Hi-

I've only had one eye done so far. I am on my 5th week after surgery (I have 6
weeks between my surgeries - that is abnormal, it just turned out given my work
and holiday schedule and my surgeon's schedule, it had to be that way).
Anyway...

I can already see halos but not sure how bad they will be once both eyes are
done. The doc told me that my eyes dialated to something like 7.2mm and the
lens was only 6.2mm wide. He never seemed concerned that halos would be problem
for me. I asked several times. But I can tell I will have them.

I hear everyone talk about the Alphagen drops which they use periodically if
they want to avoid the halos (for a night out, a movie, etc). I ultimately went
forward with the surgery because the group's consensus it that even though many
of us have halos and glare, we would all do it again in a heartbeat. And,
consider this - IF you do have to end up in glasses afterwards...they will be a
much better Rx and should be much lighter and smaller glasses.

As I said, I already have halos in the one eye...never had any before in
contacts...but so far, I wouldn't trade this surgery for anything. The freedom
from contacts and glasses...being able to see the alarm clock, being able to
swim without fear of losing a contact in the water...even though I am still
using one contact daily, I have a taste of this freedom - I can watch TV without
the contact if I want!

Prior to my surgery I was -7.5 in both eyes and the doc said that fully
corrected the best I could ever see was 20/25 - he said I only had 95% vision
and that ICL doesn't always improve this. At my 3 week checkup I saw 20/20 in
my corrected eye! And I made out 3 of the 4 letters on the 20/15 line!

All I can say, is just ask your doctor again about halos and ask if he can
prescribe Alphagen for you if they become a problem for you. Tell him your
concerns about your lifestyle (being a night owl). And keep asking questions on
this blog. Good luck!

Steph




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From: makurof <sugarjay@...>
To: piolusers@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 5, 2009 5:23:53 AM
Subject: [piolusers] How bad are the halos?





I am very concerned with all of the accounts of people that have halos. It
seems like it is the norm and not the exception to have them after ICL surgery.

I looked at the simulated photos that nannyboo99 posted under the Photos section
and that really scared me. I can't imagine having to live with that type of
vision the rest of my life.

The main reason for me wanting to have ICLs in the first place was to get out of
glasses completely. If I have to wear glasses all of the time at night or in
dark rooms than I'd rather pass on the surgery.

I am supposed to go in for my consultation where I get all the eye tests and
measurements taken and pay for the surgery in full this coming Thursday. I'm
having serious second thoughts now due to all of the issues people seem to have
with halos.

My doctor said that my pupils are not overly large at 7 mm measured in the dark
and 6mm in the light. He does not consider me at particularly high risk for
halos whatever that means.

I'm a night owl so my vision at night and in very dark rooms is very important
to me. I need to be able to drive at night, watch television in my darkened
home theater, be able to go to movie theaters and spend a lot of time on my
computer using an LCD screen at night as well.

How bad are your halos on a scale of 1-10? Do you notice them in any of the
instances I listed above?

I need to make a decision in the next couple of days to go through with the
surgery or give contacts one more try since it has been over a decade since I
wore them last.

Thanks again for any and all feedback!







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