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A diary of a Finevion IOL implant
Before deciding on this procedure I had performed a vast amount of research and searched this forum for advice and views. As many post here with problems I have decided to write this diary from day one so others may understand how the progress is made, either good or bad. It is not designed to influence anyone's decision for or against this procedure. Please feel free to comment or add to the thread.
Male, 56 years, West Country of UK. Computer repair technician.
Lens exchange was performed on left (non Dom) eye on morning of Thursday 16th at Circle Bath by consultant Mr Jonathan Luck. A +21 diopter Finevision Micro F lens was implanted All went as planned with no complications.
Thursday evening apart from a 'bruised' feeling to the eye, there was, and had been, no pain at all all day. No vision testing was done.
Day 1, Fri 17th
Left lens removed from vari focal spectacles and specs worn all day.
First thoughts comparing eyes, the 'new' eye is noticeably lighter and brighter, with perhaps a little less colour contrast and a very slight increase in purple hues. Slight ache, but less than before and nothing really uncomfortable. Focus at 4 metres plus is clear with no ghosting. Reading a letter or newspaper (12 point) at 30cm was fairly comfortable if the overview a little small, but 30 cm is a little too close for holding a paper. At 80cm, computer distance, objects were clear enough with a very slight edge blur, but reading was not possible smaller than 18 point. Text on screen has a soft blurr edge. Night driving home in the dark presented no problems at all with halos from oncoming cars. Traffic lights have a circular pattern around the light but nothing distracting. Television at 3metres (42" screen) comfortable, with all intros menus and credits readable, if not sharp.
Thoughts for the day
Pleased with initial ability to see objects with this amount of clarity, text will have to improve at all distances to be considered a success.
Phil
Male, 56 years, West Country of UK. Computer repair technician.
Lens exchange was performed on left (non Dom) eye on morning of Thursday 16th at Circle Bath by consultant Mr Jonathan Luck. A +21 diopter Finevision Micro F lens was implanted All went as planned with no complications.
Thursday evening apart from a 'bruised' feeling to the eye, there was, and had been, no pain at all all day. No vision testing was done.
Day 1, Fri 17th
Left lens removed from vari focal spectacles and specs worn all day.
First thoughts comparing eyes, the 'new' eye is noticeably lighter and brighter, with perhaps a little less colour contrast and a very slight increase in purple hues. Slight ache, but less than before and nothing really uncomfortable. Focus at 4 metres plus is clear with no ghosting. Reading a letter or newspaper (12 point) at 30cm was fairly comfortable if the overview a little small, but 30 cm is a little too close for holding a paper. At 80cm, computer distance, objects were clear enough with a very slight edge blur, but reading was not possible smaller than 18 point. Text on screen has a soft blurr edge. Night driving home in the dark presented no problems at all with halos from oncoming cars. Traffic lights have a circular pattern around the light but nothing distracting. Television at 3metres (42" screen) comfortable, with all intros menus and credits readable, if not sharp.
Thoughts for the day
Pleased with initial ability to see objects with this amount of clarity, text will have to improve at all distances to be considered a success.
Phil
Sounds like you're doing fine.
Now that you have had both implants done I think it's a question of just enjoying the ride, making friends with any limitations and letting your brain get on with adjusting to a new way of seeing.
Now that you have had both implants done I think it's a question of just enjoying the ride, making friends with any limitations and letting your brain get on with adjusting to a new way of seeing.
Two weeks and one week respectively.
A week of binocular training.
All traces of feelings relating to the surgery are long gone, no numbness or bruised feeling. I know the healing process is far from complete, but there is now no distraction from sight training.
Near vision, this has been the strong point from day one, and has continued to improve in clarity as the week progressed. Black newsprint is not as dark as it used to look, more a dark grey, but with reasonable light, it doesn't present a problem. Minimum text size to read is three point and reading instructions and ingredients on bottles and boxes is easy, as is seeing fine detail on anything at 30-40cm. At work with computer repairs, the very small screws used are fine if they are dark, the bright silver on some reflect off the work light making life a little more fiddly during assembly work. I have improved the workbench lighting at work and in my home workshop, and this has helped tremendously.
Intermediate vision, anything in the same room up to 3 metres, ten feet, is seen well with decent focus, reading across a room, is much the same as with spectacles before. Preparing meals in the kitchen is fine, no issues at all doing any tasks, including using using knives safely. Reading on a computer at 80cm is adequate at 12 point albeit a little soft edged, although not yet as clear or sharp as previous corrected vision. Driving during the day is perfect, with no issues, at night, the bright rings, not halos, appear around all points of bright light but are not a great distraction, get smaller as the light comes closer, and look pretty in a weird sort of way. Strangely, road signs are not as clear as they were a week ago. No rings are evident indoors off any room lights.
There is a difference between seeing well generally and good computer use, I can do the first, and the second is work in progress.
Long distance, faces at 10 metres are soft and fuzzy, and with me being not good with faces anyways, I have trouble identifying people until they get a lot closer, down to 5 metres. Similarly, outside in the high street, hanging signs and shop signs beyond 10 metres are quite blurred. Probably as a result of too much information reaching the brain from all the rings in the lens and me not filtering out the info not required. Getting around outside is comfortable, with no great issues despite far focus not being particularly brilliant at present.
It is early days and I do not feel there is a problem, just a learning curve.
Unless anything untoward happens, will report again in a week.
Phil
A week of binocular training.
All traces of feelings relating to the surgery are long gone, no numbness or bruised feeling. I know the healing process is far from complete, but there is now no distraction from sight training.
Near vision, this has been the strong point from day one, and has continued to improve in clarity as the week progressed. Black newsprint is not as dark as it used to look, more a dark grey, but with reasonable light, it doesn't present a problem. Minimum text size to read is three point and reading instructions and ingredients on bottles and boxes is easy, as is seeing fine detail on anything at 30-40cm. At work with computer repairs, the very small screws used are fine if they are dark, the bright silver on some reflect off the work light making life a little more fiddly during assembly work. I have improved the workbench lighting at work and in my home workshop, and this has helped tremendously.
Intermediate vision, anything in the same room up to 3 metres, ten feet, is seen well with decent focus, reading across a room, is much the same as with spectacles before. Preparing meals in the kitchen is fine, no issues at all doing any tasks, including using using knives safely. Reading on a computer at 80cm is adequate at 12 point albeit a little soft edged, although not yet as clear or sharp as previous corrected vision. Driving during the day is perfect, with no issues, at night, the bright rings, not halos, appear around all points of bright light but are not a great distraction, get smaller as the light comes closer, and look pretty in a weird sort of way. Strangely, road signs are not as clear as they were a week ago. No rings are evident indoors off any room lights.
There is a difference between seeing well generally and good computer use, I can do the first, and the second is work in progress.
Long distance, faces at 10 metres are soft and fuzzy, and with me being not good with faces anyways, I have trouble identifying people until they get a lot closer, down to 5 metres. Similarly, outside in the high street, hanging signs and shop signs beyond 10 metres are quite blurred. Probably as a result of too much information reaching the brain from all the rings in the lens and me not filtering out the info not required. Getting around outside is comfortable, with no great issues despite far focus not being particularly brilliant at present.
It is early days and I do not feel there is a problem, just a learning curve.
Unless anything untoward happens, will report again in a week.
Phil
I have started a similar diary for my Mplus / Optical Express experiences here:
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Eye-Care/Diary-of-a-Lentis-Mplus-IOL-implant-patient-at-Optical-Express/show/2087264
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Eye-Care/Diary-of-a-Lentis-Mplus-IOL-implant-patient-at-Optical-Express/show/2087264
Just a friendly note of warning, at Centre For Sight where I had my surgery I believe they no longer implant MPlus lenses as there were too many people dissatisfied with the outcome.
I must say when I first spoke to OE, about 18 months ago, they were not doing IOL surgery locally and the branch was uninspiring to say the least. However when they refitted the place to do IOLs I took a second look and was greatly impressed. I have not been aware of any hard sell, but then I didn't need much persuading.
Hopefully your distance vision will come, however at least you have what you needed / desired most immediately.
I will report back with my findings re the Mplus. Thank you for your best wishes.
Hopefully your distance vision will come, however at least you have what you needed / desired most immediately.
I will report back with my findings re the Mplus. Thank you for your best wishes.
Hi
Yes, some comparisons would be good. I did not intend to start a big company v small debate, I was put off OE after my consultation in Bristol. The whole examination and testing seemed rushed, with little time to ask questions, then taken to a small untidy office to make an appointment with a surgeon for a £500 deposit. Can I talk at home with the wife? We cannot guarantee the price then, was the answer. After choosing not to proceed with them, the texts came twice a week upping the offers, firstly a voucher to take £500 off the price quoted, then increasing the free interest period up to two then three years. This is what I refer to as commercial company looking at bottom line. I have two friends who have had theirs done with OE, both were happy with the surgeon and procedure, neither were happy with the aftercare (or lack of it), which was done in a branch that had little knowledge of the procedure.
I paid a premium, both for the chance to have this lens, which none of the major chains use, and to deal at all times with the surgeon performing the procedure. Also like you, location is a big consideration.circle bath is a 15 minute drive away and the consultants at Circle are partners in the medical centre, chosen for their expertise. The consultation was free, and I was sent away to think about it, with the opportunity, and indeed encouragement to ask questions.
The question was asked by a patient who has a known high astigmatism, I would be fearful of pressure to return a profit over telling a prospective client not to proceed, based on the follow up texts to entice my custom. The beast needs feeding. I am sure they have a very large and loyal client base, and as a simple numbers exercise, they will have a higher number of complaints, albeit probably no higher percentage, than a smaller outfit.
The choice of lens was based on the desire for a decent intermediate focus as my work involves working on computer repairs and therefore a separate focal point for this was very attractive.
I believe a diary of yours would also be very useful for others as well. My distance focus, over 10 metres is the weakest point, at the moment I don't know if this is part of the adaption required as I can find no journal to describe progress for the first few months. I don't believe I have a problem, but to have read someone else's progress and seen the results week by week would have been very useful.
Best wishes for you procedure and please do run a diary.
Phil
Yes, some comparisons would be good. I did not intend to start a big company v small debate, I was put off OE after my consultation in Bristol. The whole examination and testing seemed rushed, with little time to ask questions, then taken to a small untidy office to make an appointment with a surgeon for a £500 deposit. Can I talk at home with the wife? We cannot guarantee the price then, was the answer. After choosing not to proceed with them, the texts came twice a week upping the offers, firstly a voucher to take £500 off the price quoted, then increasing the free interest period up to two then three years. This is what I refer to as commercial company looking at bottom line. I have two friends who have had theirs done with OE, both were happy with the surgeon and procedure, neither were happy with the aftercare (or lack of it), which was done in a branch that had little knowledge of the procedure.
I paid a premium, both for the chance to have this lens, which none of the major chains use, and to deal at all times with the surgeon performing the procedure. Also like you, location is a big consideration.circle bath is a 15 minute drive away and the consultants at Circle are partners in the medical centre, chosen for their expertise. The consultation was free, and I was sent away to think about it, with the opportunity, and indeed encouragement to ask questions.
The question was asked by a patient who has a known high astigmatism, I would be fearful of pressure to return a profit over telling a prospective client not to proceed, based on the follow up texts to entice my custom. The beast needs feeding. I am sure they have a very large and loyal client base, and as a simple numbers exercise, they will have a higher number of complaints, albeit probably no higher percentage, than a smaller outfit.
The choice of lens was based on the desire for a decent intermediate focus as my work involves working on computer repairs and therefore a separate focal point for this was very attractive.
I believe a diary of yours would also be very useful for others as well. My distance focus, over 10 metres is the weakest point, at the moment I don't know if this is part of the adaption required as I can find no journal to describe progress for the first few months. I don't believe I have a problem, but to have read someone else's progress and seen the results week by week would have been very useful.
Best wishes for you procedure and please do run a diary.
Phil
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