cataract surgery, I just had it done but I still have the blurry vision, anyone else have this?

Question

I had the restore lens put in, the DR said my lens looks still a bit cloudy and that laser might help. This is very dissapointing.

Answer 1

It sounds as though you have a "posterior capsule opacity" or PCO for short. When the cataract is removed the surgeon leaves something called the capsulary bag behind. The artificial lens is then implanted into the bag. In somewhere around thirty percent of the people this bag will become cloudy giving the patient symptoms very similar to what they experience when they first noticed they were developing cataracts. In some people it happens fairly rapidly after cataract surgery, some people it takes years to develop and some never develop it at all!

The surgeon can use a laser to clear this clouding off. It only has to be done once and only takes a few seconds. It is not painful and does not require an anesthetic. It is just like putting your chin in the lamp the doctor uses to look at your eye for a few minutes. A few drops to dilate the eye and a numbing drop in the eye is all it really takes. Results are fairly instant, however a few floaters for a couple of weeks are normal after the procedure.

Answer 2

After my cataract surgery I could not see my hand in front my rt eye and it still is very fuzzy looking and lt looks like trash in my eye.!!!