About Cataract post surgery and Lasik?!
Question:
About Cataract post surgery and Lasik?
I have healed well from my cataract surgeries which were done in May 2007.
1) When can I start to go for 20 minutes jogging after the surgery?
2) When can I go for swimming? (and can I swim without the swim goggles?)
3) How long will this good vision last, I mean could it last over the next 30 years or more (I am 34 yrs old now and have a 20/20 vision)
4) Can you explain the theory behind this implant lens that helped to improve the vision significantly?
About Lasik
1) Can I go for Lasik in the future if my vision slack (since I have cataract surgery before)
2) for normal people, will lasik help them to improve their vision to 20/20 and even better?
3) Is US$1700 expensive for lasik of both eyes?
Answers:
The links below are CHOCK full of answers. They pretty fully explain the most frequently asked questions...
Postop cataracts
1) My cataract surgeon recommends no exercise for one week...then after posop visit sometimes is lengthened based on individual
2) No swimming for one week...and recommendations for goggles for one month (that's her preference) to help keep eye irritation from the water down.
3) There really is no way of telling. If you do not have any other ocular problems, and do not develop a posterior capsular opacification (treated with a laser YAG capsulotomy), you could see well into your 90s. Probably will need reading glasses sometime in your 40s...but most people do.
4) See the first link below...there are lots of questions related to the IOL themselves, pre/postop care, how vision is improved, and prognosis expectations.
About LASIK
Here is a TON of info...in the second link.
1) You will need to ask your cataract surgeon about your personal chances of being a LASIK candidate based on the type of cataract surgery, thickness of your corneas, and any other preexisting eye processes that may be going on. That question is so personalized because of the criteria that must be met to safely undergo the LASIK.
2) Personally, my PRK surgeon said that there was a 65-70% chance (based on nationwide average) of achieving 20/20 vision...and 95% of better than 20/40. LASIK will only correct you to the best vision you have in glasses or contacts, called your Best-Corrected Visual Acuity. In other words, if you cannot see better than 20/50 with contacts or glasses, and your eye doctor cannot improve your vision with new glasses...that's the best correction that LASIK will be able to do. I was correctable in contacts to 20/20..and I'm almost there in my right eye...and there in my left..probably about the best I'll get...and I'm happy with that!!
3). I paid $1700 per eye...US average is $1250-2100 per eye according to Allaboutvision.com. Be wary of the "bargain prices"...when I was doing my research, I attempted to look up the surgeon's name I was given at the "cheap place" for affiliations...and found nothing....RED FLAG!! I chose my surgeon based on his education, experience, and recommendations from the PRK surgeon I had consulted with a few years ago...and my current optometrist. Since you've had cataract surgery, and if your surgeon doesn't do the LASIK...ask him/her for recommendations.
I hope this info helps. I thought the neovision eye center website had the best FAQ of any, allaboutvision.com is also very informative.
Good luck!!