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Crystalens
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Crystalens
by aar3406, Mar 30, 2007 12:00AM
Hi,
On February 21st, 2007 I had my left lens removed and replaced with the Crystalens. My vision had gone from 20/15 to 20/80-20/100.
History: This had to be done, due to a cataract that had formed, from an accident. The accident was 4 years ago this March. Very slow impact 5mph, a lady pulled out in front of me. I bumped my head very lightly on the visor. Had a slight lump. From that point both lens had trauma damage, and were both forming cataracts. The left eye being worse than the right.
After having the surgery on the 21st, I could see fairly well. Went to all post-op visits. Then on the 4th week after surgery, my good vision went blurry. I had a a "shine" that came into the bottom of my eye. Halfmoon shape like I could see the bottom of the lens. I went to my surgeon, he checked me, and found that the bottom of the lens had vaulted forward, causing the "shine" and blurry double vision. I was scheduled for immediate surgery the following Tuesday.
Just had the surgery this past Tuesday, to have a tension ring implanted in the lens capsule. The surgeon told me that my zonules had damage from the accident, but didn't look that bad (two that he could see had slight damage). That is why he implanted the lens without the tension ring at first. He said there must of been other damage that he could not see. The surgery went fine.
My pupil is still constricted from the drops. I still have a shine in the bottom of my eye. If I look down it goes away and I can see it with my eye shut. My vision seemed to come in good yesterday morning and then went back out.
My question is: Is this normal, and approx. how long will it take for me to recover? What is the normal expectations from the eye? (example: week 1 blurry, week 2 distance vision comes in, etc)
How long should I expect to wait for really nice vision from this eye. I have heard everything from 4 weeks to 1 year....
Any information would be great. As I'm only 32 years old, an artist, and really need my vision.....
On February 21st, 2007 I had my left lens removed and replaced with the Crystalens. My vision had gone from 20/15 to 20/80-20/100.
History: This had to be done, due to a cataract that had formed, from an accident. The accident was 4 years ago this March. Very slow impact 5mph, a lady pulled out in front of me. I bumped my head very lightly on the visor. Had a slight lump. From that point both lens had trauma damage, and were both forming cataracts. The left eye being worse than the right.
After having the surgery on the 21st, I could see fairly well. Went to all post-op visits. Then on the 4th week after surgery, my good vision went blurry. I had a a "shine" that came into the bottom of my eye. Halfmoon shape like I could see the bottom of the lens. I went to my surgeon, he checked me, and found that the bottom of the lens had vaulted forward, causing the "shine" and blurry double vision. I was scheduled for immediate surgery the following Tuesday.
Just had the surgery this past Tuesday, to have a tension ring implanted in the lens capsule. The surgeon told me that my zonules had damage from the accident, but didn't look that bad (two that he could see had slight damage). That is why he implanted the lens without the tension ring at first. He said there must of been other damage that he could not see. The surgery went fine.
My pupil is still constricted from the drops. I still have a shine in the bottom of my eye. If I look down it goes away and I can see it with my eye shut. My vision seemed to come in good yesterday morning and then went back out.
My question is: Is this normal, and approx. how long will it take for me to recover? What is the normal expectations from the eye? (example: week 1 blurry, week 2 distance vision comes in, etc)
How long should I expect to wait for really nice vision from this eye. I have heard everything from 4 weeks to 1 year....
Any information would be great. As I'm only 32 years old, an artist, and really need my vision.....
Doctor's Answer
by Forum-OD-MP, Mar 30, 2007 12:00AM
Thanks for the replies.....What I want to know is:
What is the standard recovery time for a standard patient.....? I've heard 4 weeks to 1 year. AND are there any limitations, like picking up items that weigh over a certain weight?
Good health
most patients are told not to lift anything more than 30 lbs during their recovery.
http://www.pconsupersite.com/default.asp?ID=8590
It has a lot of great information. I may have found the reason, why I'm having problems with this lens. Actually there are 3 reasons, but I"m not sure which one it is. The most possible cause is that I did not receive Atropine or Cyclopentolate to dilate my eye after surgery. My doctor put a drop in that restricts the pupil, causing the ciliary muscle to move forward, thus causing the lens to vault forward and become stuck in that position. I'm no way a doctor, but this is my best guess as to what is going on. I will keep posting on this forum, to keep everyone up to date.