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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000084.txt from 2007/06
From: jimkatz@-----.ca
Subj: [DR-L] Re: Double image problem after cataract surgery
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:24:15 -0400
The eyes need time to adapt after the surgery and it may happen again when
you do the other eye. When your muscles have stabilized, You will see
that most likely things will line up fine. If not, it is a simple
correction to put in a bit of vertical prism in your glasses prescription.
I had a vertical prism of a degree or so for about fifteen years, but
eventually the thinking among ophthalmologists changed and they started
leaving it out for people with a small prism requirement. Sure enough, my
eyes and brain eventually merged the images and now there is no trace of
the vertical offset.
You may be given some exercises or techniques to keep you from developing
bad vision habits during the adjustment period - you don't want your brain
to 'learn' to ignore the confusing information from one eye, but this is
an unlikely problem as an adult and when things are in flux as they will
be until both operations are behind you by a couple of months at least.
Alternatively, you could always learn to play one of those primitive
double-barrelled flutes you play with one hand fingering each.....
jim
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> Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:21:55 -0400
> To: doublereed@-----.org
> From: David Lurie <klingsor@-----.com>
> Subject: Double image problem after cataract surgery
> Message-Id: <7.0.1.0.2.20070616200115.027966e0@-----.com>
>
> I know this is off topic, but I have an urgent need to consult with
> any doctor who could reply to my concern. I just had a cataract
> operation where they removed the natural lens of my left eye, and
> replaced it with an artificial lens. After this operation - which BTW
> was the easiest surgery I have ever undergone - they gave me a
> breathing tube, said "inhale deeply", and the next thing I knew it
> was all over) - I recovered very fast and the next day after
> removing the opaque patch, I could see very well with the left eye,
> although everything was slightly out of focus - which I assume is OK
> since eventually I will have to get glasses. I plan to have the other
> eye done in about a month.
>
> But the problem that I have is that the image from the left eye is
> "lower" than the right one. IOW, a double image, with one on top of
> the other, not side by side.
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