Kaiser NorCal
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Has anyone had their cataract surgery done at anyone of the Kaisers in the SF/Bay Area. If so, what has your experience been so far with the quality of their work?
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Salty0 jeff72055
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As another bay srea resident who has had cataract surgery recently, I would urge you to take this surgery very seriously, it's not the quick and easy out patient procedure most doctors would like you to think it is. I didn't have my surgery through the Kaiser system. I went to a well established practice located in Berkeley. I had the surgery about 6 months ago. If I had to do it over again I would keep my cataracts . You are smarter than I was you are doing research, which I usually do but in this case it was billed as a simple out patient procedure no problems and I was lazy, and I'm paying the price for that now Good Luck
leslie79474 jeff72055
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Thus far she has had no complications and has been very happy with her results and the care given her by Kaiser.
Perhaps because she did not care about being glasses-free post-surgery, her Kaiser ophthalmologist offered her the option of doing both eyes at the same time (Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery)…which she selected. Far-distance IOLs were implanted in both eyes and she now uses reading glasses for up-close vision.
Kaiser apparently has been able to overcome the possible negative aspects of simultaneous bilateral cataract surgery and it certainly makes life a lot easier for a patient to have both eyes done at the same time. However it is possible this option is only available/works for those patients without the goal of being of being glasses-free post-cataract surgery.
Myself, I am seriously considering changing my Medicare to Kaiser to be able to take advantage of this option. As far as I’ve been able to determine, Kaiser is the only place currently offering this option in Southern California, and like my friend, I do not have a goal of being glasses-free post-cataract surgery, and would much prefer the convenience of having both eyes done at the same time.
jeff72055 leslie79474
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When i do have the surgery I may opt for the mini-mono since one eye is already near sighted and other one is farsighted. This should allow me to be glasses free for the most part.
Night-Hawk jeff72055
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There are now newer micro-invasive surgery options for glaucoma that are only done at the same time as cataract surgery you may want to check into. Such as a micro-stent that can reduce the eye pressure and reduce the need for the eye drops. Cataract surgery alone often can reduce eye pressure too, but not in all cases. It didn't reduce my own eye pressure in my right eye where I have glaucoma unfortunately after cataract surgery - but it didn't get higher either, so I still have to take the same two Rx eyedrops daily. I probably should have considered the micro-stent at the same time as cataract surgery in that eye, but I had hoped the eye pressure would go down just from the surgery but that didn't happen.
Salty0 leslie79474
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Bilateral surgery sure sounds convenient but what if there's a complication, one of those oops sorry that's never happened before and now you have both eyes involved. There's a reason for a conservative approach.
Night-Hawk Salty0
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