rezoom and restore lens

[IreneBr]

On March 18, 2008 I had a rezoom lens put in my left eye (dominant).  On March 25 2008 I will have the second lens put in my right eye.  Right now I see well at a distance.  The close up is not good.  I can see the computer okay. Not great.  I am not sure if having the restore lens put in the right eye is the best way to go.  I know it gives you the closer vision.  How well do the two different lenses work together.  I have heard mixed things about it.  I am an artist and photographer  so I need all the visions. Far, medium and near.  I am very nearsighted and  this first lense feels great. No issues yet.  I would like your opinion.  Thank you IreneBr

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

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[CKLG]

I think one week is too soon to tell the results.  You have to wait for complete healing to see how well your eye settles in with the lens.  I had a ReStor lens implanted in my left eye last October.  My distant and intermediate vision was good immediately after the surgery. The reading vision didn't completely settle till one month later.  Since then, I have lost the intermediate vision and the distant vision is not as good as before.  Now 6 months post-op this lens gives me ok distant vision, no intermediate vision but reading power under bright light (the ReZoom lens in my right eye makes up for the reading power in dim light).  When I am outdoor or when there is bright daylight inside a room, my intermediate is slightly better but not as sharp as distant vision. Except for outdoor, I usually wear a pair of lower power prescription glasses to make up for the intermediate vision.  If I were well informed before the surgery (which I wasn't and I blamed my eye surgeon for that), I would have chosen the Technis monofocal lens (with my dominant eye set for distant only and mini-monovsion for my non-dominet eye as I can't stand monovision lenses).  Today is Mar. 26, if you have not had your other eye done yet, I would suggest you speak to your eye surgeon to implant a Technis monofocal lens with emphasis on distant/intermediate vision.  Hope this info helps.
CKLG

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

In a situation such as this I would advise my patient NOT TO HAVE MORE SURGERY. I would advise getting no line progressive bifocals and wearing them for situations like reading, and when you want your clearest binocular vision.

JCH III MD