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Medical Forum / General / Vision / March 2007Post Cataract Surgery
Had cataract surgery 9 months ago. Can't read for any length of time without vision blurring. Can close either eye and read perfectly with the open eye. Doctor says problem stems from difference in eyes following surgery: Right: +3.00 - 1.75 x 078 and Left: +0.25 - 1.00 x 110. He says problem will resolve when I have the second eye operated on, but does not recommend doing that at this time. Used to love to read, but no longer. Any suggestions? Time to get a second opinion? Thanks for any advice. > Had cataract surgery 9 months ago. Can't read for any length of time > without vision blurring. Can close either eye and read perfectly with [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > love to read, but no longer. Any suggestions? Time to get a second > opinion? Thanks for any advice. If you can read for long periods of time with just one eye, your doctor is right. If surgery is not yet indicated, then patching one eye (the unoperated eye) while reading is a simple solution. dr Judy > > Had cataract surgery 9 months ago. Can't read for any length of time > > without vision blurring. Can close either eye and read perfectly with [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > dr Judy Thanks for your response. I can read comfortably for extended periods of time with either eye, but somehow thought that covering one eye would put too much strain on it. Will give your suggestion a try and see how I make out. Thanks again. "DJ" <dudleygordon@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message > x 110. He says problem will resolve when I have the second eye > operated on, but does not recommend doing that at this time. The biggest reason is a difference in image size between the two eyes. It's tough to fix with glasses alone. Your best solution, optically, is a contact lens on the right eye. If you've ever worn rigid contacts, this would be the time to try one in the right eye. Otherwise you could use either type of soft contact: With a toric contact in the right eye, you might use drugstore glasses for reading, especially if your right eye is still clear. If it isn't good enough for reading (if your right eye has much cataract or your left too much astigmatism), use rx readers, or plan b: Spherical soft lens like Oasys in the right eye, +250, and remake your right eyeglass lens with +025-125x110, with the same add you have in the OS. -MT, OD > "DJ" <dudleygor...@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message > > x 110. He says problem will resolve when I have the second eye [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > -MT, OD Thanks for your response. Have never worn contacts and am not wild about starting now, but I sure miss my reading. Think I will find myself a local optometrist and give the contact lens options you suggest a try. Thanks again. >"DJ" <dudleygordon@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Your best solution, optically, is a contact lens on the right eye. I wonder if the Rx posted was the near Rx? Either way, not too hard to get this to work with glasses. Aspheric 1.70 in the right and spherical Trivex or Poly +9 base 5mm CT in the left gets the magnification within 1%. Regards, Robert Martellaro ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Optician/Owner Roberts Optical Wauwatosa, Wi. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself." - Richard Feynman > Had cataract surgery 9 months ago. Can't read for any length of time > without vision blurring. Can close either eye and read perfectly with [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > love to read, but no longer. Any suggestions? Time to get a second > opinion? Thanks for any advice. I've been there and done that. Three suggestions: 1. Put tape on one lens of the glasses. 2. Wear a patch on one eye. 3. Switch to contacts. They don't have this problem. The other thing is, your brain may adjust to this condition, by ignoring the vision in one eye. > In article <1174075747.086813.156...@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > The other thing is, your brain may adjust to this condition, by ignoring > the vision in one eye. Thank you. I plan to give the contact lens approach a try. |
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