I was told that it was okay to use the lubricating drops with the prescription ones. I was told to wait 5 minutes between putting the different drops in, and to close your eye after putting the drop in for 2 to 3 minutes while pressing the inner tear duct so none of the prescription drops overflow down your sinal passage and into your system. I’ve been using the timer on my phone, start it for 3 minutes when I start putting the drop in, then switch it up to 5 minutes when done to monitor the time between drops. It’s working really well. I use the lubricating drops the last and usually wait about ten minutes between them and the rest of the drops. But my operated eye feels great. No real distortions, gritty feeling, etc. I’m experiencing some floaters, but I already had them, and they’re only really noticeable after I put the prescription drops in. After a couple of hours, they’re minimal again.
My instructions say 10-15 minutes between drops and then at least 30 before using lubricants. There seems to be a lot of variance here. But I ultimately take the meds first and then take my lubricants much much later unless it feels like i really have to.
Yes, there really does seem to be. The instructions in the boxes and the printout by the pharmacy for my prescription drops say to wait ten minutes, but the clinic says that five minutes is fine. I do the prescription ones first also, and have been waiting at least fifteen minutes before the lubricating ones, and that seems to be working fine, and my eyes seem to be healing nicely, but I might start waiting a bit longer before doing the lubricating ones. I definitely couldn’t hold my fingers to the inside tear duct with my head tilted back for longer than the three minutes I’m doing now though as I have severe whiplash. Though, I guess if you add it up, if I’m keeping my eyes closed for three minutes, than waiting at least five minutes between the drops (I don’t always do them immediately after my timer goes off), I do end up waiting at least eight minutes between the medicated ones.
I was one of those people that thought my vision was going to be great after having the multifocal lenses implanted as my doctor suggested and I paid the extra money for. Long story short I ended up at Will’s Eye Hospital in Phildelphia to have them removed and replaced with other implantes because they did not work properly and the vision I ended up with was very poor. Research showes they do not work well in most people and should not be an option.
Along with the removal of the multifocal lenses I had to have a vitrectomy to correct the issues caused my the original surgeon. Thankfully my doctor at Will’s was able to help. Removal of implanted lenses is not something everyone can do so please do your research before making a mistake.
Willis Eye Hospital in Philadelphia Pa is of the. world’s best .
I thought I would give an update on how my eye is doing. I had the Tecnis 1 put in my left dominant eye a week ago. Day after surgery my eye was having a disco light party and it was like the cataract was still there because everything was cloudy. I went to an emergency eye clinic and they called my surgeon who said it was just natural healing. The next morning it was the same disco light party, but I now had a black spot on the temple side of my vision. I went to see my surgeon and he dilated my eye and checked everything out. The lens was positioned properly and everything looked great including the retina. So just my brain trying to figure out what was happening.
Since then my eye has improved every day. When I close my right eye I can see how clear things are with my new left eye. Distance is great and things are way more crisp and clear than when I wore glasses, even before cataracts. So far I can see clearly from distance up to 3 feet away, but this has also been improving daily. From 3 feet to 2 feet things are still clear, but any printing is not clear unless it is a larger font. I can’t read my cell phone clearly even at arm’s length, although it looks clearer than it did a couple days ago. Not sure if this will improve when I get my right eye done as they say binocular vision is better.
My right eye is nearsighted, so I can see close up right now, but that will change when I have surgery on it. I find with the difference in my eyes I can get dizzy and my depth perception is off. I am a bit of a klutz, so when I go for walks I always look at the ground, especially in the winter with snow because the ground is so uneven. One thing I was worried about is that I wouldn’t be able to see the ground clearly. I find it is clearer now than when I wore glasses. I walk or bike ride every day and needed to see the ground in front of me clearly, so I am happy that is not going to be a problem.
My left eye has become extremely dry with the prescription drops I have to use and I found it was making my vision not as clear. Since I have been using over the counter eye drops for dry eye it has improved my vision a lot. Pharmacist and eye doctor both told me I could use over the counter eye drops as long as I didn’t use them right before or right after the prescription drops. I make sure to use the over the counter drops at least an hour before or an hour after using the prescription drops. I just bought nighttime drops to use because my eye is so dry in the morning I can hardly open my eyelid and it seems to take a good portion of the day to get it feeling good again. So hopefully that will help a lot.
Eye doctor said I was doing really great and I must be a fast healer. She told me a lot of people who come in 3 days after surgery still can’t see their hand in front of their face.
I am getting my second eye done tomorrow. I know there are a lot of reasons to wait six weeks, but since I am not having anything out of the ordinary done like monovision, I thought I would go ahead with it. I can’t drive right now with my eyes being so different and my depth perception being off, so I thought it best to get it done. I hate not being able to drive. My left eye was targeted for -0.1 (which is the closest he could get to -0.25 with the power of lens I needed without going over) and my right eye will be targeted for -0.55. It will be interesting to see how much more my vision will improve with time and with getting my second eye done.
So far I am happy with the lens I chose. I will miss being able to read without glasses and this will be an inconvenience in some situations, but I am happy with the distance vision and clarity I get with this lens. I can’t remember the last time I could see clearly in the distance, even with glasses. I can once again see street signs clearly before I am driving past them, when my husband points something out to me that is in the distance, I can actually see it. Yes, putting glasses on and off when I need to see printing will be an inconvenience, but as with all lenses there is always a trade-off. Looking at your lifestyle and deciding what is important to you really helps in making the right lens choice.
I am not the person who is thinking of IOL removal. That must be someone else.
Your story is interesting, however, and sorry for you as it sounded very hard. I could not get multifocals (but probably would have) as I have AMD and it is not a option for me. Lucky me, I guess. I didn’t know multi’s were so problematic!
Glad you are happy with your results! It is uplifting to read your reports!
I was looking at your target ranges. I am now targeted -0.27 LE Tecnis 1 which my doctor has ordered. But i thought maybe .5D LE as you had targeted might give me some better closer in vision. Your intermediate would probably be stronger with Eyhance over Technis 1 but near and distance would be similar allowing that since our eyes are different we would have different results, of course.
Once an IOL is ordered can the doctor alter the range on it?