YAG Laser on only one good eye

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Hi Team,

Hope you all doing well. Most of you might have seen my posts last year regarding having only one good eye and which I had to go through cataract on it in Dec 2018. I went with -1.5 distance for it and I was really happy with the outcome. How ever vision got blurray in last 2 months and visited doctors and they suggested to go through YAG for removing it. I m planning to do it as its kind of disturbing now.. can you please advise if any risks going through YAG? As per my research and discussions with doctors this looks like a simple procedure and need not to be worry.. But just wanted to get your thoughts as I have only vision in that eye 😦.. Please advise I m worried abut folaters also

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    Yes it is simple thing even though details sound scary. 99.9% you will be ok.

    Plus you don't have any other choice.

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    good luck vjkrish. let us know it goes.

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    hi vjkrish and read your history again. u have been high myope and have had the eye laser treated for preventing retinal detachment. so i suggest u get an opinion from retina specialist as well since yag has a small risk of rd for males below 50. good luck.

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    Hi VJ,

    Yes, I had the YAG in both eyes. No problrms at all after surgery. I saw the posterior capsule "float away" as a few large floaters in the first eye. Second eye, did YAG a month later, there were smaller and more floaters, but just about gone now, 10 days later.

    As I wrote on a different thread, thePCO/( YAG) symptoms were like a thin film over the eye. Not as noticeable as the original cataract blur. More like a floater that is more or less stationary in the field of vision. As if you had a piece of plastic wrap over a bowl in the fridge and it eventually formed a thin film of condensed water on the plastic. You can see thru it, but you know it's not quite clear. Like fog, but not terribly dense.

    In the YAG procedure, the surgeon aims four short laser bursts forming the 4 corners of a cross, which have the effect of "bursting the plastic wrap", i.e., the remaining central area of the capsule behind the IOL which has grown the cells which formed the PCO. My surgeon said they've been doing the YAG for 35 years now, so normally no worries for the patient. Quite amazing!

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    Thank you all for the responses. i went to the rentina specialist today and he gave e clearance to go ahead with YAG he said everything looks perfect and I am good to go,.. FIngers crossed scheduled my YAG on Oct 2nd.. Praying for the best 😦

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      Best wishes vjkrish on a successful outcome.

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    Thank you all for the responses. i went to the rentina specialist today and he gave e clearance to go ahead with YAG he said everything looks perfect and I am good to go,.. FIngers crossed scheduled my YAG on Oct 2nd.. Praying for the best 😦

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    Thanks Sue.an2 for the wishes... Just had the surgery 3 hours ago and things looks stable so far.. Was able to drive home my self and will see the surgeron tomorrow and also retina spealist after 2 weeks.. Hoping all will be fine.. Praying...

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      Thanks for the update. Hope your vision is better and that everything continues to go well. Keep us posted!

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      hi vjkrish did the vision get better immediately after the YAG?

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      Yes just 1-2 hours after It got better..

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    thank you guys.. vision got better in 1-2 hours.. thank god i can see amazingly now.. no blurry at all.. i m praying that no other side effects and i m seeing retina doc in couple of weeks

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      Are you allowed to do sports after YAG or do you have to be careful?

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      How long does it take? Did you do both eyes at the same time? Any pain after?

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      thats fantastic. glad you are seeing retina specialist.

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      Thanks for reporting on that - may be what I require on LE. Glad all went well. Any discomfort during procedure or afterwards?

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      Yes Suregon said no restrictions

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      I did only one my other eye is already bad... No pain or discomfort at all

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      very little discomfort during procedure due to sensitive light hitting the eye.. its just for 4-5 seconds..

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