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Positive Dysphotopsia after Cataract Surgery

Eye Conditions | Last Active: Sep 24 8:12am | Replies (169)

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You have had quite the journey with eye surgery, so sorry for all the problems with your left eye.

I hope to meet with a specialist in the next week to learn more. I will share anymore additional info I get that may help. I do feel like I have learned quite a bit and wish I had known some of this going into the initial surgery. I alsoo wore contacts for over 50 years and my cataracts were not to developed yet but I couldn't get Lasik due to the fact that the cataracts were beginning. In hindsight, I would have not done the surgery but I was told by many that they loved their new vision and even my own surgeon said I would have better vision than Lasik could provide. Unfortunately I fell into the 3% category with side effects that are quite annoying. For me they truly effect my quality of life since I am a designer and fine artist.

This whole journey for me really has me convinced that the ophthalmology industry really needs to invest more in pre-op diagnostics and be ready for more solutions post op if these situations occur. We may only be in the 3% but that is about 108,000 patients who are having visual disturbances and when its you that is 100% in my eyes. But I am determined to resolve this issue and will hopefully regain desirable vision. Thanks for sharing and listening. It does help to talk with those who know what you are experiencing and I want to help as many as I can to find answers to an unfortunate problem that I am afraid will become more prevalent with these newer lenses being brought to the market. Wonder how many in Alcon, J&J, B&L, etc. research & development departments for these IOL's have tried them in their own eyes?

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I agree with you. I too have Pos Dysphotopsia after day 1 of surgery, it's been one week now and still have them. I had high hopes that I would be just like everyone else that I talked to who stated their vision after surgery was fantastic, even my 85 year old Mom was raving about her vision post surgery. In terms of out comes, one post here was correct. If the average age of folks getting cataract surgery is in their 80s, they've likely gone quite a few years with poor vision and prob no longer drive at night. So for them, great acquity over rides the pesky side effects and they don't complain about it. It sounds to me like PD is something the opthalmology world does not care to address. Thanks for listening 🙂