-1.5, what did I win?
Thats a great result, maybe it will even move a little bit closer to 0 the next month, but in any case that result is very usable
-1.5 does normally not leave a noticeable gap between the two lenses, if the other lens is set for distance.
Again, the lens set for distance gives usable vision to -1.0, the lens set for -1.5 gives usable vision from -0.5, so they overlap with usable vision between -0.5 and -1.0, therefore you will not feel a drop off in vision in real life.
The cornea is a very important part of the optics in the eye, the cornea and the iol combined is what giving the optics needed to focus the light on the retina.
When doing Lasik and Smile laser surgery, only the cornea is changed, and by doing this both diopter and astigmatism can be adjusted.
So yes, swelling in the cornea plays a big part.
well mine changed .25. But I presume these autorefractors are rounding so in theory it could have been just under or just over .25. In both cases I could tell as I noticed the decline in my near vision as my eyes shifted more hyperopic. I would think only slight changes at this point but all eyes are different.
W-H Very happy for you and your wife. Definitely looks like you picked the right doctor.
With benefit of hindsight we still would have picked him. He is a very unique character. When he goes into a rabbit hole you just can’t interrupt him lol
Yesterday he squeezed us in as there was no free slot. He called us in before other waiting people, he did quick check up and said I can’t talk too much today but then when we were about to leave he kept talking about future eye technology at the office door lol He is passionate about the subject.
He was kind to my wife during the operation and has a good sense of humour.
Wife is very happy so far. The focus point is not moving away since day 6-7 and we hope it stays around the accidental -1.50 and not go towards the original target of -1.25.
She went to office for the first time since the left eye operation. All went good, slight headache mainly because of the non operated right eye being very blurry, the cataract in that right eye is getting very bad.
Wife can’t wait to get the right eye done. Hope she does not suffer again.
So as things stand, she clearly sees her food while eating, can do makeup, see PC screen, use her mobile phone at normal distance and read J1 instantly without any glasses!
We have decided to stick with the right eye OP, end of October (1 month gap). Next OP day would have been 1 Dec and she can’t carry on like this plus Dr Zeiss does not see any point in delaying.
Dr Zeiss said that we hit the target (.25 difference is within the error range) so we don’t need to change anything for the right eye. We meet him 2 days before the OP just to be sure.
And I’m not surprised. You are very knowledgeable!