deafdrummer
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I had cataract surgery in my left eye last Thursday the 5th. I'm at home recovering until I can go back to work this weekend (Sherwood Forest Faire). They put in an AcrySof SN60WF aspherical IOC implant to correct higher order aberrations (astigmatism and monocular polyopia), and it has blue-light filtering for UV protection (just like your natural lens does).
My vision problems started with monocular polyopia at around 11 years old or so, and then just went bad inside a month's time when I was 13. My left eye had been nearly blind since then. I'm 49 now.
Wow!! It is amazing! Taking the patch off, a new world was revealed to me. Unbelievable! Individual pine cones up in the trees, detail at 5-10 miles out. The colors haven't really changed that much. It's amazing to see sunlight glinting off each blade of green grass in a field (yes, we've had rain and warm temperatures for at least a month). To be able to read highway signs from a distance without the polyopia features I'm used to seeing in the other eye. Now, I can lip-read from a distance!
Laying on the table was a WEIRD experience. They numb your eye, which STINGS at first, and then apply other things before wheeling you in. Once in the OR, they put this mask on your face around the eye. Then a clamp of sorts is used to keep your eyelid open during the surgery. The OR lights go out, and all you see is this light from the microscope the surgeon uses to perform surgery on your eye. You feel pressure on your eye as he cuts to get the ultrasonic probe in, break the cataract apart, and suck it out. You may be able to see the implant being slid into place. I was not aware of what stage we were in because it was dark with only that light there. There was water running down the side of my head from irrigation of the eye.
It looks like at the rate of hardening in the right eye, we may be able to get it done in 6 months to a year. We'll make the right eye near-sighted so that I would not have to wear reading glasses. I'm used to having one eye near-sighted, the other normal or just a bit far-sighted. I'm now far-sighted, so I still have to read with the now-near-sighted eye, otherwise I'd have to mount the computer on a wall, 5-6 feet away. Now, I understand what people mean when they say,"I'm near/far-sighted." That kind of blurriness, I've never experienced before.
Friday was a cold drive, but it was sunny out! An auspicious day for coming home. I also picked up friends at Sherwood and went to a Shpongle concert in Austin to celebrate my friend's birthday! That was QUITE a show. My first show with clear vision in a LONG TIME! While waiting to get inside for the Shpongle concert, I saw the moon behind clouds, like a typical Halloween image of a full moon with clouds floating in front of it. It was the first time I could see it clearly in many years. I also saw the stars overhead, the Orion constellation. There was one star that was orange color. I was told that was a satellite. I can hardly wait for a clear night out here, away from the big city and see what it looks like.
I go back to work this weekend, but meanwhile, I'm restricted from dusty environments and lifting a certain amount of weight for a week. It was smart to get my propane needs met for two weeks.
I would be interested in hearing about your experiences with different kinds of IOL (Intraocular lens) implants.
I had cataract surgery in my left eye last Thursday the 5th. I'm at home recovering until I can go back to work this weekend (Sherwood Forest Faire). They put in an AcrySof SN60WF aspherical IOC implant to correct higher order aberrations (astigmatism and monocular polyopia), and it has blue-light filtering for UV protection (just like your natural lens does).
My vision problems started with monocular polyopia at around 11 years old or so, and then just went bad inside a month's time when I was 13. My left eye had been nearly blind since then. I'm 49 now.
Wow!! It is amazing! Taking the patch off, a new world was revealed to me. Unbelievable! Individual pine cones up in the trees, detail at 5-10 miles out. The colors haven't really changed that much. It's amazing to see sunlight glinting off each blade of green grass in a field (yes, we've had rain and warm temperatures for at least a month). To be able to read highway signs from a distance without the polyopia features I'm used to seeing in the other eye. Now, I can lip-read from a distance!
Laying on the table was a WEIRD experience. They numb your eye, which STINGS at first, and then apply other things before wheeling you in. Once in the OR, they put this mask on your face around the eye. Then a clamp of sorts is used to keep your eyelid open during the surgery. The OR lights go out, and all you see is this light from the microscope the surgeon uses to perform surgery on your eye. You feel pressure on your eye as he cuts to get the ultrasonic probe in, break the cataract apart, and suck it out. You may be able to see the implant being slid into place. I was not aware of what stage we were in because it was dark with only that light there. There was water running down the side of my head from irrigation of the eye.
It looks like at the rate of hardening in the right eye, we may be able to get it done in 6 months to a year. We'll make the right eye near-sighted so that I would not have to wear reading glasses. I'm used to having one eye near-sighted, the other normal or just a bit far-sighted. I'm now far-sighted, so I still have to read with the now-near-sighted eye, otherwise I'd have to mount the computer on a wall, 5-6 feet away. Now, I understand what people mean when they say,"I'm near/far-sighted." That kind of blurriness, I've never experienced before.
Friday was a cold drive, but it was sunny out! An auspicious day for coming home. I also picked up friends at Sherwood and went to a Shpongle concert in Austin to celebrate my friend's birthday! That was QUITE a show. My first show with clear vision in a LONG TIME! While waiting to get inside for the Shpongle concert, I saw the moon behind clouds, like a typical Halloween image of a full moon with clouds floating in front of it. It was the first time I could see it clearly in many years. I also saw the stars overhead, the Orion constellation. There was one star that was orange color. I was told that was a satellite. I can hardly wait for a clear night out here, away from the big city and see what it looks like.
I go back to work this weekend, but meanwhile, I'm restricted from dusty environments and lifting a certain amount of weight for a week. It was smart to get my propane needs met for two weeks.
I would be interested in hearing about your experiences with different kinds of IOL (Intraocular lens) implants.
