Eye surgeon put wrong lens in right eye.

[bjohns2k]

I had perfect monocular vision.  Left eye for far and right eye for close.  There was nothing I could not read.  The glare and starbursts made it difficult to drive at night.   I had the surgery to change the rt lens to a +2.5 close lense.  I woke up today and knew something was wrong.  I confronted the doc and found out I got the lens that was destined for the left eye.

I am sitting here with a cheap pair of reading glasses and flipping them up and down.  What the Doc wants to do now is to put the correct lens in the left eye on July 31,  then come back later and perform LASIK on the right eye to correct for the wrong lens.  This sounds like a bailing wire solution, and can I depend on LASIK lasting for more than a couple of years....My bottom line is that I want it right.    Thanks for suggestions.

I don't know what to do now, but flipping reading glasses or wearing bifocals is not acceptable.  That is Exactly what this guy told me I could avoid.  I am 72 yo and on Medicare.

[Houman Vosoghi, MD]

That's a tough one.  Ideally, you should get the lens exchanged for the correct one right away before significant enough scarring takes place.  Either way, there is an increased risk of complications from doing this.  Good luck.

HV

[coakleylincoln]

Thanks for sharing this. Fine information about cataract surgery and there may be requirement of contact lenses after surgery.

[karp989]

I had a cataract removed left eye with the acrysof IQ monofocal on  my left eye. My eye prescription before cataract surgery was -.75x-3.500x020(od)
                                                                       -4x-1.25x010     (os)

after cataract surgery                                   -4.25 +3.75x110(od) plus prescription
                                                                         +.50+.75x090    (os) plus prescription

I don't have cataracts on my right eye, so there seems to be an imbalance driving me crazy. I didn't have an imbalance before the surgery. I also have keratoconous, so prk/ lasik is not an option. Can you tell me the diopeter difference of two eyes post up cataract surgery? According to surgeon it is 2.25 which he said my eyes should be able to handle but they're not. For some reason i ended up farsighted on left eye instead of plano. Any suggestions as tho what should i do?

. I'm thankful that patients have a place like this to take out their concerns. I was thinking about one thing +.50+.75x090    (os) . Since replacing the iol monofocal lens is a great risk. Just in my head do you think that by putting a -4 lens in order to induce myopia and then glasses that correct the small amount of astigmatism would be of help. that way there wouldn't be such a difference between the two eyes. what i'm trying to say is to purposely leave the eye myopic with contact lenses and then trying to alleviate this problems with glasses, making the prescriptions with less of a difference(diopeter) between the two eyes.

glasses on top of the contact lens in this particular eye..

[bjohns2k]

I have decided to go ahead with the wrong lens in my right eye.  I think it is a clear lens ie no correction in the lens.  The lens going into the left eye is another clear lens,  as was originally scheduled.  I have that procedure on July 31.

Both my eyes appear, to this patient, as almost the same, except the left eye has the yellow tint to everything.  At least I can still see with reading glasses at about +2.00 .  

I can't get a 2nd opinion.  No one within 60 miles can work me in until late August....You Optomologists seem to be very busy.

I am going to let the Dr finish what  he started and try that.  Then I will discuss refractory surgery on the right eye or replacing the lens for the correct one.

Medicare and the quality control folks are NO help at this point.  I hate reading glasses, that have to be jerked on and off.  I work at multiple distances.  I must be able to work at my monitor while watching a giant screen across the room.  That works out badly while jerking glasses on and off.