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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