O also in response to Jenny, yes the measuring of your pupil is just looking
in a machine in a completely dark room. Make sure your dr. does this!!!! The
first Dr. i went to didn't, the second did.......also make sure the room is
completely dark when they do it.

On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 10:15 AM, <hoosierjenny@...> wrote:

> I don't have halos!
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> From: "poasid3412" <poasid3412@...>
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> Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:09:38
> To:piolusers@yahoogroups.com <To%3Apiolusers@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [piolusers] Re: new to the group
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>
> Man, this is really putting a burr in my saddle about this technology.
> I get that there are risks, and I'm willing to cross my fingers on the
> whole retinal detachment, cataracts, endo cell loss, etc., since I know
> they are rare . . . . but geez, isn't the sizing of the ICL optic in
> relation to the Iris diameter (under night conditions) kind of a simple
> thing to measure and predict the likelihood of halos? Seems like people
> are getting an unpleasant surprise about something that shouldn't be so
> surprising.
>
> Or is there some other halo-inducing optical phenomena going on that we
> don't know of (and Staar & partner physicians haven't figured out) yet?
>
> I really don't want to think the worst of people, but the history of
> business ethics abuses can't help fueling the imagination with the
> obvious conspiracy theory: what if Staar knew of the problem, but went
> ahead with widespread product introduction anyway, under the
> philosophy "Well, let's count the quantity (and audible volume) of
> complaints before we either (a) fold up our tent and go home or (b) beg
> the VCs for R&D funding to create ICL 2.0 (with bigger lens diameters)"?
>
> --- In piolusers@yahoogrou
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> ps.com, "nannyboo99" <nannyboo@...> wrote:
> > . . . .
> > My biggest problem, as I know many of you who've had it have
> > experienced, is the halos. Prior to surgery, I only had them when
> > driving at night, and they weren't really full halos--more
> > wedge-shaped around each light. Were minor enough that it didn't
> > bother me. Now they are much worse, enough that I don't feel safe
> > driving at night and they suck all the fun out of going to the movies.
> > . . . .
> > Nannyboo
> >
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