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I had cataract surgery one week ago. Immediately after my surgery, I could not see. I just saw my surgeon (one week later) and I still cannot read his eye chart. He cancelled the planned cataract surgery for my other eye and said he thought my cataract had not been removed because "it stuck to the capsule." I don't see him again for two weeks and I want to have questions ready that will lead to a remedy. For example: Should I wait so long to try to correct the situation? Will too much scar tissue develop? I have heard that if the lens is in too long it can't be removed without extensive damage. Right now the lens is kind of squishing the cataract down and to the inside of the eye.
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Expat1000 georgia10706
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As I understand it, an alternative is laser. Better but more expensive. It wouldn't make any difference to you now. It might to me or others.
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i'm sorry i didn't explain that too well , I had surgery on my left eye and the wrong lense was put in but with glasses I can get 20 30 vision. When I had the right eye done I found an excellent doctor, paid more but well worth it and had the laser eye surgery and now i have one good eye. The doctor i have is one of the top 40 in the world undr 40 yrs old.. By reading his reviews he has done glacoma surgeries fixing up peoples eyes that other doctors have boutched up. I know there is one one there that i read where the wrong lense was put she needed one for astigmatism and they put a different one in., he replaced the lense and It came out good. People are referred here that have low vision because i talked to a couple. I really think i wouldn't want that doctor touching my eye again. You can look on the internet for reviews of other patients for doctors and their ratings if you need another one. Never just go where your referred pick yourn own doctor. They refer you not because its the best doctor only because they get a referral fee. You have to take care of yourself. My daughter found that out she got cancer and has to be her own advocate.
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softwaredev georgia10706
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When you say "the lens is kind of squishing the cataract down and to the inside of the eye" it could mean the natural lens, though that may mean that an artificial lens was placed and that you mean the IOL is squishing some remnant of the natural lens down and to the inside of the eye.
If there are natural lens fragments left, then the issue will be to remove them, not to remove the replacement artificial lens (unless that is necessary to get the lens fragments). It appears that there is debate over how long is too long to wait for that, but that perhaps up to 30 days may be ok. A delay does seem concerning if this is the issue. If I include a link, the post gets sent to the moderator, so if this is the issue (pieces of the old natural lens left, but a replacement lens inserted) I'd suggest you google "Removing Retained Lens Fragments: Now or Later?" and things like "lens fragments after cataract surgery".
It seems likely that the doctor wouldn't be waiting two weeks if he thought it would cause problems, but its understandable you fear the doctor may be making mistakes and it is best to confirm what is going on.
It seems important for you to get a clear understnading from the doctor of what the problem is and what he proposes to do to fix it and why he thinks its ok to wait. Then if you are unsure you trust that doctor, to get a 2nd opinion. Perhaps he can provide this via email or phone if you can't get a new appointment soon, or one of his staff perhaps. Alternatively perhaps the staff can give you a copy of the records if you can get into another doctor sooner.
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part of cataract floating around in the back of my eye, had surgery 3 weeks ago.
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