I had cataract surgery on my left eye set to plano with a tecnis toric monofocal lens. The iol was rotated on May 26. I think the astigmatism in my left eye is still holding okay. I do see ghosting or double images in letters sometimes, but not nearly as badly as it was before the iol was rotated to the correct axis. My surgeon says it may because there is a lot of wrinkling in the posterior capsule which could be fixed later on with the YAG laser.
Onto my present problem. My right eye was done with a different surgeon that suggested I have it set for mini monovision. I was dumb and went along with it even after telling him that I had a lazy right eye and very dominant left eye. He targeted -1.00 , but it came out to be -1.50 and has now settled down to -1.25. It was done February 10 and I cannot get used to it.
The surgeon that did my left eye set it for plano and thought that would help. Well it has somewhat, but I just cannot stand it. I have an appointment with my surgeon on Friday to speak with him about an explant/exchange targeting my right eye for plano to match the left eye. I have/am trying progressive lens presently and still cannot adjust. When looking near or intermediate I feel my eyes are fighting each other. I know there are a lot of risks and the surgery can be challenging. That said the surgeon I have does a lot of cataract surgeries (maybe 100 a month) although he says he has not done a lot of explants, but a while back, he said that he could do it. He prefers to explant at 3 months, but said that he could do it at 4 or 5 months. This Friday will be 4 months post surgery in my right eye. I am going to ask him to put in a contact in the right eye to see if that helps more than the glasses, but I'm not sure I can put a contact in that eye everyday for the rest of my life. I have anxiety about this and do not think I can stand to live like this forever. I'm wondering if I have strabismus after reading about it. When I was younger I do remember seeing double and kind of feel the same way now.
Of course, someone with strabismus should not have mini monovision because it can cause double images. My eyes do not have a shifting deviation that can be seen. However, my right eye is higher than the left eye and is more than most people have normally.
I really don't want lasik or prk because I've heard so many problems with those procedures and then those problems can even develop years later after the procedure which would make me worry for years on. I'm leaning towards the explant. Do you have any names of surgeons in the New Orleans LA area for second/third opinions? I looked on aao.org and really don't see any in my area that are specific to explants.
Your thoughts please.