this will be long so forgive me. a couple of years ago found cataract set up surgery and the i broke an eye (canine) toorh. nes dentist lots of expensive work, dustup at work. long story short i got back to cataract recently cataract was bad, different surgeon same practice. He said we can make this good, it will make your good eye look bad in comparison, we can get 20/25, this is in both first visit and ore op. he also said there would be a lot of swelling. lens is to be set for distance. have the surgery tuesday the 25th. next day checkup can just make out the big E. that dr said very swollen surgeon added prednisone drops. im concerned, but know it will take time. 1 week appt set for the 4th (10 days later) on tuesday the 1st i notice i can seemy hand fairly ckearly at reading distance. concerned, go in on Friday. i can see a couple lines more on chart, they do some tests, do the test for glasses. Dr comes in i am nearsighted. says the cataract was so bad couldnt use some tests had to calculate power the old school way. i ask if it can be fixed. he says can switch the lens but wouldnt be worth the risk. at which point i am angry and almost in tears. He looks at the eye, says it is l little foggy. i ask why he explains. its foggy, that will likely get worse can fix with laser at some point. He keeps talking that it is better. yes its better than with the cataract, but not what he said it would be and worse than before cataract. with glasses can get to 20/40. May get a little better since is some swelling still. i am so disappointed and upset. I feel he was pie in the sky. i dont know how will work with the other eye. i am angry with myself, and with him. I have spent the last two days in tears, and feel hopeless. thank you all for listening.
I think your experience is why one top Ophthalmologist recommend to me to get the LAL. Hitting Plano or whatever your goal is does not always happen and then you need other options like contacts, glasses or lasik.
One think that bothers me, and I am not saying this applies to you, but it seems like some people just pick the first Ophthalmologist they find. Not only do I do a tremendous amount of researching on various lens and their clinical and other results, I spend a lot of time researching the Ophthalmologist. I went to several different Ophthalmologist before I used the one I used and I emailed and talked to many top Ophthalmologist that do clinical studies and who have been published. Clinical Trial doctors, in general, will have the best equipment and be the most knowledgeable IMHO as IOL companies want to get the best results as possible from the clinical trials.
Did you mention what lens you even got? I would go to the clinical trials by the FDA and find out what doctors did the clinical trials on your lens or what Doctors is doing a lot of clinical trials and get more than one opinion on what has happened.
I know some Ophthalmologist use a machine, I think it is called wavefront, that allow the Ophthalmologist to get reactive measurements of the patent’s dye during surgery. This reduces or eliminate the need for postoperative surgery or eyeglasses.
So my question is why if this Ophthalmologist knew he was having a hard time getting an accurate measurement did he not use that machine or recommend you go to an Ophthalmologist that does. That just screams Red Flag to me.