I would never have the YAG without getting another opinion. My understanding of the YAG is that it is used when the capsular bag gives the appearance of a second cataract. It would not reduce halos.
I had halos so bad that I felt I was thrown into another world at night. Frightening. Horrible. Gave up believing it would improve after 8 months and too afraid to have the lens explanted. Not I am shocked that starting in the 8 months, the halos are reducing daily. Now the halos on cars are way in the distance. It used to be that the car in front of me had a halo so large on the tail light that it covered the whole car. Now the cars look absolutely normal and only halos in the distance which are reducing daily.
I have only one multifocal so do not know if that matters or not. But I read somewhere that it can take up to a year for the halos to diminish and that is proving true with me. Just give it time. Changes take place for months and months after a multifocal. And in my experience, they only improve with time. Unfortunately for soom, it can take a long time. Best wishes.
Thanks for the input. Do you think I should hold off on the Jag?
It helps a lot to know that I am not alone with these horrible halos. You really think they will go away? I didn't mention that I also have these dark arcs on the outside corners of my eyes. They are not as bad as they used to be. Now I only see them in certain lights. Sometimes when I look straight ahead like when I'm driving on a cloudy day. Sometimes in bright day light. Sunglesses kind of hides them. I wish I was told about these things before the surgery. I sure would have been a lot easier if I knew what to expect.
Getting a second opinion sounds like a good idea. Could astigmatism be contributing to your problems?
After my cataract surgery with one Rezoom implant, I had abberations on everything that shinned, watches, rings, clip boards, everything. It can take a very long time to improve. I am now in my 9th month and I am absolutely shocked how the debilitatng halos and glare are suddenly diminishing. I know how frightening the aberrations can be. I felt like I was thrown into another world. But now the glare that was great is hardly visible. And the horrible halos that covered a whole car and reflector in the road and on everything that shinned are suddenly going away. I was too frightened to have my lens exchanged due to the glare and halos. I did not expect any improvement after 8 months. But suddenly it is improving daily. I read somewhere that it can take up to a year for some people. I think that if doctors would prepare their patients better, there would not be so much unexpected aberration shock and anxiety. Best wishes.
I had Restore implanted in both eyes, left eye late April and right early May.I didn't have cataracts but I was wearing 2 pairs of glasses. One to see distance and one to read. I couldn't do bifocals. I started seeing large halos around anything that has lights immediatly.Driving at night is almost impossible but I am forcing myself to do it. I even have these halos durig the day with car headlights. I also have these dark arcs on the sides of my eyes. I have been back to the doctor three times for this. Last week he suggested Yag surgery. After lots of research I am having second thoughts. I don't think it will help and am really scared about getting another procedure done. Other then that my vison is very good. I am now considering getting a second opinion. Any suggestions?
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