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thanks guys.Yeah Ron i bet when you got your sight fixed seeing things different and all the colours must have been like seeing the world like a new different world, to me me colours were so much more vibrant than when I still had sight before I lost it I was actually in awe honestly. Still wear reading glasses at times(cheap non prescription ones you can buy in supermarket) but I can say look at my screen most times without them and there are occasions may get blurred vision but still pretty good. Cataracts run in the family and it struck me fast at first thought just needed better glasses so had eyes retested on my birthday and they sent me to a specialist for a test didn't say why then found out why then they went fast that is why the specialist thought may be no fixing. Lucky I live in Australia so could get free surgery. Funny thing the place had to go to apply for benifits thought I could still work even drive despite being fully blind
Anyway congrats and enjoy seeing everything like it is new again
Angelreaper197, thanks for sharing your experience. Have a wonderful day.
Hi, congratulations on your surgery. I had cataracts in both my eyes in my mid-30s, and had them removed surgically. I also have 20/20 distance vision with the implanted lenses. For reading from books/newspapers I buy non-prescription "readers" glasses at the drug store for about $20. FOR COMPUTER USE - I had a pair of prescription glasses made that have FLAT LENESES. With the flat lenses there is no distorion visible when I look at something - the image isn't curved - like, a flat computer screen looks flat, a strait line looks straight - there is very little lens distorion. And these flat lens glasses have BIG round LENGES, so that EVERYTHING I look at closup is included in my field of vision. And the most important thing is, these glasses are COMPUTER SCREEN DISTANCE glasses. I measured how far my eyes normally were from my own computer screen, and then I told the eye doctor I wanted glasses that would make anything at that distance be in perfect focus (actually, I have about 12 inches of depth in reasonable focus using them). Flat lenses may be expensive where you live, but big lenses are no more expensive than smaller lenses, and having them made at computer distance is no more expensive than having them made at reading distance. You might also want to consider a pair of POLAROID (polarized) sunglasses to wear whenever you go out into bright sunlight. The polarized lenes will eliminate the glare, and most importantly, shouldn't change the colours of things. They can be bought for probably $20.
For reading print on a computer screen (or looking at pictures) most bowsers like FIREFOX have the ability to englarge what's on the screen - sometimes as much as 300%.
Don't expect to be able to see normally for at least 3 months. They tell you "Oh, you can go back to work the next day". It's true the lenses they implant are already in focus, but your eyes have to adapt to them, and they have to recover from the actual surgery. Most interestingly, your brain has to relearn how to see through them.
Fauvist, here's the funny thing: my eyes seem to work just fine for me already. I had a followup visit with the eye doctor the day after the first surgery on the left eye. The left eye was set at far vision. He said I had 20/20 vision on the left eye. I had the second surgery, on the right eye, two weeks later. It was set for Near vision. A checkup the very next day gave me 20/20 vision as well. To be fair, sometimes my vision does feel a bit weird. I'm not sure if it's just fatigue. If things will get even better, I am encouraged!
The costs vary by lens type and insurer; I was told up-front that the fixed-focus was completely covered by medicare and my co-insurance but that there would be a $2,400 charge per lens for the dual-focus not covered by medicare and mostly not covered by my co-insurance plan. And that I could do one eye near/intermediate on fixed focus and the other on intermediate/distant; I figured that would drive me nuts quite quickly, so I went with the intermediate/distant on both. No glasses for driving, just for reading - it's wonderful! (I just hit 69 this year, been waiting for it to hit back . . .)
namffuak, I was a bit irritated that the eye doctor never explained everthing in advance. I wasn't told that they would make fixed focus on both eyes. They didn't tell me the cost of the surgeries until the day before the surgery. I panicked because I had no time to plan ahead financially. We talked on the phone, and they said I could let them know how I'd pay for the $300 co-pay on the day of the first surgery. We never discussed it on that day. They gave me a card telling the manufacturer and model of the lens they inserted during the first surgery. I had to do a Google search in order to discover more details on the lens.
I had a followup exam the day after the surgery and asked the eye doctor why no one had explained the strategy more clearly. He stated the multiple lenses would have cost around $2400 out of pocket. I asked why no one had explained before the surgery. He assumed the surgeon knew I was living on a fixed income, and just made the decision on his own. I tried discussing the matter while I waited for the second surgery. No one appeared to have an answer. I just decided to go with the flow. I don't seem to experience any confusion between the two lenses. I have a follow up exam in a couple weeks. I expect to have good news. Then I can see if it's necessary to have any prescription lenses. So far an old pair of reader glasses works for the computer. But sometimes I just decide to go ahead and change the resolution of the screens if I want to do a lot of detailed work on the computer.
I don't have implanted lenses but it seems you need dual focus lens in both eyes as we need our sterero vision to navigate most safely. I don't understand why medicare won't pay for that. They are silly beyond reason sometimes.
Ron - I've been going to the Boling Vision center chain here in northern Indiana for 14 years or so - owned & operated now by Dr. Richard Boling II, son of the founder. So August last year I'm in for my annual checkup and the optometrist says it's time to do something about the cataracts (among other things, I'd been cleaning my eyeglasses frequently but things were still hazy) - so I was sent down the hall to talk to the woman who co-ordinates the cataract surgery. She gave me a brochure on the process and implants they use and told me the upcharge for the anti-astigmatism ($1800 per eye) and multifocus ($2400 per eye). And the $100 out-of-pocket for the custom antibiotic eyedrop blend.
Then she scheduled me for an exam to see if there would need to be preliminary work to stabilize or secure my retinas (different outfit - and I've got eyes shaped like eggs . . .) and a follow-up after their report came in. So the next week I go in, get the eyedrops, the schedule for both eyes (1 week apart), and pick the lenses. The next Wednesday morning they did my left eye, the Wednesday after they did the right. One day, one week, and one month follow-ups. After the one month I went to the local license branch and had the eyeglass restriction removed from my driver's license.
My sister went through the process this year and did the financing - she's not old enough for medicare - IIRC, she said it cost her $1200 per eye after what her health insurance picked up.
I don't totally understand everything involved. My doctor wanted to see me a week after the first surgery. He said they'd use the results to determine how to set the second new lens so they'd both work together with maximum efficiency. If I couldn't get to that appointment he said they'd need to make an educated guess. I'm on Medicare, and I have supplemental coverage with Humana. That's probably how they got the total of $300 co-pay per eye. So far I don't notice any confusion with the differing presets for the lenses. I'm likely still experiencing a bit of adjustment. I'm sure things will only get better as time passes. I paid about $8.00 for both of my prescription eyedrops. I believe the combination of Medicare, my Medicare supplement and help from the County made a difference in the costs. In contrast, the Oasis artficial tears cost me about $20 for 30 doses. I'd need a total of 120 doses for a month's time. So the Oasis drops cost more than the prescription eyedrops!
namffuak I'm glad everything worked out ok for you and your sister.
And I'm glad things are working out for you. If you're like me I wouldn't expect any real change in the overall vision after the first month but don't forget you're still in the age group where they recommend an annual glaucoma screening.
You bet. The cataract surgeries were necessary and painless. I got stressed out, and am hoping to rest from the stress for awile.
Yeah I hear ya. Visual problems are the worst. I get visual snow so bad sometimes, that I wouldn't even risk driving when it's flairing up like that. Not very hard to get stressed out about it.
My doctor explained the fixed focus vs the flexible variable focus lenses and explained the big price difference but also said that the people he's provided with variable focus lenses came back later and had various issues with them that made them less advantageous than expected and most found them not worth the extra cost.
I've found the fixed focus lenses to be eminently satisfactory. After about three months my brain has learned to deal with the differing focal lengths on each side and ignore the appropriate eye as needed. My new glasses have different power lenses in each side so with glasses on, both eyes see in proper focus and it really helps with judging distances. Also, my new glasses are progressive bi-focals so I look through the tops to see distant clearly and through the bottom to see close clearly. But I do have to take them off to see middle distances like watching TV or working on the computer. I hardly ever wear my glasses in the house.
HOWEVER, I should note that I have developed a separate problem related to aging but perhaps agravated by the surgery. A few weeks after the surgery just when I thought everything was settled down and healed, my right eye all of a sudden started seeing a spiderweb over the whole range of vision of that eye. Panicing I called the doctor and he had me come in immediately and checked it out. It seems that there is a network or mesh of fibers that pull on the inside of the eyeball to help keep it round. Also, the eye is filled with a jelly-like material called the vitreous humor that helps keep the eyeball firm. As we age, this vitreous humor gets mushy and watery. Pressure and force on the eyeball and aging and weakening of the jelly can cause the internal fibers to tear away from the inside of the eyeball and dangle in the watery mush like unsprung rubberbands curling up and waving around, creating "floaters" as the shadow of these fibers fall onto the retina. The doctor said that the brain will eventually learn to ignore the shadows except when they change position drastically. Also with time (years) they curl up more, get farther from the retina or even dissolve a little. It's been 9 months since I first noticed my "floaters" and I do still see them now and then but mostly I never think about them. The brain is a marvelous visual filter.
And unfortunately, part of my insurance problems was due to the fact that my insurance paid nothing for new glasses. The exams were partially covered but the cost of the glasses was not. And glasses are not cheap anymore. It's a monopoly. Phooey!
LeatherGryphon I had many floaters before the surgeries but don't see them much any more. For awhile I thought floaters were the main symptom of cataracts. The doctors told me I was wrong!
thanks, funny thing too had to get a doctor for the reports to be sent to hadn't been to one in years anyway after it was all over was determined to find diabetties in me so could say that was the cause but I kept passoing the tests after so many I eventually failed just though so now I am type 2. How about you was yours due to diabetties or inherited or something else?
you'll probably still need prescription glasses your eyes wont be be 100% but should hopefully be better than what they were before the darkness part you were having. My eye doctor said I could make do with the cheap glasses you can get in chemists and supermarkets I've been using 1.5 strenght but others still think should still get my eyes retested anyway and proper pair of glasses. Still get sore strained eyes sometimes and blurred and yeah the old floaties but still so much better than was before went blind and like others said may take time to adjust but we are the very lucky ones does not always work or as well
Very very happy for you Ron. Enjoy your 20/20 sir. :-)
RAMWoff, buddy, how have you been?! Hey I just spend a few days reorganizing 17 years of DAZ content. Tomorrow I use DIM to set up a brand new collection so I can do some silly pictures!
Angelreaper1972, I have a final evalation with the eye specialist on Nov 29 to see just what I might need. The only thing I know for sure now is that I'll always wear sunglasses when I go outside. Sorry if I made any typos. I've overworked my "new" eyes these past few days!
hope it works out well for you Ron and yeah really you should always wear sunnies even on cloudy dull over cast days those can actually be worse for your eyes. May take awhile to adjust get used to new vision but you'll soon be looking at everything differently