Marc, Just a short note to say thankyou for your reply. I saw my eye surgeon today and we discussed the halo issue, and it's exactly as has been explained...
The interview is a cool idea, Dr. George. I, too, found myself unable to find a great deal of information about the process, so I decided to write a book. I...
Excellent! Seems that great minds are working well in this group :) Today my eye is a little sore after the laser, but other then that, it's just the waiting...
Hi Everyone, I am new to this forum, only joined yesterday. I am from Brisbane, Australia. I couldn't find any post ICL patients feed back until I came across...
Hi there Devan, I too was based in Brisbane, however I am now in Byron Bay. I will be having my toric ICL's inserted in three weeks time (well the right one at...
Hey there Guys/Gals Well the countdown is on and I am really looking forward to my first TICL (Visian). Any hints on anything that I should be doing pre op? ...
... If your surgery goes like mine, there's almost nothing you need. If not for the drugs, you could drive yourself home from the surgery! However, I found a...
Jean, I know this thread was discussed a while ago, but it's getting close to my four-month post-op appointment, and I wanted to follow up on the Visian/Lasik...
Hi Matt: I made a tiny url of the article I've most recently found: http://tinyurl.com/36lpdq My doctors mentioned lasik as a possibility for after surgery (I...
People considering PIOLs should probably note these two parts: "...the mean amount of astigmatism remained high at -1.39 D, ranging widely from -0.75 D to...
I read it the same way. It was explained to me this way by the doctor as well, even after I asked about that limbal relaxing thingee. He got all vague and...
I read it the same way. It was explained to me this way by the doctor as well, even after I asked about that limbal relaxing thingee. He got all vague and...
Here is a link to a nice article about lasik after PIOL. Apparently, this is called bioptics... http://www.aao.org/publications/eyenet/200605/feature.cfm At...
Hi, I'm interested to know if anyone here has had LASIK or PRK post- phakic implant. If all goes well, I think I will get LASIK to correct my remaining...
Hey there Gang, I just wanted to share my experience so far as I see there has been a topic requesting info on post ICL insertion. I am currently sitting in...
... They gave me Xanax (Alprazolam) pre-op, just to keep me calm. I don't know what was in the IV. They told me that was Versed (Midazolam). It sounds like...
Hi Dr George, I am glad everything went well for you. Currently with my glasses I am seeing 6/5 [lets call it 20/16 -mod] so I hope I also gain another line. I...
... A half day! Wow you are way lucky! I have to wait another 2 weeks till my second... Put my other contact in today, still a bit weird, but much better...
Ken, I'm looking into this right now. I'm going to try to make an appointment with my doctor for next week. At my one-month post-op I was told I can only ...
Apparently when you wear glasses, it shrinks the image you see about ten percent. So when you have one eye that does not need glasses and one that does, the...
WOW! I am constantly sitting at my desk at work going, this is very cool! So yes three days ago I had the TICL placed in my right eye. Arriving home on the...
Thanks so much for your updates, Dr. G. They've been really helpful to me. I'm going to have the surgery here in Minnesota, in the U.S., in October. Getting...
Hey there Jean, I had the same coversation with my surgeon Dr Versace. His main preference for IOL is visian as it's nice and far away from the cornea. He said...
I looked into it before I got my Verisyse. The difference in endothelial cell loss between the Verisyse (Funny story: The name of the physician who invented it...
Hello all! I had my Visian ICLs implanted on August 29, 2007. I wore glasses from the 3rd grade to the 8th grade and then started wearing contacts from then...
When you say you will have glaucoma later in life, is that due to the implants or was it something they noticed while working on your eyes? misssodakgal...
The doctor specifically said that it was not due to the implants, but I did read on the Visian website that IOPs can increase with implants. So it was just a...
I noticed that my vision fluctuated a bit until I was completely off of the Pred Forte, so you may see improvement once you get the steroid out of your system....
Hey there Heather, Thankyou for sharing your experience. It's a bugger to hear that you have not had the full outcome you expected. Just curious, will your...
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