EYE SURGERY FOLLOW UP

[Golddollar]

Last week I had my second cataract surgery, and today was the 2nd follow up appointment with the eye doctor. This last surgery was on my left eye. I was told to read the eye chart with my left eye. Out of 11 lines on the chart, I was able to read down to line 10 and pick out a couple of the letters on the bottom line of the chart. I haven't been able to see this well since I was 8 years old. I still need reading glasses but compared to what I had been dealing with that's a minor inconvenience. According to the doctor the vision in my left eye is now better than 20/20. All the restrictions are now off.

Our .22 league has started up but I didn't plan to go tonight. I have a bunch of guns to sight in again.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I opted for near field lenses. With Ruthie driving I'm better off not seeing past the hood.

 

[wuluf]

When I had the second eye done, my dominant eye, the doctor asked did I want near mid or far. I stuck my arm out, made a gun with my fingers and asked, which one for the front sight?

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[swsig]

Golddollar, did you need astigmatism correction, and did you spring for the Toric lenses? I'm about to have mine done, and that is a decision I'll have to make. Insurance will pay 100% for the standard lenses, but I'll have to pay extra for the Toric astigmatism corrective lenses. Since I'm going to need to keep wearing glasses for reading, I'm thinking of having the upper part of the eyeglass lenses do the astigmatism correction and just get the standard insert lenses. However, if the Toric lenses are working really well for you, I may spring for them.
Thanks!

 

[Erich]

After a lifetime of poor vision and years of legal blindness, my Gina has been walking on sunshine since her second surgery a couple months ago. Cheers!

 

[Kinman]

Im scheduled for cataract surgery on both eyes in the month of June. My eyes have gone to hell since last November, she told me then I would need cataract surgery next year....Yeahhh. I couldn't pass an eye test to save my life with my current prescription done last November, I need a pair of glasses to get me through the eye exam and general useage before June. When it comes to vision money is no object, I've enjoyed great vision for most of my life and have a new found pity for anyone that can't see even as well as I do now. I used to read street signs from a couple blocks away.

 

[Thiokol]

Golddollar, did you need astigmatism correction, and did you spring for the Toric lenses? I'm about to have mine done, and that is a decision I'll have to make. Insurance will pay 100% for the standard lenses, but I'll have to pay extra for the Toric astigmatism corrective lenses. Since I'm going to need to keep wearing glasses for reading, I'm thinking of having the upper part of the eyeglass lenses do the astigmatism correction and just get the standard insert lenses. However, if the Toric lenses are working really well for you, I may spring for them.
Thanks!

I had both eyes done a little over a year ago. I was nearsighted with astigmatism and chose the Vivity lenses and I'm glad that I did. I no longer have to wear glasses other than readers for anything 16" or closer. Having said that, make sure that your ophthalmologist thoroughly goes over what you should expect. While the high end lenses are great, you will have to sacrifice a bit if you want to get away from prescription glasses, namely the need for readers and you may still experience starbursts around headlights while night driving. They won't be as severe but they will be there.

 

[Golddollar]

Golddollar, did you need astigmatism correction, and did you spring for the Toric lenses? I'm about to have mine done, and that is a decision I'll have to make. Insurance will pay 100% for the standard lenses, but I'll have to pay extra for the Toric astigmatism corrective lenses. Since I'm going to need to keep wearing glasses for reading, I'm thinking of having the upper part of the eyeglass lenses do the astigmatism correction and just get the standard insert lenses. However, if the Toric lenses are working really well for you, I may spring for them.
Thanks!

Astigmatism wasn't an issue for me, so I just got the standard lenses.

 

[max]

I spent the extra money and got the lenses that do both near and far. I would have borrowed or sold guns to get that money. Best money I ever spent. It has been 15 years and I am still 20/20.

I was on the range yesterday and did well for being 77 years old!!!!

Im scheduled for cataract surgery on both eyes in the month of June. My eyes have gone to hell since last November, she told me then I would need cataract surgery next year....Yeahhh. I couldn't pass an eye test to save my life with my current prescription done last November, I need a pair of glasses to get me through the eye exam and general useage before June. When it comes to vision money is no object, I've enjoyed great vision for most of my life and have a new found pity for anyone that can't see even as well as I do now. I used to read street signs from a couple blocks away.

 

[Sistema1927]

I had both eyes done about 11 years ago, and it was the best thing ever.

I had eye surgery yesterday as well, but not for cataracts.

Monday I lost vision in my left eye. Went to the ER and they tested for everything, stroke, heart problems, etc. Ran full blood work and did CT san on head and neck with and without dye. Since it came on suddenly, and no other cause, they thought CRAO, Central Retinal Artery Occlusion. If vision doesn't return within 2 hours with this, then it is irreversible.

I went to an ophthalmologist Tuesday morning, and he discovered the eye was full of blood, and not CRAO. Sent me to a retinal specialist that afternoon. Surgery yesterday, where he removed all the blood, but did not find the source of the bleed. Before surgery he said that he was expecting to find a large tear in the retina or even a retinal detachment, but that was not the case, and he was perplexed. I will go in for a follow up in a couple of hours.

The eye is amazing.

 

[Bozz10mm]

I spent the extra money and got the lenses that do both near and far. I would have borrowed or sold guns to get that money. Best money I ever spent. It has been 15 years and I am still 20/20.

I was on the range yesterday and did well for being 77 years old!!!!

I am right behind you at 75. I'm scheduled for a consult in July for cataract surgery (Refractive lens exchange). If you don't mind saying, how much out of pocket were the high end lenses? My sister said it cost her $4000 per eye recently.

 

[old bear]

Randy, glad that all is going well for you. Do remember to take all your eye drops, as prescribed.

 

[max]

I believe I spent $6,000. for both. Find a specialist that does a lot of these surgeries. The guy I went to can do over 20 a day. It is a very quick procedure with the laser. You don't want someone who does 1 or 2 a week.

I am right behind you at 75. I'm scheduled for a consult in July for cataract surgery (Refractive lens exchange). If you don't mind saying, how much out of pocket were the high end lenses? My sister said it cost her $4000 per eye recently.

 

[Golddollar]

I had eye surgery yesterday as well, but not for cataracts.

Monday I lost vision in my left eye. Went to the ER and they tested for everything, stroke, heart problems, etc. Ran full blood work and did CT san on head and neck with and without dye. Since it came on suddenly, and no other cause, they thought CRAO, Central Retinal Artery Occlusion. If vision doesn't return within 2 hours with this, then it is irreversible.

I went to an ophthalmologist Tuesday morning, and he discovered the eye was full of blood, and not CRAO. Sent me to a retinal specialist that afternoon. Surgery yesterday, where he removed all the blood, but did not find the source of the bleed. Before surgery he said that he was expecting to find a large tear in the retina or even a retinal detachment, but that was not the case, and he was perplexed. I will go in for a follow up in a couple of hours.

The eye is amazing.

I had something like that happen to me 2 1/2 years ago. All of a sudden I was having floaters. These weren't wispy little things. These floaters looked like the patches on a Holstein cow. Like you, I got myself to the ER immediately.

I was taken in for an MRI pretty quickly. I am sure the hospital was trying to make sure that the potentially catastrophic issues (stroke, aneurysm, cerebral hemorrhage) were eliminated. My regular eye doctor then referred me to a retina specialist who came to the conclusion that the blood thinner I was prescribed 6 years before during cardiac procedures combined with the baby aspirin I was taking to cause the retinal hemorrhage. The retinalogist consulted with my cardiologist and they took me off the blood thinner. It took a long while but the leaked blood in my retina eventually was washed out.

Good luck with everything.

 

[walkinghorse]

Right eye done a week ago, left eye to be done this Monday.
Doctor has warned me that there will be an up charge for the left eye due to the correction for astigmatism.
Viewing B&W tv, it surprised me the difference in color between the eyes, with the undone left having a yellowish tint due to the cataract.

 

[Sistema1927]

My regular eye doctor then referred me to a retina specialist who came to the conclusion that the blood thinner I was prescribed 6 years before during cardiac procedures combined with the baby aspirin I was taking to cause the retinal hemorrhage. The retinalogist consulted with my cardiologist and they took me off the blood thinner. It took a long while but the leaked blood in my retina eventually was washed out.

Good luck with everything.

Thanks. My surgeon took me off of my daily baby aspirin yesterday. Since I have the gas bubble I can't see with that eye, but I am not seeing the blood that looked like smoke that was there prior to the surgery on Wednesday.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Viva technology!

In 1967 my great aunt had eye surgery on both eyes. They used sutures. She was miserable throughout a several week recovery until they removed them.

It looked like she had Venus Fly Traps living in her eyes.

All of my surgeries were worth the price of admission. A few eye drops, a Versed cocktail followed by a spectacular light show.

If my insurer would pay for them I'd take those rides again.

 

[ameridaddy]

I opted for near field lenses. With Ruthie driving I'm better off not seeing past the hood.

Don't you want a second or two's warning to brace for impact?

 

[Rustyt1953]

Don't you want a second or two's warning to brace for impact?

Drivers in front of her see a silver top knot and 8 white knuckles in their rear view mirrors. Before surgery I used a pillow case.

 

[S-W4EVER]

My cataracts were so bad I quit driving, was totally blind in one eye. Had both cataracts removed last month, two weeks apart. There was still some cataract left in the previously blind eye so the doctor had to go back in after it. Now all is well, I haven't seen this well in years. I am thankful to live in a Country with such fine people in the medical field.