Posted on 02/27/2016 11:25:23 AM PST by papineau
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I had a clear lens put in my main glasses just prior to surgery and that worked great right after.
Had both eyes done less than a year ago. I opted for being able to read without glasses and sacrificed some distance vision for that, so I use glasses for distance. You can have your eyes made to order, with any combination you like.
I would not want the two eyes different, but each to his own.
The operation was described to me as 20 minutes.
The worst part of it was the office staff, who are now chosen according to NYC’s affirmative-action rules and can’t lose their job no matter what they do or how they treat you. I was convinced the office manager must be sleeping with the surgeon, but someone clued me in at Starbux.
My dad had it. Outpatient surgery, very quick. They don’t do both eyes at the same time. So it’s a two procedure process.
He didn’t need his reading glasses after that.
I am heading into my 6th year with the accommodating lenses.
They adjust so I don’t need reading glasses and my far vision is 20/20.
The operation is a breeze if your eye surgeon is experienced.
You get a little IV Versed and don’t remember anything. You will need someone to drive you home after the surgery. The next day I drove back to the office myself with no problem.
You do need not to read and tuse a computer or a smart phone/pad for 10 to 14 days. I tried to sneak in about the 10th day, and I had double vision afterwards. I called up the office nurse to tell what happened. She laughed and told me no reading or computer for about 5 more days. She was correct.
My second year I went for the eye doc to use a laser to blast some flyeaoaters and to “heal” the lenses. It took a few minutes for each eye and no versed or anything.
Friends with the normal cataract lenses seem to be buying expensive glasses from one to two times a year. I don’t need them.
Also, any good sunglasses work without an expensive Rx.
They drive the DMV staff nuts because I don’t have normal contacts or glasses and still have 20/10.
My wife will be needing one for her dominant eye probably this year. We have a friend that only needed one for 4 years. It was his dominant eye, so far he does not need an rx and has passed the driver’s vision test with both eyes
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The downside is Medicare will not cover the extra cost of the lens.
I think that they are worth it.
Had one eye done in October 2015 and the other in November 2015. Have been totally unhappy with the results. I still can’t see either close or distant. Am being told by two different doctors I need glasses. Granted my vision is better than it was originally, but was expecting much better results.
Love your description of poor vision. It’s funny but I’m sure not that funny to you. I realized I was in trouble when I was feeling my door key to see what position to put it in to open the door.
Ya, well I went to one of the most prestigious eye clinics in Denver.
They measured my eye with about 20 different machines.
Distance vision is fine.....BUT, I’ve got halos and blurred vision in the left periphery.
“They” can’t detect anything wrong.......
I’m not impressed as its a definite nuisance.
Sounds like the lens they inserted my have smudges on it.
Come to think of it, that used to happen to me in both eyes occassionally, but it was intermittent and eventually went away.
Only had left eye done in 2014.
No change or improvement yet.
I don’t suppose insurance would pay for remove, clean, reinstall?
Thursdays I run specials on transmission repair and shiatsu massage (ladies only).
I had both eyes done a few years ago...
The biggest pain was the number of drops you need to put in your eyes pre-op and post op...
It is nothing compared to the Miracle of seeing like a new born again...
Do they call you Blinky ;-) That is a great idea.
Had both eyes done. it’s not much of a hassle at all.. you’ll get put to sleep. wake up. you’ll ‘see’ things happening to your eye but won;t feel a thing. You’ll wear a patch for 1 day or so and be light sensitive for a similar time then see the doc to be sure everything is ok.
if you wear glasses now, they’ll need to be replaced at some point. good luck!
This was thirteen years ago and the presc. lenses had only been in existence for about 5 months. They literally changed my life...........Since then, they've made even more improvement on these lenses.
Since the surgery was elective, I had to pay out of pocket and it cost me $7,000 for both eyes but it was the best investment I have ever made in my life.
As a side note, the first eye was done on a Monday and they told me to take Tuesday off and return to work on Wednesday. I took the rest of the week instead. The second eye was done the following Monday and the same thing, but I took the week off. The change in eyesight was instantaneous, no pain but they gave me drops to use to prevent infections.......
This was really bad: In college I was dating a guy and we went to a pool for a date. I couldn’t wear my contacts because they’d float out in the water. I didn’t want to wear my Coke-bottle glasses because I needed to be gorgeous. So I decided to go blind.
I was following my boyfriend (or so I thought), but grabbed my glasses out of my bag to sneak a quick look at something else. It wasn’t even my boyfriend. He and his friend were across the pool watching and laughing.
Yes. Both eyes. I can see 2020 for first time in decades. Less intrusive then getting tooth drilled.
Remember that you run into two seperate focus problems when you get old.
One is that you lose the ability to focus over a full range of distances - the eyeball can not be made to contract and expand enough anymore.
The other problem is that you become naturally more far sighted.
The new lenses will hopefully focus together over a same restricted range but to fix the other problem, you need bifocals or trifocals or progressive lenses to make up for the lack of focus range.
Just make sure they are doing the correct eye and make sure if it is the distance or reading eye if you get monovision. Had my first eye done in April, and the other eye in May. I could see, but was dizzy all the time. I finally took my husband with me to see the dr. When he checked, I had them backwards. I had the first one done again in July and the last one in August. I was so scared of having complications with all the surgeries. Just double check everything first!!
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