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looks like technis eyhance is awesome. it is giving good intermediate with no rings and glare and halo. the diopter transition seems smooth. why isnt anyone going gaga over it?
it will also have no glare for folks with large pupils. being technis its will also make its way to US/CANADA.
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booradley007 soks
Posted
Does anyone nave info about how much extra it is per lens.
edward02713 soks
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Hi Ed here from
Ottawa Canada
Just wanted to share my experience as I gained knowledge from others who shared their experience on this site about eyhance!
I'm a 58 y/o who suffered a cataract due to corticosteroid use from nasal inhalers i used for allergies which affected my vision to the point that I needed it repaired to perform daily activities. I also decided to have both eyes done even though the right eye had no cataract but i know eventually
id get one there from old age as family members have had them early on in old age so i thought better to get mono vision done now in both eyes .
I had both eyes done at the same time, one after another for convenience ( my choice ) using the
ORA system for measurement during surgery.
I had 2 Eyhance IOL's implanted Aug 19 2021
so almost 4 days ago. RE Eyhance set for distance at plano. 1 day post op visit vision 20/20!
LE set for near vision was was a Toric ll lense DIU 150 due to an astigmatism which I believe was >1.0 D but not 100% sure. previous measurement was +.75 2 yrs earlier.
I could also see J3 but with a little difficulty one day post op. Vision was 20/40 LE 1 day post op. The ophthalmologist was more thrilled than i was!!
He said do you know what you just read? (RE) That was 20/20!!
I am truly amazed at the clarity in which i can now see colours.
I can see my iphone at about 16 inches clearly,
computer at approx 24 inches and read small font on labels price tags etc. I can see the instruments
on the rav4 dash without any difficulties. No halos or extreme lights, but i will say the night of surgery I did see some pretty awesome halos around the
LED street lights which looked like beautiful huge rainbows which disappeared the next day once my pupils constricted!
I wore glasses for the previous 17 yeas for presbyopia and i am thrilled to have the vision i have now and without having to wear glasses. I have no issues with halos or glare and my ophthalmologist says i still have a lot of healing to do and expects vision will improve some more.
I am thrilled with the vision I have already but will take any extra within the next 7 -8 weeks of healing ahead.
disclaimer: I have not had any previous eye problems prior to the age of 42 when i started
to need glasses for close up due to presbyopia.
no diabetes glaucoma ect.. and no issues since the age of 42... so i was a perfect candidate for mono vision.
Cheers from Ottawa
and many thanks to my surgeon Dr. Kashif Baig from Herzig eye institute and the University of Ottawa eye institute and the J&J team for the new Eyhance technology.
edward02713
Edited
there is an error in my previous post!
should read Aug 19 2021 which was the date of my surgery. just realized i was able to edit that
Guest edward02713
Posted
This is really great! Sounds like a good outcome. Thank you for sharing. However you said you went for a monovision setup but you don't say how much the offset was between the eyes in Diopters. If you know can you share that info? Monovision could mean anything from a half Diopter difference between the two eyes to as much as 2.5D. So it helps to know what offset you went with. I'm thinking of doing bilateral Eyhance but with just a 0.5D mini-monovision offset.
edward02713 Guest
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Hi David
-1.0 D. was the surgeons plan
Not sure what we ended up with, 1 day post op
the surgeon told me it was to early to tell right now.
My next follow up is in 4 weeks with the optometrist, ill report back then on what the
final outcome is.
cheers
xen42188 edward02713
Posted
Ed, wondering if you have had your appt with the optometrist - how is your vision now?
i have scheduled my surgery next month with Eyhance and am aiming for -1.25 and -.25. I'm curious about the range of vision you're getting with your -1D eye. Are you able to see better than J3 now? Is 16 inches still the nearest where the vision with just your left eye is sharp? And how much your distance eye contribute to your near acuity?
edward02713 xen42188
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Had follow up with Optometrist yesterday,
everything is healing very well without any issues.
R eye dominant for distance +0.50 diopter
Vision is 20/15 4 weeks post-op which improved from 20/20 1 day post op
L eye for near vision -1.0 diopter
Vision is same as 1 day post op @ 20/40
i can read J1 at about 15 inches but j3 is easier
to read.
I can see and work with the computer without any issues at all.
I can read and type on my Iphone -11 at about 15 inches without any issues
not sure about how much R eye for distance contributes to near vision but if i understand you correctly clear vision starts at about 1 meter out with my R eye.
i do notice i can read better and see better in
areas that have better lighting and black font on white paper is easier to read.
no issues driving at night, but i do seem to notice a little decrease in peripheral vision.
i am extremely happy about not having to wear
glasses as i am now totally independent except
for the very fine print on labels which i could never see anyway even when i didn't wear glasses.
cheers and good luck to all!
CanadaGuy edward02713
Posted
First off am VERY pleased to have found this resource with so much good information. I am having surgery in a few days and Eyhance appears to be my choice due to issues I might not be able to live with for other options. My cataract developed really quickly - distance became MUCH more blurry over course of 2-3 months. Had always worn glasses. Learned this was due to my diabetes and a posterior sub-capsular cataract having developed. Wore glasses forever (almost 24/7) but near vision was good in this my right and dominant eye. Now near vision is only if a couple of inches from my face.
Having the one eye done and wondering if due to the fact that I spend a lot of time at laptop and on smartphone, whether I should consider under-correcting maybe to -.5 in this my dominant and distance eye to allow for a bit better near and intermediate vision?
It seems that the Eyhance has a very large sweet spot (do they call it "landing zone"?) at distance and so my question is whether I would have noticeable defocus/blurriness at distance if I under-correct my dominant eye?
Any last minute advice really appreciated.
CoffeeJmk soks
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I'm 47 and had the Eyehance IOL put in my right eye for mono distance vision on Thursday. It's Monday now. (It was approved by FDA in February.)
Although the doctor said that my vision is now "objectively terrific", we disagree on criteria. I see individual letters in a dark room as long as the individual letters are separated and you are testing my eyes at the eye doctors office. What I couldn't do was read words the next day...or the clock across the room or SEE anything within ten feet. I was in tears .
Thankfully, it does appear to be getting better. I can now read billboards. I can now see objects at 6 feet or farther. I still can’t read anything within 6 feet, but I am hopeful that will improve as everything else does. I’m supposed to be able to read at 2 1/2 feet or farther. From what I am (trying to) read (on this forum with my other eye), it seems like the Eyehance might need more time to settle in your eye...or brain...or whatever is going on. Cutting into your eye is eye trauma.
My real challenges are driving and working. I only had one eye done and you CANNOT just pop out one lens from your glasses. I tried that and got so dizzy that I almost fell over. I have been told by the doctor to give it a month and so I am trying to do that. Right now I'm sitting three feet away from a 45" tv as computer monitor, but keep in mind that my OTHER eye is still a -5.5...and no glasses at present.
As for the surgery itself, I think being younger results in a different experience. I broke through the Versed, so I remember the painful part of the surgery and YOWZA . It does indeed feel like someone cutting into your eye. I talked to a friend who is a nurse and she said that it is not uncommon for older patients to be more sensitive to medication than younger patients, so the fact that I remember the surgery and was in pain isn’t actually that surprising if they gave me a senior citizen dose. On the other hand, Versed has a black box warning so you dont want a lot of it.
I think the expectation setting for younger patients isn’t there yet. Of course vision looks terrific if you have lived with Cataracs for 10 years and you are now 80 and your expectations are that of an 80 year old. It takes a while in my experience for things to calm down in your eye and I am used to being able to see and work, so my needs are more demanding than that of a senior citizen. (My 79 year old father drove me to my appointments, all love and no disrespect meant to our elders.)
Whatever you get, it won’t be perfect. Really drill your doctor on detailed expectations. How will you drive if you have to see both far away and the odometer in your car which is close? How will you work on the computer and read and see the projection in a meeting? What sort of glasses would achieve that? How long MIGHT it take for your ete to adjust? etc
Sue.An2 CoffeeJmk
Posted
hi - were you only given versed to help with remaining calm? I did not have any of that but my eye was numbed with numbing drops and aside from a bit of pressure felt no pain. Was 53 at time of surgery.
Could you not get a contact lens for unoperated wye to help with vision to balance things out?
Your vision should improve with time once it heals. Some see well within days and others it takes tine.
CoffeeJmk Sue.An2
Edited
I just got off the phone with the nurse after leaving a message to speak with the anethesiologist about the Versed. It's an amnesiac and that's basically just what they use there. They offered valium for the next surgery, but given the degree of pain I experienced, she recomends I stick with Versed due to the raised anxiety I am likely to have knowing that it will again be that painful. (The doctor had said the pain was due to my degree if myopia and that not much could be done.)
I took the contact advice from this forum and made an appointment with my optomotrist, who was able to give me a trial contact for my left eye to mimick the post-op. They should offer that to everyone. The extra $100 appointment was well worth it.
Sue.An2 CoffeeJmk
Edited
Glad you were able to get a contact lens to help.
Had no idea some people experienced that much pain during cataract surgery - glad I was ignorantly bliss of that!!! I had the numbing drops and offered an Ativan for my surgeries.
Wishing you the best for the 2nd surgery and hoping you get great results.
CoffeeJmk soks
Posted
I'm 47 and had the Eyehance IOL put in my right eye for mono distance vision on Thursday. It's Monday now. (It was approved by FDA in February.)
Although the doctor said that my vision is now "objectively terrific", we disagree on criteria. I see individual letters in a dark room as long as the individual letters are separated and you are testing my eyes at the eye doctors office. What I couldn't do was read words the next day...or the clock across the room or SEE anything within ten feet. I was in tears .
Thankfully, it does appear to be getting better. I can now read billboards. I can now see objects at 6 feet or farther. I still can’t read anything within 6 feet, but I am hopeful that will improve as everything else does. I’m supposed to be able to read at 2 1/2 feet or farther. From what I am (trying to) read (on this forum with my other eye), it seems like the Eyehance might need more time to settle in your eye...or brain...or whatever is going on. Cutting into your eye is eye trauma.
My real challenges are driving and working. I only had one eye done and you CANNOT just pop out one lens from your glasses. I tried that and got so dizzy that I almost fell over. I have been told by the doctor to give it a month and so I am trying to do that. Right now I'm sitting three feet away from a 45" tv as computer monitor, but keep in mind that my OTHER eye is still a -5.5...and no glasses at present.
As for the surgery itself, I think being younger results in a different experience. I broke through the Versed, so I remember the painful part of the surgery and YOWZA . It does indeed feel like someone cutting into your eye. I talked to a friend who is a nurse and she said that it is not uncommon for older patients to be more sensitive to medication than younger patients, so the fact that I remember the surgery and was in pain isn’t actually that surprising if they gave me a senior citizen dose. On the other hand, Versed has a black box warning so you dont want a lot of it.
I think the expectation setting for younger patients isn’t there yet. Of course vision looks terrific if you have lived with Cataracs for 10 years and you are now 80 and your expectations are that of an 80 year old. It takes a while in my experience for things to calm down in your eye and I am used to being able to see and work, so my needs are more demanding than that of a senior citizen. (My 79 year old father drove me to my appointments, all love and no disrespect meant to our elders.)
Whatever you get, it won’t be perfect. Really drill your doctor on detailed expectations. How will you drive if you have to see both far away and the odometer in your car which is close? How will you work on the computer and read and see the projection in a meeting? What sort of glasses would achieve that? How long MIGHT it take for your ete to adjust? etc
soks CoffeeJmk
Posted
so what's next then? i think the vivity has better range than eyhance. see uday devgan youtube video comparingnthe two. also i feel panoptix may be the best trifocal in the US and synergy may have problems.
CoffeeJmk soks
Posted
Vivity wasn't an option for me, so I have a bunch of questions for the doctor tomorrow. I pretty much need to decide to plow forward with the second eye or to wait until I feel more ready.
Lunabug soks
Posted
Soks, any knowledge about when Lumina will be available overseas?
soks Lunabug
Posted
no idea about lumina.