I am 31 old female and I had a IOL implant for correcting a high anisometropic amblyopia in
my right eye, about two weeks ago. My eyes have: right eye (the one that has the implant
now) - 8 (high miopia with astigmatism); left eye has -1 (miopia with astigmatism). The IOL
was an Artisan iris-claw with a refractive power of - 8. Now I still wear glasses, with 0
diopter for the operated eye and a -0.75 diopter for the left eye. Before surgery I weared
glasses all my life, and in the last period I had right eye: -2.5 ; left eye: -0.75
diopters.
I read a lot about amblyopia before surgery and I thought a lot before deciding to have
this surgery. My doctor convinced me that I will be able to recover the binocular vision
even my brain was used to see only with one eye (monocular vision), but he didn't tel me how
long it will take this to happen. After 2 weeks after operation, I have a very pronounced
double vision all the time, it's like I see everything in two separate images, not one. My
vision in the eye with the implant is great compared with before surgery. But the vision
with both eyes open it's a disaster right now and it seems isn't improving from one day to
another.. I have to go to a post-op consult after one month and till than, the doctor told
me to be patience and to wait, because it's normal that the recovery to take a while. My
question is: how long it will take me to see normal with both eyes, when this double vision
will disappear? When I'll be able to realize if I'll ever see normal with this IOL (I have
the option to take out the IOL from my eye if there are problems)? I don't think that I'm
capable to live with this double vision too long, because it was allready a challange in
these past two weeks in my daily activities (I'm a graphic designer). Thank you very much
to anyone who can help me with sharing a similar experience or with profesional medical
advice.