Cataracts and other visual concerns!

[oldballs]

Since the OE topic included "other visual concersn".....let me say that this morning I'm off another treatment for AMD which I have had for several years now. The rest of this day is caput.....

Cheers.,
Mike

 

[tradosaurus]

My clinic required my driver to wait inside or near the front door in the parking lot.

My 59 yo wife just had both eyes done. She got the upgraded operation to see far in one eye and see close in the other. Don't know what that is called.

So far she is enjoying the new eye opening experience.

 

[newbury]

Since the OE topic included "other visual concersn".....let me say that this morning I'm off another treatment for AMD which I have had for several years now. The rest of this day is caput.....

Cheers.,
Mike

Will you share what med your getting and it's result?
My wife had what she thought were bad "floaters" which suddenly got worse. She has been on:
Avastin - only 2 treatments (limited results) before going to
Eyelea - 7 treatments, initially great progress, but then slower progress, switched to Eyelea HD last month. Too soon to tell progress.

In our case it is sometime difficult to tell progress. She had extremely bad vision from birth. She managed to make it through to high school by memorizing the snellen eye chart, sitting in the front of class to read the board. Then she finally got honest and they got her glasses for her ~20/180 vision.
I think she still tries to "squint" her way through things.

Sort of like me, I'll drop a beam on my foot - if the swelling is not black and blue and I can't walk then I'm good to go.

 

[JESSE1]

Just got back home after having my right eye done. Blurry but improving. Procedure involved lots of different drops. I think I was fully aware during the procedure, at least I knew they were working on my eye. I go back in the morning for the follow-up.

 

[ArlyA]

Just got back home after having my right eye done. Blurry but improving. Procedure involved lots of different drops. I think I was fully aware during the procedure, at least I knew they were working on my eye. I go back in the morning for the follow-up.

Let us know how it goes for you.

 

[deserteagle71]

Just got back home after having my right eye done. Blurry but improving. Procedure involved lots of different drops. I think I was fully aware during the procedure, at least I knew they were working on my eye. I go back in the morning for the follow-up.

Absolutely normal. It will quickly get better. Most annoying part for me was wearing that eyecup to protect the eye.

They wanted me to come back the next day for the followup. But for me that would have meant driving an extra 500 miles (I live a long ways from any sizeable town) or getting a motel room and staying in town. So they agreed to do the surgery early morning and then do the followup exam late that same afternoon. For both eyes.

 

[deserteagle71]

Since the OE topic included "other visual concersn".....let me say that this morning I'm off another treatment for AMD which I have had for several years now. The rest of this day is caput.....

Cheers.,
Mike

I'd also like to know what treatment they have for AMD these days. Doc tells me I have no trace of that so far...but my Dad was nearly totally blind because of AMD.

 

[ultrarunner]

Just got back home after having my right eye done. Blurry but improving. Procedure involved lots of different drops. I think I was fully aware during the procedure, at least I knew they were working on my eye. I go back in the morning for the follow-up.

Dialating and numbing drops?

 

[JESSE1]

Yes, along with antibiotic drops. Right eye is a little sore, numbing drops have worn off now. I will be using antibiotic drops three times a day for a week and prednisone drops three times a day for a month. Vision clouded up but is clearing now. I go back for follow-up in the morning. Week after next I have the left eye done.

 

[oldballs]

Well now I can see well enough to respond to this thread......"Seeing computer & typing is difficult for me"

I've been getting "shots" since 2017,,,,,at first in one eye....and finally in both eye.
As a newbie back then I didn't know what the Retina doc was injecting.....
As time went on I found that he was using Avastin but had switch to Eylea (sp?).
But after a while he switched back to Avastin as the eyes were "stable" ...every six weeks.....
Today, one eye is worse and he is switch me back to Eylea in 4 weeks.
The Avastin is billed at $200/shot.....but the Eylea is $2000 per shot....each eye. My medicare and other insurance pays for it along with all the testing.....

The goal is to keep me from going blind but not a cure. I can still drive in the day time on local roads. My central vision is gone which makes all kind of chores difficult....e.g. seeing and holding my grease gun on a zerk that I can hardly see or notice if the grease is goin in where it belongs. My Kubota MMM/lifts have about 15 zerks....some really hard to even reach...........
But at 91+ YO I shouldn't complain. I was 89 before they did the cataract surgery first time.
Cheers,
Mike