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| New vs. Old |
The lenses in my eyes had discolored just like a piece of Lexan left in the sun - they had acquired a yellowish/brownish cast. Of course since this discoloration came on gradually over the decades, and because I had no other reference, I was completely unaware of the change. I thought everything was normal - a real testament to the adaptability of the human brain.
In the picture above I have tried to show the dramatic difference between the views supplied by my new left eye and my old right eye. The view on the left is completely unadulterated - it is as the camera saw it. On the right is my attempt to show how that same view looked thru my old eye (there is actually less brown and more yellow in the old view than I could get into the picture). Yes, it is that dramatic!
In another week I will lose this reference, because I go in for surgery on the other eye. And then once again everything will be "normal". So it is only in this brief interim period that I can enjoy the difference between "old" and "new".
A clearer more colorful normal!
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Wow, that's quite the difference. Does it really mess with you...looking with both eyes?
But it is real. For the last little while, my left eye has become my dominant eye, and I have quit wearing glasses (except for reading). Tomorrow it all gets adjusted again...
Wow, that's crazy. Hope the second procedure went well too.
It did Rick! No more glasses (except for reading). And I can buy sunglasses at the drugstore!
My father is a watercolor artist (trade--not hobby), and the way we knew he needed cataract surgery was when the colors in his paintings became dull. After surgery the color came back. Sharpness too, but the more noticeable change was the color.
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