Friends Kingdom: Re: [iPad] Cataracts – was: Apple Dominates Streaming Video Market

I had this done a couple years ago. One of the simplest procedures I've ever had. The actual surgery takes about 5 minutes. I was nearsighted all my life, now I'm at around 20/20 in both eyes and only need reading glasses for some things. I have the little cloudiness on one eye and I suspect they will fix that after the next eye visit. The other eye doesn't have that.

One caution, they will give you a series of eyedrops to use before and after the surgery and it is CRITICAL that you use them until they are gone. My ophthalmologist was adamant about that.

I do not regret at all that I had it done. And mine was done with whatever the standard lenses were and not the fancy types of lenses. Medicare/Tricare for life paid for all of it as they have for all of the followup since.

Good luck, and good vision!! You'll probably love it when it is all done and over with!

Lloyd

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I am yet another list member facing this surgery - actually next week.

I think your advise about the chosen correction is good as this is something I have researched a lot because I am naturally farsighted in my left eye and nearsighted in my right and have not been able to adjust to prescription glasses. I have just used readers which have the same power for both eyes.

We will see how this goes next week. Since I also get migraines involving my eyes I hope I can adjust well.

Thanks for the confirmation of what I have found out so far.

Mary Davidson

On Jun 5, 2015, at 1:59 AM, Jim Saklad jimdoc@icloud.com [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

>>> My old eyes can't watch video on even an iPad, though, without missing a *lot* of detail. Not a bit satisfying. That 68% must be mostly kids, with their 20/20 vision.
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>> I'm 70, and have had cataract surgery, and am about 20/20 to 20/25.
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> At 72, I've yet to cross that Rubicon. It's coming, I suppose. Time to see the opth. Stuff to beware of?

It is very benign surgery.

The actual procedure takes less than 30 minutes in an outpatient facility.

You feel next to nothing.

Don't try to go for fancy types of intraocular lenses (focusable, or astigmatism-correcting).

If you are farsighted, and wear glasses for reading, request a lens strength that will let you see distance without glasses.
If you are near-sighted, and wear glasses for distance, request a lens strength that will let you see close without glasses.
In other words, stick with the situation you are already used to.

After the first eye is done, you will be amazed at how much dimmer the OTHER eye now seems. And how yellow.

The cloudy lens is emulsified in place and sucked out of the capsule in which it sits. The intraocular lens is then placed on the posterior part of that capsule. That posterior capsule usually gets cloudy afterwards, although how fast and how significantly varies a lot.

The treatment for that cloudiness is a one-time session in the office, zapping a few holes in the posterior capsule with a YAG laser. Painless, takes about 5 minutes (mostly set-up).

The first eye I had done needed the YAG laser treatment maybe 6 months later. The second eye has not needed it in well over a year.

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