Ongoing Rezoom Problems. What to do.

8 months ago I had a cataract operated on in my left eye. I was supposed to get a Crystalens, but at the last minute, my doctor substituted a ReZoom, because of Pupil size. I picked the Crystalens because of a hard sell campaign by the doctor and his staff. They never mentioned any downsides to it.

Immediately, I noticed that I was getting Halos around anything lighted at night, plus flashing from the left side of my left eye when tired, plus some round reflections in dark rooms with a single light source. I told the doctor about this and he said to wait as it sometimes takes a while for to get used to the lens. There is also clouding behind where the lens is which he wants to fix with a Laser.  

4 months after my eye surgery, I went to see the doctor about the side effects. It was then that he mentioned that I had a ReZoom not a Crystalens. He wanted to immediately take it out and replace it with a single vision implant, because “Multi focal lenses have a lot more side effects”   Nice!!.  He said I could wait, but waiting would give more of a chance of adhesion, making it more difficult to take out. I asked if he ever did this before and he said once, 4 years ago.  

Now, approx 7-8 months after the eye surgery, I still have the halo problems, although I’ve gotten used to them more. I posted to the BB a few months ago and was told that the Rezoom (#1 in side effects) can take up to a year to get used to. It was also recommended that eye drops could help with the night vision halos. Also that the surgery to replace the ReZoom has more than a few side effects.  I'd love to avoid that!

I could really use some help deciding what to do. My day vision is Quite good in my Left eye, and actually also at night when there’s no glare. I really don’t want to risk that. Also, very lately, the cataract in my Right eye is starting to cloud up.That eye will need to be done soon.  Plus I eventually need to get the cloudy patch in the left eye taken care of.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Use the search feature and archives and read all about the ReZoom Rhymes with DOOM IOL.  See one or two other Eye MDs for a second and third opinion.

Multifocal IOLs generate about 60 times more complaints on these forums than monofocal IOLs

JCH MD

[JodieJ]

You say that your surgeon didn't bother to inform you until 4 months post-surgery that he had substituted a ReZoom for the Crystalens which you had agreed on.  This is unbelievable!  Please, please, please--find another surgeon, preferrably someone who is experienced with multifocal/accommodating IOLs and who has better ethics than your first surgeon.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

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