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Originally Posted by Blossom
Oh good I thought you used the PW in the dark like that! *phew*
My mom was just diagnosed blind in her right eye with a cataract and is going to have surgery. I know if it ever happens to me I would have the surgery without a doubt. Don't hold off too long not to get it fix. You don't want to wind up where she is now. she's 73
I wear glasses at all times as you can tell from my sim Avatar. I'm near sighted with a left astigmatism and many floaters. I need to get a new prescription it's been two years. My eyes have not change much over 9 years according to the eye doctor. They sure feel like they have to me. I squint at everything without them now. I have more than my eye sight against me I am dyslexic. So the Kindles really help me be able to read more. I found a font and modified it so it works perfect for me. I put it on all my Kindles.
So until I can either see the contrast on the PW2 or it allows custom fonts like the PW1 does I am holding off on buying one.
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I'm way, way older than your mom and have macular degeneration as well. Cataract surgery can worsen the macular and will definitely not cure it. In addition, life expectancy kicks in and, the longer we wait, the less likely we will need any surgery. Plus, I am the ONLY patient in my eye doctor's practice not requiring any glasses for near or far vision other than kids under 30 years of age.
My doctor told me both the cataract and macular had stopped getting worse since I've been using Kindles. There is no question in my mind that Kindles have been a miracle for the elderly with bad vision.
By the way I just dropped in on the PW 2013 page at Amazon and see they now have 33 reviews of which 25 are five stars and ZERO are one stars. There is only one 2 star review.
That is the best beginning review record I've seen for any products on Amazon.