Fishing the Caney with two eyes

[tcintn]

Went fishing this morning on the Caney to see if my eye surgery I had last week would help me see with both eyes. For the last three to four years I have only been able to see with my left eye. As of today I am now able to see with both eyes and it felt so good even if I only caught 14 trout. The surgery as also allowed me to have better vision while driving.

[SAMBOLIE]

May be the best report on the forum. Soooo glad your sight is back in both eyes.

[TerryD]

A big congratulations to you TC! We had to go through about 10+ years with my mom completely losing her vision to macular degeneration. A very painful time for the whole family. I truly understand how GREAT you must feel.
Good luck with the fish and God bless!

[Alphahawk]

Good deal Ed. You need to plan on going with me in the boat sometime. Fall at Pickwick is awesome.


Regards

[tcintn]

Originally Posted by Alphahawk

Good deal Ed. You need to plan on going with me in the boat sometime. Fall at Pickwick is awesome.


Regards

As soon as I return from another fishing trip in Co,NM and Arkansas.
I truly appreciate the invite.
That boat and the job Weldon did on it is awesome.

[Reel Tune]

Great news

[lupanfreitag]

Fishing, eyesight.... don't get no better.

Keep on truckin' buddy!

[riverhawkluke]

So glad to hear that Ed! I bet the trout aren't though!! Already gave them enough trouble with one LOL!

[troutburger]

Originally Posted by tcintn

Went fishing this morning on the Caney to see if my eye surgery I had last week would help me see with both eyes. For the last three to four years I have only been able to see with my left eye. As of today I am now able to see with both eyes and it felt so good even if I only caught 14 trout. The surgery as also allowed me to have better vision while driving.

Happy to hear about your vision! Serious question- How difficult is it doing everyday things with vision only in 1 eye? Things like driving or trying to accurately cast without depth perception sounds difficult? Did you get used to it or did your body enhance other senses to overcome it?

[tcintn]

Originally Posted by troutburger

Happy to hear about your vision! Serious question- How difficult is it doing everyday things with vision only in 1 eye? Things like driving or trying to accurately cast without depth perception sounds difficult? Did you get used to it or did your body enhance other senses to overcome it?

I did not lose my vision in the eye. What happen is that my eye turned out and I was always seeing two of things and therefore I had to keep my eye either covered or closed.Two things which were effected the most was driving and fishing.I finally gained some experience with driving but my good eye would get fatigued after a few hours of driving. If I tried to uncover the eye my right eye would put whatever was on the right in front of me visually. First time it happen I almost rolled my truck and camper which on the truck. That is when I started covering the eye. When I would fish with both eyes i always saw two indicators and it was hard to judge distance.This is why I was only fishing with one eye.Yes it was hard to judge distance with one eye and with the condition I had.
The reason I allowed not to have my eye corrected two years a go is because the first surgeon I went to wanted to take the muscles off of both eyes and reposition them.Since I was well over 70 I decided to live with it. Well,after almost rolling the truck my wife encouraged me to see another doc.Since muscle surgery is done by pediatric opthamologist,I got a referral to one of the best here in Nashville.He said all he wanted to do was take one muscle off on right eye and move it back a little .Everyday it gets better and I am blessed that I am able to drive and fish with both eyes now.