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Cataract surgery in march, left dominant eye set on close, I am righthanded, and it propably misled a surgant, After a surgery PVD, cornea dystrophia, night blindness , inability to drive at night. dry eyes, but the worse thing is not tolerating difference in dioptries and floaters. Any thoughts?
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W-H ludmila1957
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How much is the difference? What are the diopter settings for each eye? Your age?
PVD, was it due to cataract surgery or naturally due to age? or some other eye surgery?
Cornea dystrophia- I assume that is hereditary? You had it all your life?
Night blindness- Did you have retina issues?
Are you short sighted?
ludmila1957 W-H
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yes, i had PVD due to cataract surgery, my dominant eye is set for close, the non dominant is set for far, so i feel like my left - dominant eye is blind, i see only letterE on chart, and for close i cannot read withot glasses. i have a contact lense to balance my eyes and use readers for work. FLOATERS in both eyes. dystrophia happened after syrgery, i hate that lense in my left eye i would extract it, but without PrK, they wouldnt do it. the measuments might be wrong. i am very misarable. Sorry fot typos, i am so much rely on spellcheck 😃
seeherenow49806 ludmila1957
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So sorry you've had so much trouble, Ludmilla!
Don't understand the part about "without PRK they wouldn't extract it." Seems like replacing it with a better power would be desirable. Here in US they say you can replace relatively easily within 6 months, and possible later.
Hope you have another doctor you can consult for another opinion.
Guest ludmila1957
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Sorry to hear that!
My thoughts are that you have been very unlucky.
I guess the one thing you can do something about are the dry eye, which I assume you already do, dry eye can cause a lot of unwanted symptoms.
I have read the symptoms from PVD and floaters often settles and get minor with time, but I have no experience with it myself.
I wish you the best of luck, I hope that some of your symptoms will get better with time.
mjcg ludmila1957
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It would definitely help to have additional information as W-H has noted. I would hope that most of what you're experience can be fixed or adjusted. Prescription eye drops for dryness (or maybe just eye drops) for instance. What about the other eye? Did you not have cataract surgery? If not, you can choose to have it early and they lens can be adjusted so both your eyes are in sync. And have you considered a contact lens to help with the adjustments? I would recommend you seek out another opinion, maybe three. Hang in there!
mjcg
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And I'm sorry for the typos above... I wish this site had an edit option! I've had cataract surgery on only one eye (due to a vitrectomy side effect of a fast developing cataract). I went with a near lens so that it would be in close sync with my "good" eye. It's been about 9 months since the cataract surgery and I know that my prescription has changed just a tad. I've got an appointment coming up next month.