Glasses don't work after surgery! Why?
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I had surgery done on my right eye on Friday (set for near) - which is fantastic so far... I'll update my (hopefully positive) results once I've had the left eye (set for far) done on 9th Feb.
Anyway, back to the glasses. So I took an old pair of glasses to the optician and had them put a clear lens in the right eye so I could use them whilst I wait for the left eye to be done. My left eye is -5.50 with astigmatism so I can't function with just one eye set for near.
When I put the glasses on yesterday I couldn't see a thing! It was like putting on someone else's glasses. It wasn't quite double vision, but not far off. If I cover one eye at a time then I can see fine, but with both eyes everything is totally out of whack! Very annoying as I paid to have the lens replaced!
Thankfully I can wear a contact lens in my left eye until the next surgery so I'm okay during the day, but when I get home from work I'd like to be able to take the contact lens out but I'm going to have to keep it in if I want to do anything meaningful in the evenings.
Why has this happened? Anyone else have this problem?
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at201 CaroZim
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One does not have the same issue (because of different image sizes) while wearing contact lenses because those are on the cornea.
CaroZim at201
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You're right the optician should have told me - I think maybe I didn't speak to the actual optician but rather the sales staff. Still, good sales staff should have known that too. Anything to make a sale, I suppose.
I won't be going back there when my eyes stablise and I need computer glasses!
grouper150 at201
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at201 grouper150
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CaroZim grouper150
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Thankfully a contact lens in the left eye works fine for me - I'd be in trouble if they didn't as I wouldn't be able to work and as I'm a teacher I don't feel able to take two weeks off whilst I wait for the left eye operation!
grouper150 CaroZim
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I had a Symfony lens installed in my left eye; I see objects that appear apprx 30% smaller & farther away with the left eye, than I do with the right eye.......one time while driving, my vision went totally black, I mean blind....if I opened either eye alone I had vision, but opened together... BLACK
Very scary........the explanation was that the difference in vision perceived between both eyes was too great to comprehend...
Eye-Kan-Sea CaroZim
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Your symptoms is called "ansisometropia" or when your eyes have a difference of 2d or more, the eye vision isn't balanced. That happened to me too. My eyes were -7.5. I had the 2nd eye's cataract removed 3 months after the 1st eye. After the 1st eye I thought I could reuse my eyeglasses by poping out the lens that had the surgery. Vision was like the Twighlight Zone. Eyeglasses don't work unless you use contact lens. I opted to tossing out the eyeglasses and seeing thru the 1 good eye until the 2nd cataract surgery.
soks CaroZim
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It may be a while that I may have to get my 2nd eye done. I have not got my affected eye fixed yet. Both eyes have -2D number.
Can I not use 0D glasses for the fixed eye and the -2D for the unoperated eye??
CaroZim soks
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I have a monofocal in my right eye set to -2.00 (for close up). My left eye is currently at -5.50 as it has not been operated on. I had the right lens in my glasses replaced with a clear lens. The difference between my eyes is currently -3.50 with the glasses.
If you read above, this problem happens when you have a difference of more than -2.00 between both eyes (and it only happens with glasses not contact lenses). Not sure how multifocals factor in - that's getting too complicated for me! Maybe someone more knowledgeable will answer that.
Bottom line is that I wasted my time and money getting my glasses changed as I can't wear them!
at201 soks
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The difference in the prescription of the 2 eyes at which one can have visual issues is not necessarily the same for everyone. Some people may start having problems with a difference of 1.5D, others may be okay at 2.0D, but start having issues at 2.25 D.
To answer your specific question, in your situation I will probably just have -1.0 D for the unoperated eye. Or I may try using no glasses at all.
Shrimpie CaroZim
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Eye-Kan-Sea Shrimpie
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I was happy with my 1st eye. Near and intermediate distance was good, but distance was so-so. I was so happy for 3 months eventhough the other eye was blurry (-7.0). Then I did the blurry eye and now I'm even more happy. Cheers.