They finally got back with me.

IOL
Model/style #CCWETO
Power *19.5D
Clareon Vivity UV IOL
UV filter
Alcon

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Thank you!

Have an initial appointment in Sept with an Ophthalmologist to check out my eyes and see what if anything needs to be addressed.

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ridewv, I now have a consultation scheduled for cataract surgery. Are you still satisfied with your Clareon Vivity lenses?

Thanks in advance.

My wife had both eyes done 2 months ago with Clareon IOL lenses. She says she sees better than she ever did. 20/15 was her latest test. She uses 2.0 to 2.5 readers. She keeps raving about how 3D the world is.

Pipe yes my vision is still great and I'm thankful every day. I had no complications at all so I've not been back since the follow up after the second eye.

Probably the 4 most notable improvements to my vision are; being comfortable driving at night again, just how vivid colors and whites are, being able to use open sights again, and not needing readers. TBH I wouldn't really mind if my close vision still required readers in order to get my distance vision cleared up but not having to mess with them sure is nice.

I had my left eye done 3 weeks ago and my right eye done last week.
Alcon Clareon IOL #CC60WF
So far so good.
Can see perfectly far away-color is amazing.
Had astigmatisms before but they are gone-Red dot sights are now clear.
Needed readers before and still do.
No big deal.

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Originally posted by Vette02:
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Needed readers before and still do.
No big deal.

With the Clareon Vivity I hope I won’t need readers. ridewv says he doesn’t.

Thanks to all for the replies.

The cataract surgery worries me. I fear that I won’t be able to keep my eyes immobile while the doctor is cutting them. Even with some local anesthetic. How did you other folks manage to do that?

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
The cataract surgery worries me. I fear that I won’t be able to keep my eyes immobile while the doctor is cutting them. Even with some local anesthetic. How did you other folks manage to do that?

my wife had Vivity lenses installed a couple years ago,

her first eye done was done in minutes, no real issues, just more or less minor discomfort that day,
we had a doc out of town do hers, so she had the procedure in the AM, we stayed in a hotel, and had a check up the next day, and drove home,

did the repeat to the other eye a week or 2 later,

the 2nd one she said hurt when he cut, but it also seemed she did not get as much numbing as the first time,

either way, it was bearable and she does need readers, but is happy with that,



she told me one day as we were sitting on the front porch, that she had no idea trees had so many leaves,

when I asked what she meant, she told me her previous vision, a tree was green, as in a green blob, she could not differentiate the individual leaves unless really up close, and now she could

she could in the past look at really fine print w/o glasses and read it well, now, she needs readers, but can see with much more detail at distance

An FYI: Clarion makes at least two kind of IOLs.

The Clareon Monofocal is covered by most medical insurances. Distant vision is good, but readers are generally necessary for close vision.

The Clareon Vivity is not fully covered by most medical insurances. Distant vision is good, and readers are often unnecessary for close vision.

My wife and I both had Panoptix put in a couple years ago and couldn't be happier. She had a bad astigmatism that got corrected and she had worn glasses all her life. My eyes were just getting old and tired. Multifocal lenses cover near and far with excellent vision for both.

We were both twilighted so there were no issues with movement. I started to come around towards the end of one eye but not enough to twitch if my life depended on it. They must have bumped me out again because the next thing I remembered was being helped to my feet.

I had Panoptix lenses put in in Jan 2024 and could not be happier. I can read the fine print on a medicine bottle or a distant street sign w/out glasses. Insurance did not cover lens, my cost was $6500.

My surgeon was Dr Kris Pugh at Dr Blacks Eye Associates.

https://www.have2020.com/

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
The cataract surgery worries me. I fear that I won’t be able to keep my eyes immobile while the doctor is cutting them. Even with some local anesthetic. How did you other folks manage to do that?

You won't have a problem because I'm kinda squeamish and had the same concern and said so to my doc. He reassured me saying "you won't feel a thing I've done many thousands of these. We only make a tiny incision the size of a pencil lead and the whole process takes 5 minutes".

You're awake but the medication they give you through the IV puts you in la la land so not only did I not feel anything I also didn't care about anything, and just sat perfectly still looking at the green dot in the scope they had to my face for a couple minutes at which point he said "done".

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Thanks for those comforting words.

To add: shortly after arriving for the procedure they had me on a gondola in the pre-op area where an assistant checked vitals and applied eye drops. Another assistant came to set the IV. Then another round of eye drops, I believe to dilate and make your eye water so you don't want to blink, and 5 minutes later a third. While waiting the doc came in to check that everything was good, chatted with me for a minute saying everything looks perfect and you'll be in the procedure room in a few minutes then on your way home.

I was soon rolled into the procedure (operating) room where the doc with 2-3 assistants were waiting. He had me look in a binocular kind of scope and told me again "just relax, try to be still, and focus on the green light". Then one assistant injected the sedative in my IV and everything mellowed, I was "out" but still conscious. It seemed like only a couple minutes later I was still looking at the green light when he said "all done".

The whole procedure ran like a well oiled machine. I'm about 30 miles from the clinic so I came in that morning, left my car at Barb's and she took me there. When finished she was there waiting and drove me to her house where I mostly sat around that day, stayed the night, and drove home the next morning.

I abided by the instructions to not lift anything heavier than a gallon of milk, do the different drops 4 times daily, and wear the guard over my eye at night so I couldn't inadvertently rub it while sleeping. 8-10 days later I was bouncing around mowing the grass on my riding mower.

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Thanks for that excellent description of the procedure.

one if not 2 of the drops was also to numb your eye,

your eye is the most sensitive part of your body, or so a doc told me years ago

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Everything ridewv said in his few last posts.

My Monofocal lenses were covered by Medicare.
It's the Laser surgery-considered "Elective Surgery"-that is not.
The cost for the "Vivity" lenses was like 4 times as much.
I was not worried about having to wear readers as I have been doing so for the last 30 plus years.
I just wanted to be able to see far away again!!!!!

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Originally posted by lyman:
one if not 2 of the drops was also to numb your eye,

your eye is the most sensitive part of your body, or so a doc told me years ago

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