Tecnis Synergy

This is why most of those on the cataract forum would never recommend this surgery to anyone looking yo rid themselves of glasses. One's natural eyes are better even if you have to wear glasses to read.

That being said 5 days out you are still healing and using drops. It takes 6 weeks for the eye to completely heal. That IOL also shifts back and forth before it becomes fixed (adheres) so vision can change .25 diopter either way +|-Hopefully at 2 weeks you have a follow up with the surgeon to check to see if everything is healing well. Did you have prior lasik surgery? You mention distance vision was good prior yo surgery so just wondering. If you had lasik surgery it does make measuring for IOL power trickier.

Hope all does work out for you.

yes mistake. i would give anything for distance vision with natural lens and age induced reading glasses. i m 45. sorry u r going through this.

Three weeks should be a pretty good indication of what vision you are going to have, but 6 weeks is better if you want to know what your stable vision is going to be.

Thank you! Good to know. I feel as if I'm stuck in a weird space for now because I'm wearing my glasses to work on the computer and closing my right eye.

What is your vision like in your left eye without glasses? I currently have an IOL in my right eye and use a contact in my left eye. The contact under corrects my left eye by about -1.25 D which leaves me somewhat near sighted in that eye. I can read computer text quite easily with it. Places like Costco will give you a few contacts to use as a trial for free. It may be an interim solution to the vision issues. The other way is to have the right eye lens removed from your glasses. I did that for a while too, but I like the contact solution better.

I was 53 when diagnosed with cataracts and had a 6 week wait between surgeries. it does take a while before your vision clarifies for some. Those drops do affect clarity. Once those are over and done with you'll have a much better idea of how your vision will be

Very nearsighted. There are so many numbers on my last prescription form but for my left eye it reads: -5.00 -1.00 x 105 if that helps answer your question. I appreciate your patience! I have a pair of glasses I don't wear much so am going to pop the right lens out and see how that goes.

I thought I was a good advocate for myself, but it simply never occurred to me to ask how long before my vision would settle or what's considered normal post surgery. Given how much premium lenses cost out of pocket it would have been nice if the doctors managed patient expectations.

Thank you! I wish any of the doctors involved would have been more clear about immediate outcomes, but there was no discussion at all and I didn't think to ask. My bad.

Reason likely because it varies from person to person and where I live where surgeries are covered by medicare there is such a backlog of patients and wait times are long - not much time spent discussing all possible outcomes. If you can best go with a list of questions.

If you are game to try a contact lens for the interim period I would suggest a non toric or toric solution. Your correction for a non toric contact is estimated by adding 50% of the astigmatism to the spherical. That would mean -5.5 D. If you want to under correct to allow some reading then reduce that to -4.25. The other option is to fully correct for the astigmatism and reduce the spherical by 1.25 D. That would mean a -3.75, 1.00 x105 toric contact. I have -0.75 astigmatism and use a non toric contact. I tried a toric and while the vision is very slightly better they are much more expensive, and I found them less comfortable in my eye.

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What you may find with the eyeglass for one eye solution is that the image sizes from each eye do not match. When I use my progressives which are now corrected for both eyes I get a bit of a dizzy feeling compared to using a contact. It does go away after a while, but I much prefer the contact solution unless I need really good vision.

I'm sure you're right. I just didn't even know what questions to ask. I opted to pay $$$ and go for a premium lens and somehow expected a better (or more rapid) outcome. I have a follow-up on the 4th and have already started my list of questions! Thank you.

Thank you so much for all your help! My husband took the right lens out of a pair of my glasses, but the result was as you describe. Very bizarre- almost double vision at first, then just an uncomfortable discrepancy between the two eyes. I'm doing a balancing act of using one eye or the other or both depending on the activity.

I can report that distance is great, almost startling (I've been wearing glasses since i was 8) and mid-vision is getting better (I used an ATM and could read the screen the clearly). I've adjusted the font size on my computer for Word docs to 180% and can read them using both eyes. It's a process and I just wish I was getting the other eye done sooner as I'm finding the current situation fatiguing. I may go for a contact based on how things are next week. Thanks again!

I don't know if this will help, but if you are using Pred Forte drops post surgery those cause a haze over your vision. I've had to use them on and off for 30 years due to iritis and using them now for my new lens reminded me of how much they mess with clarity.

i am in my 3rd week of prednilosone. is that what you are saying causes the haze? I don’t see sharp either near, mitt, or far and it’s 2 1/2 weeks. Any idea why that is happening? I do use my eyes for painting and drawing almost every day and I’m having a really hard time looking through reading glasses on the eye that wasn’t implanted and trying to look through a glass list frame with a new lines and planted. I do very precise work so it’s been a nightmare! Any advice would be greatly appreciate it

I don't know for certain because I'm just a patient like you. I wish I could help more, but I'm in a similar situation. Two weeks in to first Synergy implant and while my distance vision is great, my mid to near vision is almost non-existent. Mostly just a blur. I have an eye appointment on Wed and have MANY questions for the doctor as I was led to believe this was the best lens for near vision. I'm very frustrated.

it seems pan optix is the best trifocal.

It's debatable. Plenty of medical literature, patient testimonials, and people on this forum who says Synergy is supposed to provide better near vision than PanOptix. My doctor chose it specifically for that reason.

Which is not to say I'm agreeing. I have no idea at this point. Two weeks in and I just want to get my second eye over and done with, because the adaptivity between the two eyes is not working and I'm tired.

just saying what i am observing on the forums. pan optix seems to be better for night issues as well. hope it works out for you.

I know. We're just all trying our best. Thank you.