Hi Tillymack,

Regarding your question above, before my yag surgery, I think I only had the maddox rod streak in my right eye. If I did have some pd in that eye as well - and I may have - it was overshadowed by the maddox rod light streak. I really don't know.

I believe I did have some very mild pd in my left eye but it wasn't bothersome to me at all and was largely overshadowed by the maddox rod light effect in the right eye. I know I did have some wrinkling in that left eye as well so whether it was PD or not, I don't really know but my guess is that it probably was but quite mild.

If you like and trust your surgeon, I suppose you had best follow his/her advice or obtain another opinion. My general thinking now whether it's about going ahead with cataract surgery or the yag laser, I would only do so if your vision is compromised and is bothersome to your life style. That's kind of my philosophy with any surgery - it's a last resort or it reaches a point where waiting any longer would make the surgery more complicated or problematic.