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I had cataract surgery on my right eye with a premium lens about two months ago. The implanted lens jiggled/flickered almost immediately. This video put up by a woman years ago shows what it looks like. It feels just as weird as it looks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm9ysqFs2xE My ophthalmologist has been useless. The next day after surgery, I went in and told him that the lens was jiggling in my eye. He said, "That's normal." The next week, I went in and said the lens was still flickering/jiggling. He said, "That's normal." I returned three weeks later and told him the lens was still jiggling and flickering. He said, "That's rare and unusual. I haven't seen that before." Say what??? When did "normal" turn in to "rare and unusual?" I was supposed to have my other eye done two weeks after the first. I postponed it as I couldn't handle two jiggly flickering eyes. All he wants to do is operate on the other eye. He has given me no help or support or ideas of what to expect. His surgical scheduler called me to reschedule the second surgery and said my eye went bad due to my having the pre-existing condition of PVD (Posterior Vitreous Detachment). Well, why didn't they mention that before the surgery? Why push me to schedule the second surgery when the first went badly? My vision is not so great in the operated eye. The distance is OK. But, I can't read the computer or a book very well. Thank god I put off the second surgery and still can read with my left eye (with glasses). I went to an optician to try and get glasses to help the right eye. The first pair didn't work at all. I went back and am waiting to get the second pair maybe next week. I suspect that the right eye will be problematic again. I have a second opinion scheduled in August at a teaching hospital nearby. I couldn't get an earlier appointment because they all figure the issue will resolve itself in a few months. HOPING so much that is true! My cataracts weren't that bad and I regret the surgery terribly. The worst part is the surgeon has not been there for me in any way. I read a good article on an ophthalmology site about how to help patients who have had a poor result from cataract surgery. He has done NONE of those things. I feel abandoned and hopeless. Good News: I can still work out. I can still drive. I can still watch movies on TV. I just won’t be joining that book club! Any thoughts, prayers and especially those famous VF HUGS would mean a lot!
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