To far sighted to put gel in eyes after surgery.

Hi jwrhn,

Jazz had same problem...3 weeks is very early in the healing process. This has long been a issue with both my cataract surgeries. Dry eye is common and the surgeon can treat with a variety of meds. The best one was a squeeze tube of oily gel like med that coated the eye , apply at bed time, It took a few months for my eyes to calm down from the whole process. 

Happy to hear ur happy with the outcome of your vision. It's amazing huh! Once the eye calms down you will see better that before. Remember the restrictions that we are given by the surgeon. For several weeks. Sneezing bending over to fast etc. 

peace & Healing 

If you can't cope with the gel, then use drops often & keep them by your bed, so that you can use them overnight.

You may even learn to use the gel too.  I have had dry eyes for 40 years & can almost do the drop administration in my sleep.  

Good luck!

I guess my question was not clear. The problem I have is that I cannot see the tip of the dropper without the bifocals. Can't see anything within 6 inches of the surface of my eye. 

With drops they end up all over my face and it I try the gel I end up poking myself in the eye...

I understood your question.  I can instil drops in the dark & get them in my eyes.  I can feel the edge of the dopper on my eyelashes.  The gel is more difficult, I agree

It seems that your surgeon did not pick the lens of the best power for you and overcorrected. Looking at the bifocal reader, which you say that you need, you are probably farsighted by +0.5 D or +0.75 D. There may also be some astigmatism. Before you do anything, you should get the exact prescription for both eyes and also, find out the best corrected vision in each eye.

LASIK enhancement with mini-monovision option is one of the possible ways for you to get good distance and intermediate vision (with about 1.5D reader needed for fine print reading). However, if you ever used contact lenses, you can achieve a similar result with those.