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hi, anyone some experience or information about this brand new edof? my surgery is planned in the next couple of weeks and i might have the opportunity to be a candidate for that iol.
best regards
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marius19221 Kel76
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Unfortunately I have to wait a couple of months as the new lenses are not yet available in my strenth.
I'll post back when I have a new schedule and will continue to follow the discussion.
marius19221 Kel76
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Surgeon just called, saying that it could be over a year before Vivity is available in broad specter variant. Something which could be expensive if I have to replace specs every 3 months.
The alternative is Panoptix tri-focal. Does anyone have experience of these and severity of side effects (rings, starburst, glare, night vision)?
Guest marius19221
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Hi
Search for Janus post in this forum, he have made a very detailed explanation of his experience with the Panoptix.
I have Zeiss trifocal in one eye, personally I am a big fan of the trifocal, but yes, you have to be wiling to the trade offs with some halos and stuff in the dark.
marius19221 Kel76
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I have made a decision: going for a monovision, monocular solution with the option for trioptical "piggyback" add-ons later. The solution was proposed by the surgeon and endorsed by the opthalmist and feels like a good compromise. As that puts me off-topic to this discussion, I won't post more here, but am happy to start a new thread if anyone is interested and sends me a pm.
Kel76
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too bad that you have to wait a couple of months to get the vivity and finally drop that option.
depends on the personal pressure i would wait that time if you are convinced about that lens.
i would give you the advice to get better informed about the two left options that you have. for me it looks that you make your decision a little bit overhasty.
anyway wish you best of luck with your final decision and the upcoming operation
marius19221 Kel76
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The problem is that Vivity probably won't be available for me until 2021 at the earliest. The cost of glasses while I wait would be 1/3 of the cost of the operation. With a monofocal/monovision solution, I know what I will get and can correct it later for the same money that a tri-focal or edof solution would have cost, if I find that so many corrective glasses are inconvenient.
Kel76
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ok, so its more then a year of waiting...
but maybe i would go then for panoptix trifocal.
the addon lens is a second operation for each eye with all their risks.
i have not enough background knowledge about that addon lens, but i can think that those two optical devices combined will bring halos, glare and starbust, too. bringing an addon in game is more to compensate and correct bad vision or outcomes but its not part of a initial plan.. at least that is my impression.
marius19221 Kel76
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The plan is really to live with the monovision solution +glasses. In Norway in winter, a significant and quality part of every day is spent walking in the dark to-and-from work. I meet many oncoming cyclists, with bright lights along the way and am not willing to compromise optical quality for a glasses-free experience. If I knew exactly what I would get with the panptics tri-focals, I might make a different decision, but have been unable to find a reliable simulator. The worst examples I have found online are definitely below the threshold that I would consider acceptable.
Guest marius19221
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Hi Marius
To be honest, I believe monovision is the right choice for you in any case, I strongly doubt that the Vivety is better than other edof´s.
They all claim to have found the holy grail each time a manufacturer comes out with a new or revised lens, but they never have.
I think you will be very satisfied with monovision, you will probably get more independence from glasses than what you expect.
I am happy with my premium lenses, but side effects are always the main reason why some don´t like them, and I don´t think you would be happy with it.
Best of luck with your surgeries.
marius19221 Guest
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Thank you very much! I do believe this is the right choice, but now have some example images to show to the surgeon before surgery, just to be sure. I'm now on the bus to Haugesund, for surgery and should have my new eyes by 14:30.
Guest marius19221
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So, today starts year one in your new life 😃
As you know, your pupils will not be normal before tomorrow, and some also have a little bit of swelling of the corneas, that can make the vision worse for some days.
But keep us informed of your results 😃
Kel76
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best luck from my side, too
and yes if you can live with glasses...monofocal is a good decision.
marius19221 Kel76
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Hi all,
For information, I have started a new thread on this forum to discuss my very positive experience with monovision. I have done this to avoid dragging this thread too far off-topic.
If anyone has any questions about my experience, please refer to the new thread at
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/experience-after-monovision-with-monofocus-cataract-surgery-725604
BR.
--Marius--
mister84231 Kel76
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Im from germany and my surgery will be in the uniklinik Frankfurt.
Dr Kohnen the surgeon recommended me the Vivity EDOF IOL with femtolaser insertion because of my 0.7 astigmatism in the right eye.
He said this would be the best lens for me because of the decreased glares/halos compared to symfony or at lara.
My surgery will be in approx 2 months and I will give an update.
Im gonna have to pay 6k
3k for the lense and 3k for the laserthing.
Im 24, 6 thousand is alot, but i guess its better to chose the best so I wont have to worry afterwards if i only took the laseroption.
ad12345 mister84231
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mister84231 May I have a request? I'm not from Germany, but I live in a neighbouring country. I'm trying to contact Prof. Burkhard Dick from Universitätsklinikum Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum, but I don't speak German and they haven't replied to my email in English.
*I'm considering more invasive and difficult procedure than cataract surgery - IOL exchange.
Could you call them for me and ask in German if they offer medical care (eye surgery) for non-german foreigners commercially (cause it's a public clinc I believe)? If so, how I could schedule an appointment with Prof. B.Dick or perhaps contact him beforehand in order to establish if my case is applicable (I have to fly few hundred km). If they don't offer such service, is there any private clinic where I can reach him.
Thanks a lot, I really appreciate it.