Catract question

I had the operation here in France. The implant was made in the US. Not
only is my vision incredibly clear, but it seems like I'm viewing the
world through a polarized lens! My wife is prettier then I imagined! :
- )) I cn also see the depths of the Marne river : - (( Does anybody
have polarized vision aferward?

El Castor...

I developed cataracts at a relatively young age and have had the
implants for twenty years -- with no problems of any sort. I would
agree with what you've already been told. I think it's pretty much
inconceivable that you have a polarized lens, although, even back when
I had mine done, the plastic incorporated a UV filter. I think what
you are experiencing is just the result of improved vision. In my case
the only real difference I can recall is that the sky became a much
more attractive blue. Also, I recall seeing one of my lenses before it
was implanted, and if memory serves, it had a fringe of fine strands
which the flesh of the eye was supposed to grow around and anchor the
thing in place -- so if yours is like mine, it can't rotate.

One thing though, at first I got a lot of semi-circular reflections,
particularly at night. My doctor told me it would eventually go away,
and he was right. I still get the effect, but only very rarely.
Otherwise, I wouldn't know I have them, except for the fact that I can
still read and drive without glasses.

cramerj58...

Dear me - there was a time when this news group would have demanded a
picture to see for themselves.
Now so demure and polite.

"It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of what he was never reasoned into."
Jonathan Swift

Sir Frederick...

No. The implant being symmetrical may even rotate without any effect.
The eye/brain tries to overcome the cataract glare and opacity and color
by "compensation". For awhile after the op, the system may be
over compensated until correct learning takes place.
I had the op done on both eyes about a year ago. Vision became astounding.
My main problem is that my brain got used to not reading printed text.
I still find that difficult. I can see well, but reading and making sense of what
is being read is not a natural function, we must learn that skill.

Indoarsman...

I say, Sir Freddy, does that apply to all reading -- not just the
material you try to read on soc.retirement? 8;-)

Sir Frederick...

It doesn't apply to monitor reading as I managed to do that throughout by
using yellow fonts on black background and magnifying the viewport such that the
fonts were about half an inch high. Now I use white fonts on a black background
and if I wear glasses for the exact monitor distance the fonts are about three
sixteenths.
It applies to such as books and magazines where the fonts are
black on a white paper and normal sized. To read at all I must wear
strong glasses for the close distance. As you know the implant
lenses do not adjust. Mine are set for distance vision. I used to be able to read all
day long, now 15 minutes makes me very uncomfortable.

I lost some of that skill during two years of functional blindness.

Ron Peterson...

Congratulations are your new implant. My m-i-l has one.

It's not likely that your implant is polarized because that would cut
out half the light getting to your retina. You can test by looking
through polarized sun glasses and rotating the glasses - if there is a
variation in brightness you may have some polarization in your implant.
LCD displays are polarized which you can also test against.

Originally, implants didn't block UV radiation and it was then
necessary to wear glasses to block UV during daylight hours.

UV from the sun is a major cause of cataracts, so it pays to wear
glasses during daylight hours particularly in sunny climates.