i had this procedure yesterday because I mentioned to my doctor that my vision through my new Symfony lens was not as sharp as my other eye which has not been altered. He said my sac that remained from my procedure that now contains the new lens can cause this and performed this procedure right then. Well, within ten to fifteen minutes afterwards I could hardly keep my eye open much see out of it. I called when I got home with my concerns and symptoms and was told to use my drops and it should be fine in the morning. Well, it is not fine. I still have blurred vision and what little improved vision I got from the Symfony has now deteriorated! I feel like I have something in my eye like a lash would feel. This is not a floater which is the usual side effect. Very concerned now about my eye condition. Have another appointment today to see what is up. Anyone else have anything like,this happen as a result of YAG?
I had blurred vision and felt like I was wearing a contact lens. Also, I had pain unlike when I had IOL. My YAG was done because I have very severe starburst and halos, At night I have to cover up even the tiny little lights in the bedroom (like dvr lights etc). Like yours it was done right then and there. I was ok after a couple of days. No improvement on the starbursts etc but my close vision deteriorated and am back to where I was pre cataract surgery,
I hope your doctor was able to solve your problem
So sorry to hear of your situation. I didn't get any real answer of what happened other than "a reaction to,the laser". I was given another steroid drop to,use for the inflammation. He assured me my cornea and lens were just fine and my vision should settle back in a day or so. For all I know I could have had a hair in my eye, who knows!
guess time will tell.
I sincerely hope it was merely an eyelash. Let me know how you're doing in a couple of days ok? Take care in the meantime
I also had a laser for the same reason and it made my vision worse. The halos are really bad. My doctor changed my eyedrops to Restasis and my eyelashes started falling out. I am not happy about this experience. I need to have my second eye done and am going to research the best in the US before I have another surgery.
Susie and Veepee,
what type of lens do you each have that caused such terrible halos?
i have Tecnis Symfony and do not have such an issue. I have not done my second eye yet but it is supposed to be a technis mult focal to,give me more near vision correction. However, after this setback, I am not in a hurry to sign up again! I almost wish I just went for lasik or Multi focal contact lenses....I did not have cataracts yet...just wanted to get rid of my reading glasses. Now I am somewhat regretful
Tecnis Symfony (multifocal) implanted exactly 2 months ago. I have blurred distance vision and the laser was supposed to fix that. I have had the halos since day one...and they are present day and night. I hesitated to get this lens because I play lots of tennis and now it is a struggle to follow the ball. My depth perception is off too.
I had the Tecnis Toric because I had astigmatism. I went in for the best unfortunately because I did not want to wear glasses anymore either
. On the day of the first lens implant I spoke to another patient there who had had one of her lens implanted already and could not wait for the second. It had worked out well for her but of course I did not ask her which type of lens she was getting.
My doctor put me on to Restasis immediately after the YAG and am still on it. I had used it some years ago and had no problems. Why can't us humans all be the same
Nancy how is your eye doing now?
I am doing very well and thank you for asking! I have no more irritation and my vision has now corrected back to pre YAG procedure. However, I believe the procedure was not needed. No change at all. I still see a slight difference in the brightness and sharpness between my eyes. I probably should not focus (no pun intended!) on that small difference.🤓
I consider my cataract surgery an abysmal failure. Seem to me that anything that could go wrong, did go wrong. Except blindness! However, the one procedure that didn't seem to cause problems, was the YAG.
So sorry that this happened to you. Please update after doctor visit.
All the best!😉
Hands down, my vision. Is worse post surgery! My eye doc remains adamant that "no, it isn't worse". Then he gives me the numbers which mean less than nothing to me. All I know is that I have virtually no near vision. Readers help, but I swear they lose effectiveness as time progresses. Night driving is a crap shoot. Halos that I didn't have before. Lights can often be so bright I have to pull off the road.
The lenses I had implanted were the basic. That's all insurance covers.
I wish I'd never had it done. The doctor said cataracts weren't bad and I could easily have gi waited. But.......he said "Why wait. We can do it now before it gets bad". Made sense to me at the time.
Best of luck to you!
So glad to hear you had success! For a surgery that is so commonplace, who would believe all the complications! 😉Great news!
Janet, I read your experience above and I am sorry to hear you did not get better vision. If you did not get what they call monovision, one lens for near and one for near vision, you would definitely need readers or stronger for,near vision. My mother had just the standard lens covered by insurance, both for distance which is,the norm, and she still uses her prescription readers. I did hear that someone in your position could get a lasik procedure to improve your near vision, This would be less expensive and better than replacing lenses. What puzzles me most is why you have such severe halos as this symptom is usually associated with the premium lenses. I can certainly understand your frustration and disappointment.
As for me, I am scheduled for a multifocal lens July 20. I am still somewhat uncertain of my choice to go down this road! I did not have cataracts at all. My motivation was to lose the readers. My husband had such a great result with his lens replacement after cataracts. He had one Multi focal and one standard lens for distance only.
Thanks for your response and I wish you better vision!
Hi Nancy - my surgery is July 10 and I too haven't decided on s lens though leaning toward a multifocal.
If you don't have cataracts you might want to talk to more than one expert. Personally if I didn't have cataracts I would not do this. However my vision has been compromised with cataracts so counting on seeing better no matter which lens I choose. This is pretty permanent - the surgeons don't like to explant these lenses - and although a safe procedure nothing is guranteed 100% and even if surgery goes well there are issues with multifocals and seeing of halos or power might be off. Ask yourself if that is worth rolling the dice. One day they will have better lenses and ones they can adjust without explanting them.
you likely have very good vision with aide of glasses or contacts. So you'll be comparing your IOL with that whereas everything for me now is blurry due to cataracts so comparison will likely be in favour of IOL.
Just my 2 cents for whatever it's worth.
If it is a small neglible difference let it be Nancy. Use whatever drops the doctor has given you. You've got good eyesight now so you're good to go
. Very happy for you. But if there are changes please come back here and let us know ok? In the meantime, take care
One more question Nancy, no more halos and starburst now?
The YAG was not done for the starbursts or halo effect. I do see starbursts around bright street lights but I kind of think they are cool! I know,that sounds weird but they don't bother me and may subside as my brain adjusts to them, at least that is,what I heard,
Having worn glasses since I was 4. when lasik surgery first came out, I thought it sounded unbelievable and couldn't wait to sign up. I never could go through with it, however. Maybe it's because of spending an inordinate amount of time with eye doctors during my life, that I took everything about my eyes so seriously. Didn't mind glasses, had contacts, life was fine.
I would agree with you that this isn't yet a slam dunk procedure and going ahead with it still needs to be given a lot of thought. My 2 cents, as well!
I gather if you could redo your iol selection you'd consider a premium lens?
I have my surgery in 3 weeks. Thought I would pay for Symfony lens but now second guessing. Thought maybe just get regular ones covered by Medicare and keep wearing glasses but this time for near (currently wear glasses for distance). I wonder if there are different monofocal lenses that would give better vision. I read aspheric ones give great distance clarity. Not sure they are covered or there would be an out of pocket expense.
Wonder too if PCO can happen with any iol or is more prevalent with a premium lens.
Just seems for a surgery that is most common and low risk a lot can go wrong. I am not sleeping at nights thinking of every possibility.
How long has it been since your surgery? Do glasses help at all?