Cataract Surgery

[Timmah!]

Crisp, clean, clear, colorful, sharply delineated. 

I'm liking it.

[Smeggie]

Now you can turn off your hax! 

 

[TBB]

1 hour ago, Timmah! said:

Crisp, clean, clear, colorful, sharply delineated. 

I'm liking it.

Glad it worked out ok - better to see your culinary creations however  -

Now your life gets to be complicated - seeing clearly means you shouldn't look in the mirror - it can be scary - just ask @BUDMAN

[Timmah!]

1 hour ago, TBB said:

Glad it worked out ok - better to see your culinary creations however  -

Now your life gets to be complicated - seeing clearly means you shouldn't look in the mirror - it can be scary - just ask @BUDMAN

Will gladly take the good  the bad, & the ugly, all together. 

Can't recall when my vision has been this vivid.

[major-mark63]

Timmah you seem pretty young to have cataracts???

[Timmah!]

35 minutes ago, major-mark63 said:

Timmah you seem pretty young to have cataracts???

It's genetic; my mom had cataracts in her early 50's also.

They're called posterior subcapsular cataracts. 

Can't recall any steroids or trauma causing these. 

[major-mark63]

12 minutes ago, Timmah! said:

It's genetic; my mom had cataracts in her early 50's also.

They're called posterior subcapsular cataracts. 

Can't recall any steroids or trauma causing these. 

so you will not need reading glasses thats good..

[WeednFeed]

6 hours ago, major-mark63 said:

so you will not need reading glasses thats good..

Be interesting to if @Timmah! requires reading glasses? My brother-in-law just had cataract surgery last year on both eyes(one at a time) he chose the more expensive obtion! One eye(lens) for distance and one eye(lens) for reading. at least that’s the way I understand it.
 

EDIT I may have this wrong! After doing some more research he could have gotten special lenses with multiple focus points. I’ll have to confirm because I’ll likely need them in the coming years.

Apparently your brain makes the transition from eye to eye as required.

Please correct me if I’m mistaken.

weed
 

Edited March 7 by WeednFeed

[Timmah!]

1 hour ago, WeednFeed said:

Be interesting to if @Timmah! requires reading glasses? My brother-in-law just had cataract surgery last year on both eyes(one at a time) he chose the more expensive obtion! One eye(lens) for distance and one eye(lens) for reading. at least that’s the way I understand it.
 

EDIT I may have this wrong! After doing some more research he could have gotten special lenses with multiple focus points. I’ll have to confirm because I’ll likely need them in the coming years.

Apparently your brain makes the transition from eye to eye as required.

Please correct me if I’m mistaken.

weed
 

There's several types. 

Single focus, multi focal, Extended Depth of Focus, very new modular that can be flexed by your zonules to change magnification, attempting to mimic your natural lens, light adjustable lenses.

Getting one lens set to nearer focus & the other to farther is called mono or mini-monovision.  This can be done with either EDOF or single-focus lenses.

Lots of choices.

If one goes for monovision, the ophthalmologist will likely insist to wear contacts simulating the effect, to assess how one tolerates it.

Join and follow reddit cataract surgery as one source of information. 

I settled on single-focus refractive design lenses...less to go wrong, mitigating problems with artifacts, halos, starbursts, glare, contrast degradation etc.

Was strongly considering EDOF IOLs set to mini monovision, but didn't want the chance of aforementioned problems with the focus stretched...didn't want to chance binocular depth perception compromised by 2 different focal points of mini monovision. 

Didn't want modular, because more moving parts, more can go wrong. 

So, I went with quality single-focus lenses, both set to distance. Emulating your natural eye lens in design. 

Need light readers for small print closer than 12 inches; everything farther out is excellent. 

No glares, halos, starbursts at night, no degraded details, no possible compromise of depth perception. 

Everything crisp & clear beyond 18 inches to as far as I can see.

YMMV.

Plenty of research & due diligence to make the best informed decision possible for a permanent change to your vision is highly advisable. 

Edited March 7 by Timmah!

[BUDMAN]

I had mine done 6 or 7 yrs ago, one eye is for close up and the other is for distance. Have not needed glasses since, don't like to drive at night though... 

Edited March 7 by BUDMAN

[major-mark63]

Ive hear that multi focus lenses can give the halos like dirty glasses.

Im not there yet (61) , anyways im use with glasses got them since i was 5 . Hypermetropia , astigmatism and now reading focals  since i was 50.

[major-mark63]

52 minutes ago, BUDMAN said:

I had mine done 6 or 7 yrs ago, one eye is for close up and the other is for distance. Have not needed glasses since, don't like to drive at night though... 

Me night driving is ok but i hate twilight we have mountains here deers are hard to see , one hit me last november in my driver side door and fender.

[Timmah!]

1 hour ago, BUDMAN said:

I had mine done 6 or 7 yrs ago, one eye is for close up and the other is for distance. Have not needed glasses since, don't like to drive at night though... 

Mostly because  of halos, glare, starbursts, depth perception?...

[BUDMAN]

1 minute ago, Timmah! said:

Mostly because  of halos, glare, starbursts, depth perception?...

correct

 

[Timmah!]

41 minutes ago, BUDMAN said:

correct

 

Ahh, so all of the above. 

Would you stay with monovision or set both to distance & use readers if you had a re-do?

Edited March 7 by Timmah!

[WeednFeed]

Great topic because so many of us end up here lol.