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Eyesight after cataract surgery.

Angela64

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[Moderators have moved posts from the original topic which covers a different eye issue to allow this topic to progress.]

Laser eye surgery can create a lot more problems and I wish patients were given lot more information to make their own informed decisions.
I 14 yrs ago decided after a LOT of thought had inter ocular lens replacements. Long sad story, I wish I’d NEVER EVER had them and all the laser treatments that were performed without the informed information.

Laser can cause dry eye syndrome, damage the melbomian glands and then you need eye drops forever.

I have dry eyes, blurry vision at times.
No guarantee I want go blind in my left eye and no guarantee the lenses can be replaced.

Do your own research to be informed AND research the professionals.

I have ended up with the original lens in the left calcifying up to the pupil and ‘glistens’ in the replaced right
 
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Are you talking about cataract surgery and replacement lenses?
 
SaskiaKC said:
Are you talking about cataract surgery and replacement lenses?
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Yes. Cataract surgery using lasers, replacement lenses. My lenses were replaced, then the capsular bag in which the lenses were put went opaque, which often happens. This was recommended by the Consultant as he thought just laser would not have a lasting effect on my sight for long enough.
Then the Consultant decided to do this to mine and apparently due to they were coating with calcium the manufacturers had advised against doing that, but he did. They laser a horseshoe shape in the capsular as was thought this tissue went opaque, but they knew at the time it was the lenses calcifying. Mine were YAG lasered and the new right lens had also been Lasiked.
My lenses are multifocal and these are the worst for problems, the consultant I’ve seen locally will not use them but the other week I found that a lady HAD had multifocal inserted sadly, NOT by the consultant I have.

Even cataract surgery in high street vendors have a risk of them not being carried out well, I am on couple of groups.
I now believe this is why cataract surgery on the NHS is done when it has to be.

This surgery is not regulated by government health departments and is considered ‘cosmetic’!
 
Hi @Angela64 ,

Sorry you’re having issues with your cataract surgery.

The topic regards laser surgery to resolve retinopathy which occurs at the back of the eye…

You are more than welcome to start your own topic. Or a member of the mod team could create a topic for you with your observation on cataract surgery?

Kind regards..
 
Hi

My eyesight issues were not caused by my diabetes, just probably inherited aging process, my experiences having had procedures are sadly on going.

If there is an interest and you think it could be a topic people would be interested in, maybe there could be reason for having a separate topic page, entirely up to moderators.

Many many people are having eye surgery in high street venues and many many having significant long standing issues.

Thanks
 
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I would be interested in a new thread re cataract surgery please. I am facing up to accepting that i need 2 procedures in one eye and would like to read the experiences of others.
 
Hi @Angela64 ,

Welcome to your own topic.

All I can tell you on this subject.
My mum had cataracts removed decades ago after what seemed years waiting for them to develop before the eye unit did anything? She kept telling me “it’s like looking through a net curtain.”
I think it affected her mental well being at one point. She silently struggled.

What I do know was after the experience of the procedure. It was a success..
Just needing reading glasses.

She’s still going strong in her mid 90s but does now have Alzheimer’s.
 
Thanks for your reply.
 
zand said:
I would be interested in a new thread re cataract surgery please. I am facing up to accepting that i need 2 procedures in one eye and would like to read the experiences of others.
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Almost exactly a year ago, I had a vitrectomy with ERM and cataract removal; it was not very pleasant, and I was amused when I went back for a check-up a week later to be told that the sight in that eye was now better than in my other eye. At the time, I still had an air-bubble in it, and couldn't see a thing! A few weeks later I had the other cataract done, which was much easier and I could see through the eye immediately. I still need glasses (astigmatism) but can manage without, or with only reading-glasses, if I have to. If you are experiencing vision issues, do get the operation you need - it's worth it in the long run!
 
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