I think Mary Wilson makes a good point! There is a bit of selection bias here in
the group for the reason mentioned. The only thing is, I simply don't trust the
data that the doctors give us. I'll give you an example: When I had PRK done on
the one eye, the doctor checked my vision using a Snellen chart, a standard
measure of visual acuity. Well, I could indeed read the 20/40 line (ie, tell him
whether it was an E or not), but the quality of that line was not good. He was
incredulous. Because I could "read" 20/40, he suggested I get the other eye
done. Well, it's been 15 years and the PRK eye (I had the IOL in the other eye
ultimately) after some 5 procedures later is useless, all scarred up and hazed
over. But I can read 20/40! To the doctors, that's a success!

The same thing with the debate over pupil size and halos. My (subsequently new)
doctor said that there was no relationship between the two. Mind you, this is
one of the guys that testified before the FDA to get this thing approved in the
USA. How then, I asked, could he explain that Alphagan-P would help my vision at
night were it not for the miotic effect?? He just shrugged, from what I
remember.

My point is that doctors are human and they are not 100% objective. They are
very excited about this lens and the hope it offers people like us. They may
inadvertently turn a blind eye (yikes) to data that detract from their hopes for
success, as I truly believe my doctors have done, going so far as to simply not
believe the side effects I was having and, as it turns out, what others on this
group talk about.

While obviously many, many people are helped by this device, I firmly believe
that the successes, as the practitioners see them, are overrated. It means that,
while it is not a uniformly bad concept, it is at least a little riskier than
what you'll read in the informed consent. I'm sorry, but I really believe this
to be true.

At any rate, ask the doctor the real likelihood of problems should you decide to
get the lens and find out that you get halos or whatever and you want it out. If
s/he flashes you a smile and proclaims, "It's completely reversible!" I'd run. I
was told the same thing and, now that I have considered getting it removed,
everyone now says, "NO!". Maybe they just figured it out. Maybe they were hoping
to not have to deal with eventuality. I don't know. Now I can't see at night,
and I'm stuck.