Hi Jean,

My Visian prescription is -5.0 in each eye. I don't have as high a
level of myopia as it seems many in here do. I also have astigmatism
in both eyes, but I am not sure exactly what those readings are. I
did just have a corneal topography done to help determine what might
be causing the problems, so I should be able to give some more info
later.

Overall, I am becoming more happy with the implants as time goes on.
I just wish someone could tell me what is causing the problem and if
there is a fix for it (I won't mind wearing glasses for work, driving
at night, etc.) - that is the most frustrating part, that nobody
seems to know about these issues.

I can drive at night; sometimes the problem is worse than at others.
The funny part is that on one occasion I was driving about 2 hours
and started to have problems about for about the first 45 minutes.
At that point, I could almost feel my eyes relax and all of a sudden,
everything cleared. The ghosting and haloes stopped, my vision
improved somewhat and I made it home just fine. I think there is a
mental aspect to this that I am still trying to figure out - there
definitely is some physical thing going on, but somehow it seems that
I can get through the problems if I concentrate hard enough.

Hope that helps.

Andy
--- In piolusers@yahoogroups.com, "Jean Thilmany" <thilmanyj@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi Andy:
>
> Do you know your prescription? My doctor told me the stronger the
correction the more the side effects. I'm scared to have PIOL, though
continually considering it, due to the hazing and ghosting side
effects many talk about. I had those with hard contacts, which made
them impossible to wear for me (but glasses are getting to be
impossible now, due to my high correction).
>
> Can you still drive at night? Seems like that would be a huge
drawback to this surgery.
>
> Jean
>
> >>> "fraheracca" <frahera@...> 08/01/07 10:38 AM >>>
> Hi everyone,
>
> My name is Andy and I had the Visian ICL's implanted in early
June.
> I'm now 2 months out from surgery and was so glad to find this
group
> and see that I am not the only person who is having some problems
> with the after-effects of this surgery. There are no other sites
> I've found with people documenting problems with this surgery, so I
> am glad to know I'm not the only person having some difficulties.
>
> As with many of you, I have the ghosting (mostly in the right eye)
> and halos at night or in dim lighting. When I spend the day at
work
> in front of the computer, it seems to be worse, and I also notice
> that fluorescent lighting really is not good for me. I think that
> improvement is happening, but it is very slow and frustrating.
When
> I am outside, my vision is great (maybe better than 20/20), but
> indoors, at night, and in dimly lit places, I don't do very well at
> all.
>
> The frustrating part is that my doctors keep telling me they've
never
> heard of anyone having these problems with the implants. All the
> research I did on this procedure indicated such high success rates,
> low dissatisfaction, and that glare and halos were not a problem,
> that maybe my expectations were unrealistic. I've had pilocarpine
> prescribed to help me with constricting my pupils, but I've had
some
> negative reactions to this and don't enjoy using it at all.
>
> Overall, I'd say I am 75% satisfied with the results. I can swim,
> run, hike, etc with no problems. As long as I am outside, it's
great!
>
> Did anyone else know that STAAR Surgical was warned recently by the
> FDA? Apparently, they disregarded and didn't report some negative
> experiences of patients in the clinical trials for the latest ICL,
> and this is now going to cause their toric lens release to be
> delayed. I thought this was interesting and wondering if I was
sold
> something based on incomplete information.
>
> Also, has anyone had their doctor give an explanation for the
> ghosting and halos (other than having overly large pupils)? My
> doctors seem to not have an idea about what it could be.
>
> Anyway, sorry for the long post. I look forward to hearing from
> others.
>
> Andy
>