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Anyone on here had their cataracts replaced with a new lens?
I will have to do this pretty soon and am a tad nervous to say the least.
I have two choices in Oz, private - mucho dinero or public - free.
On the face of it it looks like a no contest but---
Private, they can use a lens that corrects the vision and also reduce or remove the astigmatism and do it now.
Public, just vision correction, no astigmatism correction and indeterminate waiting list.
Next problem, I am an amateur astronomer and the astigmatism produces large spikes of light on stars and other bright sources. Reducing the spikes would be very nice, removing them would be awesome.
With new lenses that if I remember correctly will only give me back my long vision I will still need glasses.
Oh what to do.
So, can any of you that have had this operation give me the goods and bads?
Thanks, from a vacillating star gazer.
I will have to do this pretty soon and am a tad nervous to say the least.
I have two choices in Oz, private - mucho dinero or public - free.
On the face of it it looks like a no contest but---
Private, they can use a lens that corrects the vision and also reduce or remove the astigmatism and do it now.
Public, just vision correction, no astigmatism correction and indeterminate waiting list.
Next problem, I am an amateur astronomer and the astigmatism produces large spikes of light on stars and other bright sources. Reducing the spikes would be very nice, removing them would be awesome.
With new lenses that if I remember correctly will only give me back my long vision I will still need glasses.
Oh what to do.
So, can any of you that have had this operation give me the goods and bads?
Thanks, from a vacillating star gazer.