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My doc told me the super sharp vision experienced after surgery would regress a bit, which it has - more in my weaker right eye than the other. Left eye is still pretty darn near perfect. Seven years since cataract surgery. Still using only 2.5 reading glasses from Walgreen's. Huge improvement over the glasses, contacts - without which I was blind as a bat my entire life beginning at age 9. Now it's just my good ol' eyes and drugstore reading glasses. Quite a liberation.
I had cataracts removed both eyes. One is better than others n just need reading glasses , but I went to have surgery for night driving, now it's starburst. Even worse. Not happy
Ok, looked it up and answered my own questions, at least as to how nevi ( moles) are treated generally. Sounds like the word is to watch and observe the nevi over time for any changes. As they say most often the nevi causes no problems they don't recommend surgery automatically, there would be risk of injuring the retina if surgery is done-again the risk vs. benefits balance as in all medical procedures.
The mole, nevus, is being watched. I just went for a 3 month checkup and go back in 6 months. Hopefully it will remain the same size, color, and shape. But I will have to have it checked always. It winds up being a 3-4 hour appt with the retina specialist because of its location which may explain why it was not discovered until recently. It actually hurts me to look in the direction they need to get a good picture of all of it. And it takes many pictures to get it all to the satisfaction of my doctor.
There was some concern because it wasn't discovered - or just appeared - a year ago at age 66. It's large and thick according to both my current eye doctors and the concern is that it was not seen by any of my previous eye surgeons and physicians.
I had cataracts removed both eyes. One is better than others n just need reading glasses , but I went to have surgery for night driving, now it's starburst. Even worse. Not happy
Me too. And I am going back to the optician who fitted me with these post cataract glasses. I can't drive with starbursts from every street light and gold rays coming out of lights everywhere. Even in the house at night with a lamp on I have to put my hand over my eye to stop those rays. It's like Star Wars in my eyes.
First the surgeon told me that was from astigmatism. (Astigmatism that wasn't bad enough to qualify for toric lenses!) He said my new glasses would correct the astigmatism. So what are these rays and starbursts then? And are we just stuck with this?
The one very good thing is that my eyesight is brighter and that one eye was corrected pretty well except for the starbursts and rays. The other eye is still kind of bad.
That's a new one to me. For a couple of years after my surgeries, I had major floaters interfering with my vision. Plus, I could see the edge of my implants when there was a light coming from the side. I no longer see the reflections -- or I've gotten used to them -- and the floaters have gone away.
After my first surgery, I'd wake up in the morning and everything was blood red - as though there were a red cellophane filter in front of my eyes. This would go away after a few minutes I went into my ophthalmologist right away, but he couldn't see anything wrong. After thinking about it for a minute, he said he thought it might be due to the yellow color of my lens and the over saturation of the cones causing some sort of weird compensation. In other words, he didn't have a clue. After a while it went away.
So my guess is a lot of people have strange vision things in the wake of the surgery -- I suspect you have to be patient and see how things change over time.
went to have surgery for night driving, now it's starburst. Even worse.
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Originally Posted by in_newengland
starbursts from every street light and gold rays coming out of lights everywhere. Even in the house at night with a lamp on I have to put my hand over my eye to stop those rays. It's like Star Wars in my eyes.
So what are these rays and starbursts then?
It's called postcataract-surgery-dysphotopsias.
Excellent info, here - the newer IOL's cause this:
There is currently no agreed-upon management strategy for positive dysphotopsia symptoms. Eye care providers should educate patients that in most cases, they subside after the initial postoperative period, and visual disturbances should disappear without further treatment.7
If severe symptoms persist after four to six weeks, intraocular lens exchange can be considered; however, it should be the last resort. Timing is important when considering an IOL exchange, and earlier intervention may be easier for the surgeon and involves less risk for the patient.
oh well too late i had gall bladder surgery and a few more things going on since Feb-- so no time to go see about it. They knew when I went back 4 weeks after- for my glasses -told me all was well I also seem to have more like symptoms as if I have a cold -kinda cloudy - but i have allergies so never know - and edema is now forever baggy morning eyes for sure !!
Since my first eye was done almost six months ago, this apparently is not going to get better.
One thing though, when the surgery was first done, I could see the edges of the new lens in my eye. Ugh. That was awful. That issue has resolved itself.
I still get to have that YAG thing done in a few months so I only can wonder what, if any, effect that will have.
^^Further to this, I've had YAG for posterior capsulotomy opacity (PCO). It's a five-minute laser procedure easily done in a doc's office - it's a nothing procedure. If the main reason (aside from the smaller incision and possible iris issues) for using the newer acrylics is PCO, imho the increased risk of starburst issues for 12%-35% of patients far outweighs any easily-corrected post-op PCO. I pretty much operate these days on the "nothing new is better" theory - and it appears from that article that for 12-35% of the cataract patients this holds true.
I had cataracts removed both eyes. One is better than others n just need reading glasses , but I went to have surgery for night driving, now it's starburst. Even worse. Not happy
Could you describe the IOL's you had inserted in each eye? Were they the same type? Brand?
Standard, i.e. monofocal?
Multifocal?
Toric?
Did you have Lasik afterwards? I have read that Lasik can cause some starbursts, too.
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