I think the shape of the eyeball is the cause of
the astigmatism. Mine varies depending on the
water content of my body and consequently of the
eyeballs. Sometimes it's unmeasurable; sometimes
it's enough to cause hallucinationlike patterns.
This makes it hard to correct for.

Indeed... Astigmatism can be tricky to correct for, since there are some factors that are more changeable than others influencing it...

If our eyeballs were predictable, the disease
would be predictable, but they don't seem to be -
at least, mine aren't.

yeah, and dry eye.

And that last also affects astigmatism (yup, have the dry eye, too)...

So you know. Mine can get so dry that they
recede into my head, and when I blow my nose,
stuff comes out the sockets. Very cool in a
gross sort of way.

Yeah, kinda... ;) Hadn't noticed mine doing the former, but the latter
does happen at times.... ;) Mine are bad enough to have qualified for multiple dry eye medication clinical trials...

Ah, I remember that.

Are they concerned about all the other things going on in your eyes, or
is it just the heart issues and such that make you not a good candidate for surgery in general....?

You didn't answer that question...

We're in uncharted territory (well, that's too
dramatic, "scarce enough so there's no funding to
do a study" is more like it), but doing any kind
of surgery on someone who is in the happy bottom
quarter of the population in heart function is
not an appealing proposition for those under the
thrall of malpractice insurers. Plus there's the
extra-sweetness issue, which is semi-under-control
but still would make healing problematic and of
longer duration. In all, the quick answer to your
question is no, then yes with additional caveats.

... UNNAMED LAW: If it happens, it must be possible.

How.

Dunno how, but since it did happen, I guess it had to be possible to happen... ;)

Punchline: that's Tonto-logical.

I suppose... ;)

I'd have thought you saw that coming.

... We have enough youth, how about a fountain of Common Sense?

Then commerce as we know it would come to a screeching halt.

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Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 03-17-19 04:30 <=-

I think the shape of the eyeball is the cause of
the astigmatism. Mine varies depending on the
water content of my body and consequently of the
eyeballs. Sometimes it's unmeasurable; sometimes
it's enough to cause hallucinationlike patterns.
This makes it hard to correct for.

Indeed... Astigmatism can be tricky to correct for, since there are some factors that are more changeable than others influencing it...

If our eyeballs were predictable, the disease
would be predictable, but they don't seem to be -
at least, mine aren't.

I don't think mine are either... :)

Are they concerned about all the other things going on in your eyes, or is it just the heart issues and such that make you not a good candidate for surgery in general....?

You didn't answer that question...

We're in uncharted territory (well, that's too
dramatic, "scarce enough so there's no funding to
do a study" is more like it), but doing any kind
of surgery on someone who is in the happy bottom
quarter of the population in heart function is
not an appealing proposition for those under the
thrall of malpractice insurers. Plus there's the
extra-sweetness issue, which is semi-under-control
but still would make healing problematic and of
longer duration. In all, the quick answer to your
question is no, then yes with additional caveats.

About what I figured.... I hope that it will be able to be done, and be helpful.....

... UNNAMED LAW: If it happens, it must be possible.

How.

Dunno how, but since it did happen, I guess it had to be possible to happen... ;)

Punchline: that's Tonto-logical.

I suppose... ;)

I'd have thought you saw that coming.

I should have.... (G)

... We have enough youth, how about a fountain of Common Sense?

Then commerce as we know it would come to a screeching halt.

Perhaps.... not so sure that would be that bad a thing.... but commerce
can rest, knowing that there wouldn't be any such thing as a Fountain of
Common Sense.....

ttyl neb

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