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06/10/24 12:44 AM
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Anyone had problems after cataract surgery? Had my left lens replaced Monday with the top of the line offering. Next day follow-up showed 20-20 far and near with just a couple letters wrong. Now, I can barely make out the computer screen and distance is showing halos. Next follow-up is Tuesday. It's had me on edge for a couple of days now. Feel like it's making me crazy.
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Re: Cataracts
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08/13/24 08:37 PM
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Yeah I have had plenty of problems. After having both eyes done I was able to see better then a couple of weeks after second surgery I developed what the Dr called secondary cataracts. It is a cloudy film over the implanted lens. This was worse than the original cataracts. The Dr. said it happens probably 50% of the time but usually it happens after a few years. He went back and did YAG laser surgery to remove the film. That worked for a week or so and now it is kinda like looking thru a dirty windshield. My Optometrist thinks it will get better. He says if not the lens will probably have to be changed.
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Re: Cataracts
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08/13/24 09:07 PM
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You should call your surgeon's office and let them know. The surgeon may want to see you sooner than Tuesday. What you are describing isn't typical.
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Re: Cataracts
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08/13/24 09:43 PM
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Yeah I have had plenty of problems. After having both eyes done I was able to see better then a couple of weeks after second surgery I developed what the Dr called secondary cataracts. It is a cloudy film over the implanted lens. This was worse than the original cataracts. The Dr. said it happens probably 50% of the time but usually it happens after a few years. He went back and did YAG laser surgery to remove the film. That worked for a week or so and now it is kinda like looking thru a dirty windshield. My Optometrist thinks it will get better. He says if not the lens will probably have to be changed. I had the YAG done on my left eye 2 weeks ago and, while it helped, it didn’t completely clear up the distance blurryness. Had my follow up last week and was told since I had a previous problem, this was probably about the best it’s going to get, but hopefully the halos and floaters will diminish over time. My vision is 20-20 with both eyes open.
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08/14/24 11:22 PM
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I guess I was blessed. Had them on both eyes and had them fixed, one at a time. Thank the Lord with zero problems. I do wear reading glasses sometimes, but otherwise do not use glasses, in doors or out, with the exception that I do wear plain Ray Bans outside on sunny days, but was doing that years before the cataracts showed up.
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08/15/24 01:02 AM
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I guess I was blessed. Had them on both eyes and had them fixed, one at a time. Thank the Lord with zero problems. I do wear reading glasses sometimes, but otherwise do not use glasses, in doors or out, with the exception that I do wear plain Ray Bans outside on sunny days, but was doing that years before the cataracts showed up. Wife had hers done a few years ago by the same surgeon and it turned out perfectly. No glasses, no problems. I had to wear readers before the surgery and don’t need them now, so that’s good. I can live with mine the way they are but I was expecting better for the $8-9k.
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Re: Cataracts
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08/15/24 01:46 AM
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Had both of my eyes done with the top lenses. Couldn't ask for better.
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