lightheadedness and headaches

[roio]

cataract surgery on left eye early september 2009.  successful.  2 weeks later, i experienced lightheadedness, headaches, increased sed rate.  had cat scan, brain mri, temporal artery biopsies.. all were fine.  sent to rhuematologist; she could find no problem.  i feel like my right eye, which is scheduled for cataract surgery in november is working independently.  it feels heavy and blank, but i can see out of it.  it was probably 20/50, but after surgery on left eye, my right eye seems blurry.   opthamologist says all is ok.   ive been on prednisone since lightheadedness began.. being slowly decreased.  lightheadedness and headaches are improving after approximately 1 month.. could my symptoms be a cause of the eyes working independently?  

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

If the lightheadedness goes away with the cataract eye closed then the problem is likely the brain trying to fuse the images of different sizes, shapes, color and clarity. Generally if you are happy with the results of your first surgery this goes away after the second eye is done. It would be a totally different deal if closing either eye had no effect on your symptoms

JCHMD

[roio]

THANKS, I WILL LOOK INTO A NEUROOPTHAMOLOGIST.  

THE LIGHTHEADEDNESS DOES ABATE SOMEWHAT WITH MY CATARACT EYE CLOSED.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

If it was your eyes working against one another if you shut the eye with the cataract all your symptoms should immediately vanish. If they don't something else is the problem. Consider holding off on the cataract surgery since you are undiagnosed and on steroids and ask for a referral to a neuroophthalmologist

JC HMD