  back  of the
L> eye  with  blood  causing  blindness.  good as  gold 
now   .   Lionel  .



L> ----- Original Message ----- 
L> From: "GMan" <gman.pcttgmail.com>
L> To: <pctechtalkfreelists.org>
L> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 2:39 PM
L> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: off topic Re: 'Bionic' eye
implants look ahead


>> Lionel,
>>    That's awesome.  Did any of the doctors tell you
how long that
>> proceedure had been available before it was done
for you?

>> Peace,
>> GMan

>> "The only dumb questions are the ones that are
never asked!"

>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Lionel" <percy10optusnet.com.au>
>> To: <pctechtalkfreelists.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 4:47 PM
>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: off topic Re: 'Bionic'
eye implants look ahead


>>>I went  completely  blind in  the  left  eye 
about 3  years  ago , went 
>>>to
>>> the  Doc. he sent me to  a  Specialist  , he
operated  next  day, I was
>>> home
>>> the  following day  with my  eyesight  back
again .   Eyesight is back 
>>> to
>>> normal ,  I can  read  a  little  if  the 
print is  not too small
>>> otherwise
>>> I have to  wear  glasses  , can  drive  ok 
with out them . I am  80  in
>>> June  2007      There is  always  hope.

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Hi Lionel,

Very fortunate you are that they could do that, it is
amazing.  I am holding 
out hope for more new advancements for blindness.  My aunt
had a retinal 
detachment and lost her sight in that eye, surgery did not
help her.  But 
she has her  other eye.


Christine
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From: "Lionel" <percy10optusnet.com.au>
To: <pctechtalkfreelists.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 12:59 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: off topic Re: 'Bionic' eye
implants look ahead


> Hi.  I had a tear in the Retina,  He just took  the 
eye out  and  sewed 
> up
> the  tear  and  popped it  back  in  I guess , local 
anaesthetic .  could
> hear  them  talking  as  he done it . Common op  down
hwere  like  any 
> where
> else  I suppose .   When  the  Retina  tears , it 
floods  the  back  of 
> the
> eye  with  blood  causing  blindness.  good as  gold 
now   .   Lionel  .
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "GMan" <gman.pcttgmail.com>
> To: <pctechtalkfreelists.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 2:39 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: off topic Re: 'Bionic' eye
implants look ahead
>
>
>> Lionel,
>>    That's awesome.  Did any of the doctors tell you
how long that
>> proceedure had been available before it was done
for you?
>>
>> Peace,
>> GMan
>>
>> "The only dumb questions are the ones that are
never asked!"
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Lionel" <percy10optusnet.com.au>
>> To: <pctechtalkfreelists.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 4:47 PM
>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: off topic Re: 'Bionic'
eye implants look 
>> ahead
>>
>>
>>>I went  completely  blind in  the  left  eye 
about 3  years  ago , went
>>>to
>>> the  Doc. he sent me to  a  Specialist  , he
operated  next  day, I was
>>> home
>>> the  following day  with my  eyesight  back
again .   Eyesight is back
>>> to
>>> normal ,  I can  read  a  little  if  the 
print is  not too small
>>> otherwise
>>> I have to  wear  glasses  , can  drive  ok 
with out them . I am  80  in
>>> June  2007      There is  always  hope.
>>
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