Symfony IOL resuls

[Mfhmark]

Surgery on my right eye was yesterday. Vision was blurry for about 6 hours and then cleared. But movement was very disorienting. It is less disorienting today. The vision in the eye is very good for everything except for very close. I had a hard time pitting my eye drops in, but am slowly adjusting.

My contact lenses prescription was -10 and -11, so this is amazing for me. I can't wait for the second eye which is scheduled for April 13.  The anatomy of my eye is very long and narrow so the surgeon is cautiously optimistic about the results. But it is looking good so far.

[Mfhmark]

4 weeks post op for right eye is 20/30
1 week post op for left eye is 20/40
Combined eyes is 20/25 for intermediate and 20/16 for near

When asked, the doctor suggested correction of -.75 and -1.00 - that is heaps better than -10 and -11 that I started with. But vision is still pretty blurry in the left eye. The doctor (subbing for surgeon) suggested said neuro adaption would take at least 4 weeks. But the right eye didn't blur at all. Images were very crisp and clean until it started to deteriorate 4-5 days post surgery. The doctor said that they may have put constricting drops in my eyes post surgery. I think the only difference between the surgeries was that they didn't put the gel anaesthetic on my eye, they just increased the freezing during surgery.

[Mfhmark]

Yes, PCO has already started in the first eye so laser surgery in 3 months is being recommended.  The eye pressure has also increased so one of my meds is being switched and a new med to relieve the pressure.

The surgeon didn't seem surprised that the near vision in the second eye was poor and didn't bother to test it. I suspect the target was different for each eye with the hope that one would be 20/20, and at worst the other would be 20/30.

The surgeon has also warned me that as my eye is very long, that the lens may shift forwards or backwards and that refractive corrections could be made 3 months after the PCO is fixed.

[SoftwareDeveloper]

re: "there is more pain. Putting the drops in is excruciating. "

Its unfortunate you have pain, I didn't have any pain from the surgery (or during), that isn't typical, hopefully it'll go away soon and they give you appropriate pain meds.

re: "The proliferations have started already, so a follow up laser surgery will be necessary in about 3 months. "

I assume you mean PCO (posterior capsular opacification)  in the first eye (you don't say), which is a fairly common side effect (it used to be most people got it, now its only a minority since lenses like the Tecnis ones have been designed to minimize the risk). Its is an easy issue to treat. That could explain the reduced vision in that eye.  Although I gather PCO can form in the first  first few weeks,  it more commonly takes months (on average 2 years I'd read from one source) to develop.  I would have thought swelling or some other issue more likely  but I hadn't checked statistics, and I gather some people are more prone to PCO.

I'm guessing the 2nd eye is still just recovering from surgery, which seems the most likely the explanation for its 20/30,  perhaps swelling is an issue, or perhaps they missed the mark on that one and left it myopic? I would have guessed 1 day postop would be too soon to have PCO concerns in that 2nd eye based on my reading, but I'm not positive since   I hadn't researched the issue in detail before  ,  since I don't have a PCO issue (and an eye surgeon guessed at 2 months postop that from looking at way my eyes are  healing that I won't get PCO).

[Mfhmark]

It seems my eye got nicked during surgery as putting in the eyebrows has been excruciating. It is supposed to heal quickly.

The proliferations have started already, so a follow up laser surgery will be necessary in about 3 months. Both eyes are now 20/30.  But given the shape of my eye, the surgeon says that the lense may shift forwards or back as it heals. If I want corrective laser surgery that would be 3 months after the next surgery.

My near and intermediate vision wasn't tested today. It is definitely not 20/20.  All the tests will be done next week.

[Mfhmark]

Left eye was done today and already, there are differences. My recovery on this eye is going to be much longer. The vision hasn't cleared up to the same extent at the end of the day and there is more pain. Putting the drops in is excruciating.

Post op check up in the morning for both eyes.

[SoftwareDeveloper]

I should add that although I brought up the possibility of other eye issues, it seems like the fact that you had 20/15 vision at intermediate initially suggests that you should be able to get to at least 20/20 at distance, or worst case at least get that with correction.