steve holcomb eye surgery: Steve going blind if not corrected
Steve Holcomb piloted his USA-1 sled to a gold medal Saturday in men’s Olympic four-man bobsled.Steve Holcomb reportedly had eye surgery in 2009. He had suffered from degenerative disease that would have resulted in Steve going blind if not corrected.
The U.S. team of Steve Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler and Curtis Tomasevicz captured the first U.S. Olympic gold medal in men’s bobsled in 62 years.That was a good achievement. For over a half century, the U.S team finally grabbed the gold in Men’s bobsled. Congratulations to them.
Holcomb found greater success on the track, he soon discovered that contact lenses and glasses could no longer adequately address his vision problems. Consequently, he often navigated the courses by feel rather than sight. Before the start of 2008-09, Holcomb was diagnosed with keratoconus, a degenerative thinning of the cornea that distorts vision .
In the past the only answer would have been surgery a corneal transplant. Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler told Holcomb he had another choice; a quick painless procedure in which a vitamin solution is combined with light. "By itself, the vitamin, riboflavin, a B vitamin, does nothing .
But when activated by light of a certain wavelength, it has a major impact on the cornea," NBC’s Dr. Bruce Hensel said. Holcomb’s entire procedure took only 20 minutes. “It’s amazing to live life with 20/20 vision, it’s like life in high definition,” Holcomb said.
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The U.S. team of Steve Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler and Curtis Tomasevicz captured the first U.S. Olympic gold medal in men’s bobsled in 62 years.That was a good achievement. For over a half century, the U.S team finally grabbed the gold in Men’s bobsled. Congratulations to them.
Holcomb found greater success on the track, he soon discovered that contact lenses and glasses could no longer adequately address his vision problems. Consequently, he often navigated the courses by feel rather than sight. Before the start of 2008-09, Holcomb was diagnosed with keratoconus, a degenerative thinning of the cornea that distorts vision .
In the past the only answer would have been surgery a corneal transplant. Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler told Holcomb he had another choice; a quick painless procedure in which a vitamin solution is combined with light. "By itself, the vitamin, riboflavin, a B vitamin, does nothing .
But when activated by light of a certain wavelength, it has a major impact on the cornea," NBC’s Dr. Bruce Hensel said. Holcomb’s entire procedure took only 20 minutes. “It’s amazing to live life with 20/20 vision, it’s like life in high definition,” Holcomb said.
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