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29 August 2008, 03:27

boet

AtkinsonÂ´s eye

Ray, didÂ´nt you mention going for an eye op a month or so ago? How did it go? Did it have anything to do with recoil and detached retinas etc?
Dont mean to be nosey.
boet

29 August 2008, 23:53

Atkinson

boet,
No, I had cataracs removed, went well indeed, my vision is now back to 20-20..I can't believe how well it worked, and didn't even realize that my cataracs were that bad..It happens so slow you don't realize whats happening and you adjust to it up to a point, but when they fix it, wow!...

Ray Atkinson
Atkinson Hunting Adventures
10 Ward Lane,
Filer, Idaho, 83328
208-731-4120

rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com

30 August 2008, 00:45

JPenn

Ray,
Glad to hear it went so well for you, especially as I have to have both eyes done. One in Oct., other in Novy, Doc swears I will have the results you describe.
Did you have to lay off shooting, at least rifles with recoil in the 30-06 range up, for a while? That is my Doc's advice, from first surgery until a month or so after second.

SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI

30 August 2008, 05:00

kudude

Ray,
I am glad to know that things went smoothly. Which of the several operations available did you have? I have cataracts in both eyes also, and am looking at this surgery. Kudude

30 August 2008, 05:18

Atkinson

I had a surgical operation on both eyes about 3 weeks apart..It was simple and painless, easier than getting a haircut..I didn't shoot for about a month, didn't even think about it to tell you the truth..I didn't rope either, but I did everything else and was never laid up in bed...It's just that it's hard to do things with a patch over one eye until you get used to it like Rooster Cogburn, but by then the patch was off and both eyes were awesome..I could see a tick on a deer at 1000 yards!! well almost! Drove my wife nuts reading road signs before she could even see them!

Ray Atkinson
Atkinson Hunting Adventures
10 Ward Lane,
Filer, Idaho, 83328
208-731-4120

rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com

Mike

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30 August 2008, 10:30

akjeff

Ray,

Glad it went well for you. My Mom had hers done a few years back, and at 74, can see and shoot better than ever!

Jeff

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02 September 2008, 04:06

Oldsarge

Off to other sites and other interests. Then I went to the Arctic for muskox and wondered why I hadn't been here for a while.

The answer? I had a major computer infestation and never got around to re-bookmarking AR! Another sign of aging, that's what it is.

Sarge

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02 September 2008, 18:21

Rich Elliott

Glad it went well, Ray,
But now when you look in the mirror what do you see!

Regards,
Rich Elliott

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02 September 2008, 21:28

muygrande

Good for you Ray.

Will be doing the same soon. Just back from a boat/brown bear hunt and everyone spotted bears (80+) from the skiffs but zero, nada , zip from my 64 year old eyes!