Scheduled For Cataract Surgery…Lens Choices - Page 6

eadu4 · ‎06-14-2011

@goldensrbest @that was for both. I had the choice of the "full" $6000 surgery that would have meant I would NOT need readers or the $3000 but I would most likely need readers. Since I still used readers with my contacts I had no problem with that. What happened is my eyes are soooo dry now that they are blurry or cloudy and it seems like my eyes read at different magnification levels. I'm going to try my optometrist to see if I can get glasses prescribed that will help.

Hoovermom · ‎03-19-2010

@eadu4 : Have you gone back for a follow-up visit? If not, please go in and let him check you out. I was having some problems and he advised me what was going on.

eadu4 · ‎06-14-2011

@Hoovermom @thank you for your concern. I have been back twice. They did "re"zap" my eyes to help with the cloudy blurring and it helped for a day or two but I was told that is due to my eyes being do dry. I keep a wet hand towel with me around the house when home and blot my eyes on top of trying every brand of artificial tears out there. The dryness is horrible. Go back to them in December I believe. I keep getting told it will be fine but so far it's been a rough journey. Right now my eyes are red (the skin around my eyes not my eye itself). But it's the reading issues that are the most aggravating.

Trailrun23 · ‎05-31-2022

I aam sheduled for cataract surgery in Feb, but my insurance is changing again so we will see...

DH opted for the light adjustable lenses (LAL). My brother got the plain lenses that Medicare covers....9 months later all he could see was white. He went back to the same dr and was told the basic lenses usually fail eventually, but 9 months? He had to go back into another surgery and they put in the middle-level one; at the time they LAL was not yet available. DH had both eyes done in April and sees great...I do see him sneaking my reading glasses once in a while to read tiny print on labels, etc. I will say the maintence and time it takes to drive to many adjustments and lock-ins is huge. Eye drops several times a day and 8 months later, he is still having to use Cequa twice a day. He sees great at night so we can travel again and needs no glasses....day or night...but does use polarized sunglasses.I am going with the LAL but at least I know what I am in for.

My brother has done fine with the mid-level lenses. the big advantage for LAL is that there are no halos around lights, and that is huge for me.