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    From Mark J cleary@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 18 15:16:04 2025
    Ok, yesterday had the cataract surgery on right eye. Both done and now I
    need readers. Not sure if I will be able to see my Garmin 945 on the
    bars have not tried. Then there is the issue of what glasses to wear for
    night riding since I go sometimes 90 minutes before sunrise. I am
    thinking the yellow driving glasses. I am mostly concerned about
    protection of eyes from things but better vision is good too.

    Right now I can tell no need to use and prescription glasses to ride
    just find the best sunglasses. They also make sunglasses with readers in bottom.

    Ok forum this is not political question, job, or technical situation I
    need real world experience and thoughts.
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    Deacon Mark

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  • From Zen Cycle@21:1/5 to Mark J cleary on Tue Mar 18 17:05:29 2025
    On 3/18/2025 4:16 PM, Mark J cleary wrote:
    Ok, yesterday had the cataract surgery on right eye. Both done and now I
    need readers. Not sure if I will be able to see my Garmin 945 on the
    bars have not tried. Then there is the issue of what glasses to wear for night riding since I go sometimes 90 minutes before sunrise. I am
    thinking the yellow driving glasses. I am mostly concerned about
    protection of eyes from things but better vision is good too.

    Right now I can tell no need to use and prescription glasses to ride
    just find the best sunglasses. They also make sunglasses with readers in bottom.

    Ok forum this is not political question, job, or technical situation I
    need real world experience and thoughts.

    The yellow lens glasses always worked best for me for low-light
    conditions, but then I don't have any vision/eye issues - I need
    'readers' to read small print but don't have a general need.

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  • From Jeff Liebermann@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Mar 18 15:57:26 2025
    On Tue, 18 Mar 2025 15:16:04 -0500, Mark J cleary
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Right now I can tell no need to use and prescription glasses to ride
    just find the best sunglasses. They also make sunglasses with readers in >bottom.

    Congratulations on surviving the surgeries. Same advice as your first
    surgery. It takes a while for your eyes to recover from the surgery.
    Bouncing down the road on your bicycle presents the risk of having the
    new lens fall out. Give the eyes some rest for at least a few days
    before ride again.

    <https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/safe-exercise-driving-cataract-surgery-recovery>
    "During the first 24 hours, the small incision begins to close and the
    surface of the eye seals shut. But the smooth barrier underneath the
    eye's surface can take another few weeks to fully heal."

    Wearing clear eye protection seems like a good idea because the
    glasses will reduce any wind pressure on the eyeballs while riding.
    Since pushing on the eyeballs while they heal is a bad idea, I suspect
    that riding into the wind may present a similar problem.

    I haven't had any experience with yellow lenses. I use clear
    bifocals. Straight ahead with astigmatism correction for driving and
    looking down with vision correction for reading the dashboard. For
    bright sun, I use clip-on, snap-on or magnetic sunglass adapters: <https://www.zennioptical.com/b/sunglasses/clip-on-sets>


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    Jeff Liebermann [email protected]
    PO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
    Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272
    Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

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