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Positive Dysphotopsia after Cataract Surgery

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Tillymack,

No, nothing to do with YAG capsulotomy.

Briefly: I had a 2nd FOV on my left eye to clear residual floaters. Dr said that, industrywide, there was a 1 in 7,500 chance of infection, but he had never had one in his 35 years as a surgeon, so he considered my risk 0%. Despite this glowing contention, in and after surgery, I had a bleed and infection that caused me permanent retinal damage. I have constant central scotomas that block my vision so that I can’t read a book or street signs. Binocularly, these left eye scotomas overwhelm the vision of the good, right eye causing, for example, clouds when there are no clouds and missing parts of electrical lines. Not good.

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I'm so so sorry this happened to you...
I may have told you that I took the risk (which was downplayed by my cataract surgeon) to have a lens exchange. I regret that so much now...
This reminds me of my unintended monovision where my distance eye seems to take over for distance and near eye for near... I wonder if that might happen eventually with your eyes?

I'm so sorry to read this. I hope you know how many people you are helping by all your posts about your experiences. You have helped me a lot and I have only read a few starting from the beginning. Wishing you the best. God bless.