Lens Replacement & Vitreous Gel
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Hi, I'm in the UK and aged 52.
I went to see one of the top surgeons in the country in a private clinic about having multifocal lens exchange, he refused and advised me to wait another 3 years as my vitreous gel had not deterioted.
I have since been to see a national company that offers this service and they had no issues offering me lens replacement based on the scans and tests they did, I didn't get to talk to the surgeon, just the optometrist who said it could be years before my vitreous gel deteriorated.
I'd like to know if there are more risks involved if I had it done now or should I wait?
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andrew93383
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After spending many many hours reading and researching the last two days I've come to the conclusion that removing a perfectly healthy lens and replacing it with an artificial one is a stupid idea until I actually need to.
As well as the problems a lot of people have mentioned along with the horror stories, I'd have to find an outstanding surgeon and even then, it's not guaranteed that I won't get a retinal detachment or other complications later on and I'll never be able to reverse the process once my natural lens has gone.
I'm considering the phakic implantable lens which it seems is easily reversable and if it works well without complications, then in a few years time there may be another alternative without having to have my natural lens removed.
Sue.An andrew93383
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With no guarantees of really being glasses free (never mind whatever other issues arise) can’t think of anything more heartbreaking than to spend all that money to be glasses free and ending up having to wear them anyways.
Once you get cataracts there is no other solution (but by the time you need this) perhaps a lot better lenses will be on the market. In my opinion they need ones they can tweak and adjust remotely once implanted.
Good luck to you. Sincerely wish you the best.
Sue.An andrew93383
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Interesting today I was revisiting a blog that helped me out while I waited for cataract surgery - if you google ‘all things eye Dr Por Yong Ming my experience implanting Symfony lens’ someone wrote in March 15 (need to scroll to last page of blog ) questioning % drop in contrast with Symfony lenses. Person questions was ‘Tom’ and he was contemplating a clear lens exchange. Response from Dr Por Yon Ming might be of interest to you.
jantje32476 andrew93383
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jantje32476 Sue.An
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Thanks Sue. I read Dr Por's article and some of the comments/replies. I am surprised that he did not discourage 'Phil' (a 20yo) who wanted a lens exchange, purely for cosmetic reason. My eye surgeon (Canada) would have rejected such a request point blank.
Anyways, Singapore is a medical Mecca in the region. A standard cataract surgery in a government hospital is between $3k - $4k, and not covered by MediSafe. For those wanting multi-focal lenses, they have to go the private hospitals, and the bill can come up to >$20k depending on the seniority and reputation of the operating surgeon. Such a private surgery in Vancouver is less than half that amount.
Sue.An jantje32476
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Clear lens exchanges aren’t encouraged here in Atlantic Canada either but I am seeing more and more advertising if it or could be after cataract surgery I am more aware.
I did read through entire blog
Of Dr Por as I found many of his responses helpful. He was implanting Symfony lenses before they were approved in Canada so it was helpful to read through his blog.