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cataract surgery with symfony lens replacement
I am 4ks/5wks post op surgery for cataract removal and lens implants. I opted to go for custom lens replacement Symfony- multifocal lens. ( see near and far) I am reading excellent, print, phone computer..just great, actually unbelievable! But at least right now I feel my mid range and distant vision is not great.Kind of feels a little hazy or blurry, Maybe get better in time? Dont have a recheck for another 10 days with Dr. Was wondering if anyone else experienced this as they were healing? I know the Dr. said YAG on my left eye to his assistant while doing that eye. My cataract was most severe that eye. Thankyou
I had Symfony lenses put in May, 2017, and am still not seeing clearly. I could live with my right eye, but can't see anything at a distance with my left. Have had YAG, a small Lasik correction & Vitrectomy. Nothing has helped. Can't even see clear out of prescription glasses. Wish I had never gotten them.
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Start looking for 2nd and 3rd and 4th opinions. If the problem was the symfony IOL alone glasses should give you good vision. Most likely you don't see for whatever the vitrectomy was done for.
Don't expect to get any advice from John Hagan. I have the same problem and made almost the same comment as you about the Symfony lenses. Hagan told me I was a series of one. But to quote him more or less, think yourself lucky, you have a good outcome, a bad outcome is being blinded by the surgery. Learn from this. You have been used as a guinea pig to make money for the lens manufacturer with the collusion of opthalmists.
@at_239 do you ever wear a tinfoil hat by chance?
What in the world is a "tinfoil hat?"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_foil_hat
I agree. These doctors use people as test subjects. Just cause they are professionals only means they get paid and not that they are good. of course they don't want to heal you then they wouldn't get paid. Mr Hagan maybe listen and believe your patients more and you will be closer to a real healer
@Helpsavemykids I'm a patient and have received nothing short of top-notch care from "these doctors", which I presume to mean ophthalmologists and/or cataract surgeons. My own cataract surgeon performed his specialty, was paid far less as per health insurance than what I think he deserved for his expertise, and released me with no further visits requested or required.
"These doctors" and modern technology saved my vision in both eyes of which I am extremely thankful. Granted, there are good and a few not so good doctors. You find that in other areas as well (i.e. mechanics, carpenters, etc). Just need to seek out which ones are best for you and get second opinions when necessary.
Thank you both for your kind comments.
If you have good vision near, but your distance vision isn't great even after a few weeks, that suggests the most likely explanation is that the surgery left you nearsighted, that the lens power was off. Unfortunately the lens power isn't something can determine exactly beforehand, it is an estimate based on statistics of past patient's eye measurements. Usually its fairly accurate for most people, but not all, those who had high prescriptions before surgery are more likely to have the lens power be off. Did they tell you your refraction, the prescription they'd use to correct you with glasses/contacts?
During the first couple of months after surgery, it is possible while the lens is still healing in place for it to move forward or backward a bit, to make your more or less nearsighted, but it seems doubtful there will be much of a change at this point. If you are finished with drops, if they considered your eyes healed will enough, then its also unlikely there is any healing impacting your vision (and that usually would impact visual quality at all distances, rather than giving a temporary myopic shift).
Usually people with the Symfony, or multifocals, tend to have good distance vision at first and any neuroadaptation makes their near vision clear. I had seen at least one poster whose distance vision was a bit subpar at first and then saw it improve with adaptation, but unfortunately the odds are you were left nearsighted.
Many people whose lens power is off with a premium lens get a laser enhancement after their vision has stabilized. Others who don't mind wearing correction sometimes, like for driving, just wear contacts or glasses.
They can't know during the operation if a YAG will be required, since a YAG is used to treat PCO which happens afterwards. It used to be most people developed PCO, but with modern lenses and surgical techniques its only a small minority who ever need a YAG. Although some people need it soon after surgery, I recall one estimate of YAG being done on average around 2 years postop. The cloudiness from something like PCO would impact vision at all distances.
During the first couple of months after surgery, it is possible while the lens is still healing in place for it to move forward or backward a bit, to make your more or less nearsighted, but it seems doubtful there will be much of a change at this point. If you are finished with drops, if they considered your eyes healed will enough, then its also unlikely there is any healing impacting your vision (and that usually would impact visual quality at all distances, rather than giving a temporary myopic shift).
Usually people with the Symfony, or multifocals, tend to have good distance vision at first and any neuroadaptation makes their near vision clear. I had seen at least one poster whose distance vision was a bit subpar at first and then saw it improve with adaptation, but unfortunately the odds are you were left nearsighted.
Many people whose lens power is off with a premium lens get a laser enhancement after their vision has stabilized. Others who don't mind wearing correction sometimes, like for driving, just wear contacts or glasses.
They can't know during the operation if a YAG will be required, since a YAG is used to treat PCO which happens afterwards. It used to be most people developed PCO, but with modern lenses and surgical techniques its only a small minority who ever need a YAG. Although some people need it soon after surgery, I recall one estimate of YAG being done on average around 2 years postop. The cloudiness from something like PCO would impact vision at all distances.
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