That’s interesting - didn’t pick up on thatvwhen I read it earlier in the week. I thought trial involved different patients with different lenses.
I will be interested in seeing how atLARA really compares once it’s approved. Those who have time to wait it out might have a good option worth spending on.
I really think better lens options will be pushed by the lasik patients who already corrected distance vision to be glasses free and now need a viable option for near vision. The demand will be there by a market group who are willing to spend for it.
It is not just the LASIK patients who want to stay glasses free after the cataract surgery.
For example, I had been using contact lenses for more than 50 years before my last cataract surgery, without using glasses at all, and I would have hated to go back to using glasses. Fortunately with my combination of a Symfony lens and a monofocal lens, together with using monovision, my vision is good for all useful distances.
Yes no doubt everyone will want better lenses me included. I used contact lenses for 15 years but pregnancy changed my eyes and I could no longer tolerate them. But contacts gave me freedom to enjoy sports. Didn’t enjoy having to go back to glasses.
I only meant by my comment that the lasik demographics will likely drive the market towards better lenses because they’ve been willing to pay for perfect vision - whereas that vision could have been achieved by glasses or contacts. And now look at how many clear lens exchanges are going on (and actively promoted). Once the perfect lens is available people will opt for that as soon presbyopia starts. Interesting to think cataracts could be a rare occurrence in developed countries.
Anyways just wanted to clarify. I in no way meant that only lasik patients would benefit from the advances. Me too (someone who never explored lasik - more out of fear of possibility something could go wrong) opting for 2 Symfony lenses!!!! but I have gained a new freedom and can’t express how much I like being glasses free! It was the perfect storm I guess for me. Had to have procedure regardless so went for broke!!! 😊
Thanks for your input. What is your Symfony set at?
I want to be glasses and contacts free with vision from 6 inches out to infinity and no night time issues!
I know - me too. I feel ripped off that my parents will have better lens options than I had.
But then life is rarely fair. There are those suffering far more than I. Currently thinking of The Humboldt Broncos bus tradegy and all those young lives cut off at prime of life and anguish and loss their parents will live with rest of their lives.
No life isn’t fair- but our attitudes towards the unexpected shape our future. Too many people miss the silver lining because they’re expecting the gold.
The Symfony in my right eye is set for distance, while the left eye has a monofocal set for reading at about 17 - 18 inches. Good day vision at all useful distances, but don't like the multiple circles around lights at night.
I did not have the choice of approach no 2 above because my left eye (with the monofocal lens) had a cataract surgery in 1999, 18 years before the right eye.
Interestingly, it seems that at least some doctors have started letting people evaluate the vision they may get with the different IOL designs after cataract surgery (even though obviously, simulation cannot match reality perfectly), For example, in one of the articles in 2017, Barbara Fluder OD states:
"I also use an online visual simulator which shows patients simulated visual results with an IOL for activities including golfing, gardening, shopping, and night driving. Enter the patient’s astigmatism, level of cataract development, and IOL option to demonstrate the visual outcome. Obviously, results may vary, but it is a great way to demonstrate a patient’s expected visual results with various IOL options.
Thanks for sharing the information, Sue.An. You are amazing.