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  History of JWN

  by El_Guapo in

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  hi guys,.

  i was going through some old threads (love this site) and i came across someone mentioning in a post that this site started as gathering place for jw's and somehow became an "apostate" site.

  lol .

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  Lady Lee

  I have edited the links - again lol or not
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  What are the 3 most unusual things you have done?

  by Lady Lee in

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  ok so we have all be jws so that isn't unusual.

  supply pictures if you can.. i have ridden an elephant.

  ok so it was at the zoo but it was still an elephant.

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  Lady Lee

  wow this is such a cool list of things people have done.
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  I had cataract surgery on Feb 12

  by Lady Lee in

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  i cannot believe the difference in my vision.

  even with glasses my vision in the left eye was poor.

  but i can now read a 12 font fairly clearly without the glasses.

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  Lady Lee

  Vidqun

  Yes Diabetics need to be cautious. The results aren't as good. But if you talk to your opthalmologist and he or she recommends getting it done then I would go ahead.

  I am so glad I started this thread. Nice to know so many have had ot done. And if we can encourage some of you to get past the fear to ge tit done then fabulous.
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  I had cataract surgery on Feb 12

  by Lady Lee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i cannot believe the difference in my vision.

  even with glasses my vision in the left eye was poor.

  but i can now read a 12 font fairly clearly without the glasses.

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  Lady Lee

  I am sitting here reading the posts mostly in size 10 font. And if I close my right eye and don't use my glasses for the left eye that had the cataract removed I can read it!!!

  What is amazing was my fear of going blind. My left eye was so bad that I could not read anything unless it was an inch high with that eye. My glasses didn't make it much better whether it was near or far.

  Without my glasses I couldn't read anything even when I held it less than an inch from my face. Distance was no better for either eye.

  Right now if I want to read the screen with my supposedly good eye, without glasses I have to put my nose about 6 inches from the screen. And that was the good right eye. The glasses help me read even from 5 feet away.

  At 3 feet away using the left eye I can read the screen at 3 feet away without glasses. This is phenomenal to me.

  We don't realize how much we are missing until we see it (pun absolutely intended). I had no idea the right eye was so bad and was really concerned about losing my vision. I lived with a man who was blind for three years. I know it isn't the end of the world. But it would take a lot of retraining. Now I am not worried anymore. Failing some other eye problem I expect now to see clearly for many many years to come.

  Don't let fear stop you. Just do it.
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  I had cataract surgery on Feb 12

  by Lady Lee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i cannot believe the difference in my vision.

  even with glasses my vision in the left eye was poor.

  but i can now read a 12 font fairly clearly without the glasses.

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  mamochan

  3 days ago I was scared about this. Have been scared since she first mentionned it 2 years ago. Really and truly there is nothing to be scared about. I think the idea of it is very scarey. The reality after having it done - even 5 minutes after having it done was so much better than I thought. The nurses and everyone kept askingme if I had someone to take me home. I told them I was going on Para (adapted buses) They don't want people to drive home by themselves. And that is understandable.

  But with all the questions about someone taking me home I thought this was going to be a bigger deal than I knew. But Para got all messed up and I didn't want to wait for 3 hours for a bus to show up so I got on a city bus and went home. I even stopped at the pharmacy to pick up my prescription and also did a bit of shopping. This was easilier and less time consuming than getting my eyes checked for new glasses. The eye exams the week before more painful because they had to keep putting drops iun my eyes for different things and that stung a little.

  That isn't to say that there can be complications. It is surgery and there can always be problems But I haven't heard of one person yet who has complained after getting it done.
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  What are the 3 most unusual things you have done?

  by Lady Lee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok so we have all be jws so that isn't unusual.

  supply pictures if you can.. i have ridden an elephant.

  ok so it was at the zoo but it was still an elephant.

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  Lady Lee

  I think all your experiences are awesome. And you are right it doesn't have to be awesome to anyone else. As long as it is awesome to YOU
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  any ex-jw's in southern ontario, canada? Toronto, Barrie?

  by slimk in

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  2. friends

  hi everyone, i'm new to this forum, and somewhat new to being out of the org [in recovery mode at present], and i'm looking to meet some fellow ex-jw's in person.

  now that i'm "out" making new friends has proven to be a bit tricky since i'm a tad socially stunted due to my past.

  btw i'm a guy in my late 20's..

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  Lady Lee

  At one point the Toronto area had the vast majority of all Canadian posters on the board.

  I wa sborn in Toronto, was a JW in Montreal and am now in Ottawa
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  I had cataract surgery on Feb 12

  by Lady Lee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i cannot believe the difference in my vision.

  even with glasses my vision in the left eye was poor.

  but i can now read a 12 font fairly clearly without the glasses.

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  Lady Lee

  tif congrats on getting it done. I'm on day three and the vision is getting better almost hour by hour. My biggest problem now is that the left eye hates the lens in the glasses. I'm looking for my eyeblass screwdiver so that I can take out the lens lol

  This is awesome

  Grace I don't think they wait anymore. Talk to an opthalmologist. Get it done. Personally sooner is better then later - whether of when you take them into the bucket.
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  What are the 3 most unusual things you have done?

  by Lady Lee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok so we have all be jws so that isn't unusual.

  supply pictures if you can.. i have ridden an elephant.

  ok so it was at the zoo but it was still an elephant.

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  Lady Lee

  wow amazing what some have been able to experience Those images are great
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  I had cataract surgery on Feb 12

  by Lady Lee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i cannot believe the difference in my vision.

  even with glasses my vision in the left eye was poor.

  but i can now read a 12 font fairly clearly without the glasses.

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  Lady Lee

  yes that might stop them OUTLAW

  I don't think they would do anything for floaters. Floaters are inside the eye itself and cataract surgery doesn't go into the eye. It deals with the lens alone and the sac that holds the lens in place.