I am now scheduled for measurement on the 29th this month and actual catara ct surgery on the 23rd of next month.
I have serious floaters. I mean they slow me down reading. I see bugs where there are none. Get my driver's license back ? I DON'T WANT IT ! Not like this.
So the cataract surgery is going to pretty much put my left eye into the sa me "mode" as the right. STRONG reading glasses. So that's bad enough.
So, there is this "vitrectomy" they can do that gets floaters out. Not all of them but...hey, some is better than none. My doc years ago recommended a gainst it, I don't remember her words but I remember that they seemed to ex press "It is a HUGE pain in the ass". The doctor now said it was very rarel y done because there is alot of risk. Well the odds of error go up right wi th difficulty, we know that.
There is another option, but in my case might not be so good, but we still don't know because I didn't get the info I wanted. The vitrectomy :
"Surgery to remove the vitreous. An ophthalmologist removes the vitreous th rough a small incision (vitrectomy) and replaces it with a solution to help your eye maintain its shape. Surgery may not remove all the floaters, and new floaters can develop after surgery. Risks of a vitrectomy include bleed ing and retinal tears."
My main question here is if my fluid is like filtered and replaced after th e other fluid has done its job in keeping my eye sphere inflated. I thought they used Freon, does anyone know about this shit ?
There is another possibility :
"Using a laser to disrupt the floaters. An ophthalmologist aims a special l aser at the floaters in the vitreous, which may break them up and make them less noticeable. Some people who have this treatment report improved visio n; others notice little or no difference. Risks of laser therapy include da mage to your retina if the laser is aimed incorrectly. Laser surgery to tre at floaters is used infrequently."
That is probably safer, but it results in the existing floaters not going a way, but being ground to piece to float around in the humor. If it homogeni zes then it is ALL hazy. And the more floaters you got the more hazy it wil l be, and I got ALOT.
I am a gambling Man, but I like to know the game. If both my eyes are good like next year, I might go get this done to one. If then I am one eyed then I won't do it again. Out of pot/odds, not from fear. I will take the risk if that risk is acceptable.
What say you ?