Cataract surgery

[Bucknaked]

I know there are threads on this but I’m not fighting the search function so please try and refrain from dog piling me for not using it but if you must, I have thick skin so go for it.

I am planning on having this done after the first of the year but I’m just in the discernment stages with my specialist .

this is about Priorities! 1 concern I have is about the “floaters” I keep hearing about which sound very minute and the trapped air bubbles ( if any ) have to be released by puncture so the floaters are just left over material from the tiny puncture so they can’t be very big. Do they drive you crazy or do you get used to them?

the Huge priority is what this will do with my shooting ( specifically my bow). I am near sighted and have to use a varifier but with a newer sight I am comfortably able to shoot out to 40 yds ( practice only ). This surgery is supposed to give me 20/20 vision but I will have to use readers for close up. I am concerned with where my 20/20 will start and will I need a varifier any more if , If my pins are within that 20/20 range. If I don’t need a varifier any more that would be awesome but if that 20/20 doesn’t start until After my pins I’m hoping a varifier will work again .

for those of you that have been in this situation please post up and share your experiences with the surgery, floaters and shooting.

My specialist has 5 different surgeons that he prefers but if you had one that was awesome please share them.

TIA

[tvc184]

I had my cataract surgeries in April 2021 two weeks apart. Not counting the prep work and waiting my turn in the operating room which was about an hour total, each surgery was less than five minutes, probably more like three minutes.

I had no floaters or any other issues. Unlike when my mother had hers about 15 years ago and had a patch put on her eye, on mine they just put a clear, hard plastic lens over the eye to keep from rubbing it. I could see clearly from the OR table. It was stunning to say the least because mine were getting pretty bad.

I opted for the free lenses. I was given the option of cheaters or progressive lenses but at an additional $1,700 or $3,200 per eye. My ophthalmologist said that most people get the free lenses and that was his recommendation but he would gladly upgrade to the more expensive lenses if I wished.

So now I use cheaters but my lenses corrected my vision enough that I don’t need a verifyer on my bow or to shoot a handgun. At arms length away, my vision is clear enough to see my sights. it kind of reminds me of about 25 years ago when I started using reading glasses. My close-up vision started going away, but if I held a book at arms length, I could still read it. When my arms weren’t long enough, I started needing cheaters. With my cataract surgery lenses, my arms are long enough. Any closer would need some kind of reading glasses.

[100%TtId]

Floaters can be eliminated by zapping with a YAG laser (I think that’s what my cat doctor uses).

If you choose a multi focal lens implant, you won’t need to wear reading glasses. I have the Technis lenses and don’t need a verifier or clarifier to shoot.

Choose your doctor very carefully. The only post-op issues I had was about 5 years of occasional dry eyes but that is typical and fixed with otc eye drops (NOT Visine). I have almost 20/20 after having terrible astigmatism. I can see without readers for everything but very small print in low light conditions. Follow your doctors post-op instructions PRECISELY. This is how you can mess up your vision by not doing the drops correctly.

Where are you located?

[Bucknaked]

Floaters can be eliminated by zapping with a YAG laser (I think that’s what my cat doctor uses).

If you choose a multi focal lens implant, you won’t need to wear reading glasses. I have the Technis lenses and don’t need a verifier or clarifier to shoot.

Choose your doctor very carefully. The only post-op issues I had was about 5 years of occasional dry eyes but that is typical and fixed with otc eye drops (NOT Visine). I have almost 20/20 after having terrible astigmatism. I can see without readers for everything but very small print in low light conditions. Follow your doctors post-op instructions PRECISELY. This is how you can mess up your vision by not doing the drops correctly.

Where are you located?

In Hallettsville but it will be in Houston or wherever the best surgeon is!

this is all great input! I have extreme dry eye already with no option to replenish oil glands - they are non existent. I have prescription .05 % testosterone drops that have changed my life tremendously but I will have to take them for the rest of my life.

I know that these are my Only peepers and I will definitely follow the dr’s orders.

[100%TtId]

If you can afford them, I highly recommend multi focals. Not needing readers is a huge benefit. The technology is evolving very rapidly.

[Hogmauler]

Theirs is a member here that is a doctor at Mann Eye Center here in Houston or Katy. Can’t remember his name though.

[Pstraw]

Theirs is a member here that is a doctor at Mann Eye Center here in Houston or Katy. Can’t remember his name though.

SHE!

Mann-Eye is a sponsor here. 800- My Vision is the #.

[WCB]

I had my cataract surgeries in April 2021 two weeks apart. Not counting the prep work and waiting my turn in the operating room which was about an hour total, each surgery was less than five minutes, probably more like three minutes.

I had no floaters or any other issues. Unlike when my mother had hers about 15 years ago and had a patch put on her eye, on mine they just put a clear, hard plastic lens over the eye to keep from rubbing it. I could see clearly from the OR table. It was stunning to say the least because mine were getting pretty bad.

I opted for the free lenses. I was given the option of cheaters or progressive lenses but at an additional $1,700 or $3,200 per eye. My ophthalmologist said that most people get the free lenses and that was his recommendation but he would gladly upgrade to the more expensive lenses if I wished.

So now I use cheaters but my lenses corrected my vision enough that I don’t need a verifyer on my bow or to shoot a handgun. At arms length away, my vision is clear enough to see my sights. it kind of reminds me of about 25 years ago when I started using reading glasses. My close-up vision started going away, but if I held a book at arms length, I could still read it. When my arms weren’t long enough, I started needing cheaters. With my cataract surgery lenses, my arms are long enough. Any closer would need some kind of reading glasses.

Same here

[SaltwaterSlick]

I used Dr. Richard Urso with Houston Eye Associates. I'd use him again and would highly recommend him. He's a hunter and shooter and gave me advice on what he'd do if it were him. He fixed me up. Right now today, I am at 20/15 in both eyes... I can now see, read and work my iPhone without glasses!! I got the standard lenses that medicare pays for. The only thing I need readers for is fine detail up close... looking at trail cam pics and counting points on my phone... Heck, I got into some cactus this past weekend dragging a dead hog back to the sendero where I could load her up and I could see the little fine stickers from the pear needles well enough to pick them out of my let without readers!
On and I can now see my target AND my bead on my .22 at the same time!! Hadn't been able to do that in 25 years or more...

I had one eye done this past August, and the other done in September... The post-op visit the next morning at 8:00 AM, I was 20/20 in both eyes and it's actually better now. I'm still putting one of the drops in each eye... Next visit is 2 months out.

Dr. Urso is quite well known for his eye surgery, AND he's quite well known for giving the liberal DemoKrauts hell too and fighting against the mRNA vaccines... He was one of the original developers... do a search on YouTube using his name... You can see what kind of guy he is! After my first visit, we talked PCP pellet guns for a while... by the second visit, he was ready to order him one of his own...

[Hogmauler]

SHE!

Mann-Eye is a sponsor here. 800- My Vision is the #.

Dammit man! Who is SHE?

[Geezy Rider]

Dammit man! Who is SHE?

https://www.manneye.com/locations-directions/south-austin-location

[Smart]

I am about to go through this myself at 54. I noticed my vision had really been tanking bad the last 6 months in my right eye and especially when I was in recovery from my leg surgery so I wanted to make sure I went in to get a new script when I was able. I went to a specialist due to having some very light cataracts in the past. My ophthalmologist told me that my cataracts have gotten bad enough and my vision is bad enough I need to get them taken care of now. I have one cloudy cataract and one thickening lens cataract. He said the thickening one comes on quick and gets bad quick. Said he could write me a script to clear it up some but it would be garbage in 4 months. My pre-op meeting is this Thursday. I have not been told much on the specifics other than what I have asked other folks I know that have had it done. All those questions are to be answered Thursday though. The following Thursday, the 14th, is my thickening lens cataract right eye .. The 21st is my cloudy left eye. Its been mentioned from friends that they give you two options.. Knife or laser with a standard lens… Knife is generally paid for by insurance and laser is extra. I’m not sure where the standard cataract lens will get me vision wise but the wife and I have agreed I need to get it corrected to 20/20 while I’m there. One of the guys I spoke with said he went laser due to quicker recovery and they were able to correct his vision using it versus the knife. Is this how it works? I don't think I'm interested in multi focal lens. #1 I'm not sure how it will affect me looking through peeps or scopes....or down shotgun barrels and Forum the much bigger extra cost. Can anybody give me some info leading in? I have met my deductibles and max OOP with the leg surgery so insurnce will cover the basic stuff I'm told.

[Tmag]

On the waiting list for January or February myself. Double vision this year has gotten bad, it’s time!

[mikemorvan]

I've been contemplating a 'get your eyes checked' thread. The technology is amazing. I had cataract surgery in both eyes about six years ago. About one year ago i had retina surgery to repair a detached retina, then a preventive procedure to head off a tear in the other retina. The doctors all said it's just part of getting old. Recently i had an exam and my left eye was really bad. Turns out the cataract lenses often, for lack of a better term, frost over. So i went in last Thursday and had a tune up on my left eye. The difference is amazing. The world is so bright and vibrant, it almost looks fake. Can't wait to get the same tune up on the right eye in January. I will be getting yearly eyeball checks going forward.

Get your eyes checked.

[tvc184]

I've been contemplating a 'get your eyes checked' thread. The technology is amazing. I had cataract surgery in both eyes about six years ago. About one year ago i had retina surgery to repair a detached retina, then a preventive procedure to head off a tear in the other retina. The doctors all said it's just part of getting old. Recently i had an exam and my left eye was really bad. Turns out the cataract lenses often, for lack of a better term, frost over. So i went in last Thursday and had a tune up on my left eye. The difference is amazing. The world is so bright and vibrant, it almost looks fake. Can't wait to get the same tune up on the right eye in January. I will be getting yearly eyeball checks going forward.

Get your eyes checked.

I thought that after my cataract surgeries and I don’t mean from the dilation immediately afterwards. I was so used to the world being darker due to the cataracts that it seemed like a whole new world.

I read about cataracts clouding over in some patients and the need for a follow up procedure. If I remember what I read, they clear up the cloudiness with a laser and it was supposed to be a one time procedure. But, I am not an ophthalmologist and I didn’t sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night….