are you keeping your eyes hydrated.....i find drinking a ton of water and
using all natural drops called blur relief helps me, especially at night





Robert A.Hankard II





>From: "kensell33" <kensell33@...>
>Reply-To: piolusers@yahoogroups.com
>To: piolusers@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [piolusers] Re: Update
>Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:23:55 -0000
>
>Hi,
>
>Possibly. My (our) eyes are atypical. The issues I'm having
>could certainly be related to my high myopia. I don't think
>there is any diagnostic tool/test that could determine this
>conclusively, but my gut feeling is that the two are related.
>
>....Ken
>
>
>
>--- In piolusers@yahoogroups.com, "Jean Thilmany" <thilmanyj@...>
>wrote:
> >
> > Hi Ken:
> >
> > When I went for a consultation with a retinologist (the
>opthamologist during my initial PIOL exam told me he was worried I
>had myopic degeneration, which really really threw me into a tizzy
>(and thankfully, thankfully turned out not to be true) I discovered
>my vision is much worse than I'd thought. No one can get my
>prescription exactly right, though these glasses are very close. My
>left eye is -12.75, right is -16.5. I also have astigmatism on par
>with yours.
> >
> > I bring all this up because we seem to have the highest correction
>among group members. I'm wondering if you think your correction is
>an issue with your ongoing problems? I ask this selfishly, of
>course, as I weigh having the implants.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jean
> >
> > >>> "kensell33" <kensell33@...> 07/10/07 1:24 PM >>>
> > Hi,
> >
> > A quick update on my eyes.
> >
> > Just to remind you, I started out with -18D and -16D. I have
> > a Visian in my left eye and a Verisyse in my right eye.
> > I also have an astigmatism in both eyes (2.5 and 2.0).
> > I'm about 5 months post-op now.
> >
> > My vision in my right left eye is about 20/40 now and my right eye
> > is about 20/60. I saw my optometrist the other day, and he
> > was able to correct my left eye to 20/25 and my right eye to 20/40
> > using glasses to correct for the remaining astigmatism in my left
> > eye. It turns out that my right eye is over corrected by 2D.
> > The glasses corrected this and the astigmatism in that eye.
> >
> > My night vision is still unacceptable. I get significant visual
> > artifacts in my left eye, which makes night driving impossible.
> > My right eye also gets visual artifacts, but only when the
> > pupil is completely dilated. I can completely control the
> > symptoms in my right eye with Alphagan, a drug that keeps the pupil
> > from dilating fully. The Alphagan mitigates the symptoms in my left
> > eye, but does no control them completely.
> >
> > My close (reading) vision is ok. About the same as before the
> > operations with contact lenses. Interestingly, my near vision
> > is worse in my left eye when I ware my new glasses. I'm consulting
> > my optometrist as to the reason.
> >
> > I still plan to replace the Visian lens in my left eye with a
> > Verisyse lens at some point. I've discussed repositioning or
> > replacing the Verisyse lens in my right eye, but he believes the
> > risks outweigh rewards.
> >
> >
> > ....Ken
> >
>
>

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