I had one eye operated on 4 wks ago. Wont see optician til 9 wks after op.
I can see clearly with this eye for only 3ft, but its a blur after that.Is this correct.
Waiting for 9 weeks after cataract surgery to get your eyes checked seems to be too long a time period. Most of the opthamologists in USA check the eyes about 1 month after the cataract surgery.
In any case, you really need to have your eyes checked for making sure that your lens is located correctly and to determine what prescription you need for distance (spherical as well as cylinderical correction), and what your best corrected vision is. Until you that information and can share it, any advice based on speculations will not be meaningful.
Its likely isn't a "correct" result, though unfortunately such things can happen. It sounds like you were left very nearsighted in that eye. Sometimes people choose to have the lens implanted during cataract sugery focused in near to allow them to read, understanding they'd need glasses to see well for distance. Your question suggests that you did *not* expect this result.
Unfortunately determining the lens power for an IOL isn't done using any sort of exact formula. It is a statistical estimate based on the eye measurements of past patients. Usually its fairly accurate for those who had low prescriptions before surgery, but not always, and those with higher prescriptions are at more risk of the lens power being off. It isn't clear how far off your eye is, since it depends on what you consider blurry, you'd need to find your prescription for that eye, its refraction.
Your doctor's office likely already has that information from postop visits (i noticed you said you won't see the optician until 9 weeks, I assume you've seen eye doctors). Your prescription can change slightly after surgery during the initial couple of months since before the lens fully heals into place it can move slightly forward or backward a bit, making you more or less nearsighted. Usually however if there is any change its minor and at this point its doubtful you'd see much if any improvement (though unlikely to see it get much worse). They usually wait to have people get glasses/contacts for that eye until several weeks after surgery to allow vision to stabilize, though if its a real problem and you don't mind paying for an updated pair of glasses, you can ask to get it earlier if you need correction to function.
Your myopia can of course be corrected via glasses or contacts, or if you wish to spend money you can get a permanent correction via laser. It may be that you'd want to keep that eye a bit nearsighted to allow you to have good reading vision without correction, but its possible this is a bit too nearsighted for you.
Thanks for your reply. I havent seen anyone since the 10 minute op.The NHS have an agreement with my opticians to do the check up. So looks like i will just have to wait and see what they say. I should have been seen by 6weeks, but cant get an app for 7 half wks.When i saythings are blurred after 3ft, that even means th TV or coffee table. Nothing is clear after 3 ft, but with both eyes open its OK.Will let you know how i get on after 19th April..