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Had YAG SURGERY after cateract surgery

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janice_56298
janice_56298

Had film on my ReStor lens after cateract surgery. Had to have YAG  SURGERY! Seeing blackish stringy things! Anyone else had this problem? Has both eyes done in August! Very depressing!

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  • Dealbreaker01
    Dealbreaker01 janice_56298

    Posted

    Is the film gone Janice? I have a white fog in one eye, 7 years after cataract op. I had yag also, didn't improve at all.

    • janice_56298
      janice_56298 Dealbreaker01

      Posted

      Hi dealbreaker01, thank you for replying. My cateract surgery for both eyes was in August 2017. Had large floaters etc. told this is normal! Don’t see large flying fly effect but after first YAG SURGERY 2 wks. Ago I’m

      Seeing blackish strings hanging in front and to side of my eyes! I paid extra for ReStor lens to not have all this mess??? When I went back the Dr. says I have a film on my new lens and doing this YAG surgery??? I am bewildered??? I pray hard to patients every day! 

  • charlene60770
    charlene60770 janice_56298

    Posted

    Janice, Sounds like you got FLOATERS...I got them also after they did my right eye.   They were huge and very many.  I first thought I was being attacked by a swarm of wasp. My husband said, "there aren't any wasp around!" That is when I realized it was floaters.  I've had them before many time but never this many or that large.  I use to only get them when I was extremely tired.  According to the eye dr. it is common to get floaters after laser surgery (YAG).   It will diminish, but you can also let your doc know. Hope all gets well soon for you! Good luck and hope it all clears up soon for you. 

    Charlene

     

    • janice_56298
      janice_56298 charlene60770

      Posted

      Hi Charlene thank you for your reply ! I have my second yag tomorrow! I paid $6000.00 extra for ReStor lens. Had surgery in August on both eyes. Still dealing with floaters. Yes the first ones looked like baby flies flying all around . After first YAG surgery 2 weeks ago I’m

      Seeing blackish strings hanging in front and around my lashes . So tired of this ??? Trying hard to be patient! I can read . I see things on tv. But went back because of seeing everything with a glare. This YAG surgery is suppose to clear all this up in time ??? 

  • charlene60770
    charlene60770 janice_56298

    Posted

    golly Janice I hear ya!  Paying all this extra money and nothing is going well.  Still think those blackish stringy things are floaters. It is depressing and so frustrating, think after 7 months I would be seeing more clear by now. 

    I also have bad halo's and glares especially night driving, but if the sun is out it can be just as bad from the car windshield & back window and bumpers (chrome ones especially)

    I know I can't go back to what I had before and redo it all,but I just wonder if I would be having all these issues if I hadn't went to the multi-focal lens.  too late damage is done, just still hoping to get it all resolved.  When ?  Not sure, but hope soon.   Hope everything improves for you soon.  Keep in touch.   I go back to my cornea specialist feb 2.

    Well I will check back later.  really late here and I need to get some sleep.

    charlene

  • Eye-Kan-Sea
    Eye-Kan-Sea janice_56298

    Posted

    The stringy things in your vision could be "floaters."  As we age the lining along the retina detach.  The small bits, stringers, globs, etc. you see is the shadow cast onto the retina from light entering the eye.  If the floaters are large enough, they can be reduced in size so they're not so noticeable or sometimes zapped by YAG laser.  YAG laser has no discomfort.  I have a noticeable floater in my left eye I call "Spec."  When the doc tried to perform YAG, he couldn't find it.   I guess it was very small.  However the shadow cast doesn't seem so small.  The doc didn't charge for his services.   So I settled with having my friend "Spec" in my left vision.  

  • lin59
    lin59 janice_56298

    Posted

    It's a posterior vitreous detachment, also known as PVD (the same thing that cause all floaters, only floaters from PVD are worse than the usual tiny floaters). Hopefully it will eventually detach fully and stop bothering you. It's also very common in people over 50, especially myopic people and people who had cataract surgery and YAG after cataract surgery.

  • saj46572
    saj46572 janice_56298

    Posted

    That would be floaters janice.  Nothing serious.  As long as you dont get flashes, it will settle down.

    In my case, a much more complex case, i got massive dragon floaters - yes exact word; by they disolve away in time.

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