General questions re. cataracts

If the problem is forgetting there are apps for smartphones that will alarm you when it is time to take your eye drops. I had to do four times a day and the app worked well for me.

@johnhans -- thank you for your reply. No the problem is difficulty administering drops/my eyes compl;ete intolerance of any foreign matter, especially eye drops.

Considering dropless laser cataract surgery; has anyone experienced this? Three times a day drops for a month will be problematic for me
to accomplish successfully.

Considering dropless laser cataract surgery; has anyone experienced this? Three times a day drops for a month will be problematic for me
to accomplish successfully.

I had dropless cataract surgery in 2017 on my left eye. In January 2019 I had cataract surgery on my right eye with drops being administered for a month afterwards. I too, am terrible at putting drops in my eyes. Between my spouse, friends, ,and myself when there was no one else around - I managed to get them in quite well. My right eye cosmetically looked, and physically felt much better after surgery than my left eye did with the dropless method. Despite the inconvenience of putting in numerous drops, for me, if I had to do surgery over again I would opt for putting in drops after cataract surgery as my eye as a whole felt much better. Others may well have experienced no problems with dropless method, but hands-down putting in drops afterwards was better way for me.

I am sure that someone has designed an eye cup type of device that the drops bottle fits into, that you position over your eye socket and then with your eye open, administer the drops. Look online or call the pharma companies or the Association for the Blind. Also, possibly a homecare nurse could make a low cost daily visit to admin the drops. An advocate group, churches, meals on wherls etc. could possibly be trained to help. A local Nursing school could possibly send a student. The answers are out there, you need an advocate. You are courageous, patient, and amazingly resilient. I deeply admire your adaptibility and endurance. Best wishes!!

I had RESTOR put into left eye. $7000. My money, around 2007/8 please read: https://us.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?hspart=iry&hsimp=yhs-estor+lens // Dr. Barry Wolstan ruined my left eye forever. his contact number is 310-543-4546.
RESTOR LENS put in, then I had to enlarge my text to 24 point bold on laptop. B4 : 8pt light, 6 point light type face. He said how great it was! a pretense. Tried to talk me into getting r eye done for more $$$$. I did not fall for that. He sent me to Dr. ( Head of Jules Stein, UCLA) had it taken out. Now when I am in my AZ home - sometimes dry air hurts my eye, also dust. I must wear an eye patch or keep left eye closed then get up and finish house work. Im a Graphic Designer - who used to b happy with my near sightedness. Making fine lines, reading 5-6 pt type etc. Also, same happened to good v-ball player, she Had Both eyes done by Wolstan. She would go for the ball and her depth perception was screwed up. She had to give up v-ball. Depth perception off by bout a foot.

I'm so very sorry that happened to you that is why I'm sooooo frightened of having this done

Welcome to Mayo Connect. I took a quick look, and the person you are responding to made this post over 5 years ago, and may not be currently active here.
When you said "...that is why I'm sooooo frightened of having this done" were you referring to cataract surgery in general, or that particular implant?

Cataract surgery is generally very safe and effective with success rates between 96% with multi-focal lenses like the Restor, and 99% for standard lenses. Compared to the alternative, which is eventual blindness, this seems very safe to me.

Many of those who do have post-surgery issues can have them corrected with a very simple in-office procedure. My husband had a 5 minute laser procedure a few months after cataract surgery on one eye to clear up a little blurriness. The other went perfectly.

Also, keep in mind that the poster had their cataract surgery over 15 years ago - VERY early days for the multi-focal lenses. There are many more choices now, and surgeons can match lens choice to the patient's eye and preference.

Maybe you can do what I plan to do when I see the surgeon in May - discuss my options, including specific implants, then go home and research complication rates. (I already did this with my surgeon.)
Sue

I also had the halos at night so had my left eye done first. My eyes were such that I never needed reading glasses so this lens was for distant and was done by regular surgery, no laser. Two years later the right eye said it was time and had that done for close up so still don't need reading glasses. DR said that not all people can adjust to one eye for distance and one eye for close up but evidently that always happened to me. No side effects from regular surgery and lens replacement.
GF on the other hand has had nothing but problems. Was told some of her tear ducts were not functioning so had the laser surgery in the left eye in October since it was supposed to have less damage to tear ducts. Almost immediately she felt like the eye was constricted and could see around the eye socket in her field of vision. Was dizzy. Now she has a black spot in the center of her vision in this eye and was told that was from a hemorage and would eventually dissolve. Really? Now she has dry eye and has to take drops 3-6 times a day. She had the right eye done about a month ago and also is now dry but doesn't not the side effects of the left eye. She has both eyes for distant and has such poor close up vision now that can't read or so can't do her seashell miniature work that she did before the surgery, even with glasses. DR came well recommended so still suffering on what to do about improving close up vision and constricted left eye and spots in eye. Thoughts? Oh, she had to pay for the laser surgery out of pocket, like $3000 out of pocket. I paid nothing for my normal surgery.