See at least one other corneal surgeon ophthalmologist for a second opinion. The use of lasik for your problem is experimental. Get at least 2 Eye MDs recommending it before you do it.
JCH MD
May I ask what HOAs are? What is causing your triple vision? Is it some kind of bad astigmatism?
High Order Aberrations. Here's a good description:
www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/aberrations.htm
Yes, that is what causes my triple vision.
Thanks very much, that is a great site!
Just wanted to provide an update on my situation to anyone interested. I visited an ophthalmologist a couple weeks ago who did find cataracts in both eyes. He believed that these were causing a prism effect, and hence the HOAs and triple vision (which matched the few articles I have found online about monocular triplopia). He could not explain why the 3 optometrists I've been to in the last few years did not see them. Perhaps cataracts may not be visible during early formation?
Just had cataract surgery with implantation of Crystalens IOLs in both eyes. I now have a single very sharp image, and I am not needing glasses for computer work or reading. Eye doctors use the term "20/happy"....I am "20/ECSTATIC!!"...
Thank you, Dr. Hagan, for your advice to so many vision-troubled people on this forum.
You are welcome. Happy for your good result. Your experience just substantiates the point I've made many times that the training of a non-MD optometrist is substantially less than the MD physician ophthalmologist.
JCH MD