Experience With Cataracts
Have you been diagnosed with cataracts along with macular degeneration? How do you find yourself managing both on a day-to-day basis?
Share your experience with our community.
Cataract surgery went well . No need for gasses for dissent vision. My surroundings are brighter. Need good jiighting and magnifiers for reading as well as glasses. In two weeks I will give up my driving license. Bumm but mt wife will be the druver
the lenses are for/ distance not much discussion ihanks for your comment
John
thanks for elaborating. I know there is a choice between long distance and close up viewing. My RS didn't recommend the multifocal lenses for someone with macular degeneration. I will have to choose eventually. Best wishes, Wendy, Patient Leader.
A decade ago, years before I was diagnosed with (Myopic) AMD, I had my natural lenses replaced with artificial lenses due to cataracts. It was done in my ophthalmologist's office, and I was under "twilight" sedation. It was an amazingly fast and painless process. Because I am extremely myopic, she decided against trying to implant a corrective artificial lens. My sister with similar myopia more recently had corrective lenses implanted with slight glasses correction. If I was doing it today, I would opt for corrective lenses. Something to consider since you only really get one easy shot at replacing your natural lenses in a cataract situation.
thank you for sharing your experience with us. I need to have cataract surgery in due course. Could you explain what corrective lenses are please? Aren't all artificial lenses corrective in some way? Wendy, Patient Leader. I can understand your reluctance, although my RS tells me there is no problem with cataract surgery and dry macular degeneration. We haven't discussed this issue since one eye turned wet. What is your doctor's opinion on the removal of cataracts? Do they think there is any risk of progressing the macular degeneration? Wendy, Patient Leader.
My retina specialist advised me to wait as long as possible for the cataract surgery on the dry eye, as there is a chance that the AMD could progress.
thank you for sharing this information. It is interesting to hear that your doctor advises you to wait as long as possible. I wish they would do more studies on this issue so that doctors all felt the same way. I'm not rushing into having them done. Best wishes, Wendy, Patient Leader.
I had cataracts removed from both eyes in April and August of 2022. Then went from dry to wet in my left eye November 2022. My right eye stayed dry until July 2024 when I was advised by my retina specialist when I was there my shot in left eye, their tests showed my right eye had gone wet. I was shocked because I hadn’t seen a change, the crooked lines, during my daily tests. My RS gives me shots in both eyes every five weeks now and I am doing fine getting both shots.
I'm glad to hear the shots are going well for you. It must have been a shock to find your other eye had developed wet, as well, especially as you hadn't noticed a change. That may mean it was caught early, which is a good thing. It seems quite a few people are having shots in both eyes at the same time. At least both of your eyes are on the same schedule! Wendy, Patient Leader.
