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Positive Dysphotopsia after Cataract Surgery
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I had my surgery done in my right eye May 2, 2022. On June 3, I went to see a musical with bright lights and noticed a distinct ray coming out from 2 o’clock down to 8. Then I noticed it on the drive home. Distracting because I kept testing it. I hadn’t been driving at night so I hadn’t noticed the problem. I went to see my ophthalmologist who fit me in did all the test said everything looked perfect and shrugged his shoulder. Advised getting a second opinion from a very intelligent colleague of his. Turns out it is my friends husband. I spoke and described my problem to him last night and both of these highly trained idiots (holding back what I really think of them) acted like they never heard of this problem before. I had to go to the internet to get Some piece of mind that I am not the only one experiencing this problem. Now I have a name for the issue and can send them some articles to educate them. Very infuriating.
Thank you all for all the great advice.
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If you haven't checked all the entries in this discussion group, check sbvrd’s entries and resource recommendations over the last few months. They are really informative.
For my part, I’d say that since your surgery was just 5-6 weeks there may still be fibrosis occurring with lens and neuroadaptation taking place that will allow your symptoms to “settle” and streaks to be no longer noticeable.
Many sites say 15% of patients have dysphotopsia immediately after surgery but drops to 3% after one year.
As said, I’ve had it since December 2019 (2.5 years) so, I’ve been exploring all these other treatments/surgeries.
It IS disappointing and infuriating that your ophthalmologists/surgeons don’t even seem to recognize the condition. I’d find one that does. Good Luck!