wrong vision after cataract surgery

[Candy789]

I had cataract surgery in my left eye, I was supposed to get far vision in both eyes & have reading glasses, I ended up with very close vision 6 in to 18 in in the left eye & I can see a ring around the outside of my eye when I read, model sn60wf 25.0d. I now have a ghost image to the left side of all objects in the left eye & a kinked capsule that also gives me a white star burst diagonally . so the surgeon adjusted the next cataract lens in my right to sn60wf 24.5d, now I can see 5 to 10 feet with that eye with ghost image to the right side of all objects, so it looks like I have double vision with both eyes seeing. The dr says that he will do a laser touch up on the capsule but I will have to pay to get this done & the other side effects will either clear up or he said "go get glasses"!!! He doesn't seem interested & dosent seem to remember what issues I have from one ck up to another. I don't mind getting glasses but am not sure he has taken care of what he should before I get the glasses. Advice??

[Doreen Fazio, M.D.]

I would get a second opinion.  The first lens may be over-powered for your left eye, and so you are now myopic (near-sighted).  Before any YAG laser capsulotomy is done, you need to discuss the possible need for explantation of the first lens and replacing it with another implant.  This is always safer and easier if it is done before the capsule is opened with the YAG laser.  

[Candy789]

Thank you for the help

[Doreen Fazio, M.D.]

You could check the American Academy of Ophthalmology or the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery web sites:  AAO.org, and ASCRS.org respectively.  You should be able to find a doctor there for a second opinion.

[Candy789]

I was told by the dr that, it is all because my eye has not accepted the lens they way that it should have. I have a Autoimmune disorder so I was told that I am healing at a slower rate than usual.
My left eye( the first eye), I can see the outside of the lens pull out when I read. This really bothers me, it is not just a shadow of the lens because it only happens when I attempt to read. I don't remember the dr taking new measurements of my left eye before surgery like he did with the right... I am a little hesitant to go thru this again, but will make a 2nd opinion appointment. I live in Tucson Arizona & don't have a lot of options, we are a small big town.