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DrTom wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 12:13 am No, just talk to your ophthalmologist and see if he/she thinks you are a candidate. Intraocular lenses are not a "once and done" thing; if you have the money and desire they can be removed and upgraded. Fair warning though, insurance often pays for the lenses and/or operation if it is for cataracts, they are unlikely to if it is just a patient's desire to have better lenses. Additionally, the accommodating intraocular lenses do not always give the close up vision that people want. There are also multifocal intraocular that do not depend on the ciliary body, the lenses are designed to have multifocal properties. Think "multifocal contacts" except intraocular. Again, this is something that you should discuss with your specialist because I am just a reporter here, having no ophthalmologic experience other than years of bad eyesight.

KayW wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 11:18 am

DrTom wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 12:13 am No, just talk to your ophthalmologist and see if he/she thinks you are a candidate. Intraocular lenses are not a "once and done" thing; if you have the money and desire they can be removed and upgraded. Fair warning though, insurance often pays for the lenses and/or operation if it is for cataracts, they are unlikely to if it is just a patient's desire to have better lenses. Additionally, the accommodating intraocular lenses do not always give the close up vision that people want. There are also multifocal intraocular that do not depend on the ciliary body, the lenses are designed to have multifocal properties. Think "multifocal contacts" except intraocular. Again, this is something that you should discuss with your specialist because I am just a reporter here, having no ophthalmologic experience other than years of bad eyesight.

Thank you for the PSA @DrTom! I am saving this post as I am probably due for cataract surgery in about 3 years, per my ophthalmologist.

DrTom wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 2:41 pm

KayW wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 11:18 am

DrTom wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 12:13 am No, just talk to your ophthalmologist and see if he/she thinks you are a candidate. Intraocular lenses are not a "once and done" thing; if you have the money and desire they can be removed and upgraded. Fair warning though, insurance often pays for the lenses and/or operation if it is for cataracts, they are unlikely to if it is just a patient's desire to have better lenses. Additionally, the accommodating intraocular lenses do not always give the close up vision that people want. There are also multifocal intraocular that do not depend on the ciliary body, the lenses are designed to have multifocal properties. Think "multifocal contacts" except intraocular. Again, this is something that you should discuss with your specialist because I am just a reporter here, having no ophthalmologic experience other than years of bad eyesight.

Thank you for the PSA @DrTom! I am saving this post as I am probably due for cataract surgery in about 3 years, per my ophthalmologist.

Most welcome Kay. I could not wait until my eyes had cataracts bad enough to operate on. I have the monovision where they put a distance lens in the dominant eye and close in the other and your brain stitches them together. It isn't for everyone but it worked well for me. I went from VERY strong glasses to nothing at all since 2013. I'm having some issues now but that is because of another problem. I highly recommend it.

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