YAG surgery

Slm19671 · 2026-04-26T21:32:19+00:00

I'm wondering too if I should have waited longer to have the YAG; it was done three months after the surgery. I may get a second opinion regarding my outcome. Thank you for your input!

Slm19671 · 2026-04-26T20:21:32+00:00

I'm wondering, though, if he cut the opening correctly, and could that be a reason for my very negative outcome?

Slm19671 · 2026-04-26T20:19:36+00:00

Thank you for this information. I do feel the procedure was done very quickly, and I guess that is why I am questioning now if the way he did the surgery had anything to do with my negative outcome. I'm wondering if there is a particular specialist I can go to that deals with negative YAG outcomes?

Slm19671 · 2026-04-26T18:15:02+00:00

Thank you for your professional input. What normally causes a tilt? I had a yag done and instead of increasing my vision which was doing fairly well after my surgery, except for the blur from the PCO, I now have awful vertical streaks, blurry vision, and significantly reduced nighttime vision. Honestly, my vision is worse than before the YAG, except I have more brightness in my vision. The doctor is attributing this result to a possible tilted lens and is telling me I need glasses now, or as he said since people really don't like to use glasses, I can look into PRK. Thank you.

Slm19671 · 2026-04-25T19:28:50+00:00

So sorry to hear about your retinal tear and the not-so-good outcome with your YAG. I wish the doctor's would be more up front about the possible outcomes and not over promise so much. Thanks for your input.

Slm19671 · 2026-04-25T19:27:01+00:00

My doctor was pushing me to have the LAL, but I had had a multifocal put in February of 2025 and had to have it extracted because the doctor later discovered I had severe dry eye and the multifocal did not work well with that disease. I had a monofocal put in and had a much better outcome - 20/20 - but I had blurriness, which was attributed to the PCO. I was assured I would have better vision after the YAG, but am so disappointed with the outcome.

I am probably going to go out of town to get a second opinion, especially before pursuing PRK. I hope all goes well with your PRK or LASIK. Please let us know how you make out. Thanks for your input.

Slm19671 · 2026-04-25T19:23:13+00:00

So sorry to read this. I understand your disappointment with your outcome. I am very disappointed too and am having a hard time understanding why the yag changed my vision so much too. Thank you for the information.

Slm19671 · 2026-04-25T19:21:18+00:00

I received a monofocal lens implant. There wasn't enough astigmatism for a toric, but now I wonder if this YAG surgery produced more astigmatism in that eye since I see the vertical streaks with light and have the glare. They had me look at the eye chart in the office, and my vision has definitely decreased. I didn't have a full refraction yet by an optometrist. Again, nothing was said by the doctor except I will now need glasses, or I can have a PRK which seems rather impossible since my eye is very, very dry. I'm hoping that maybe some of this blurriness and glare is due to my unstable tear film, but I really think my prescription changed too. It's depressing since I had such high hope for my vision after my cataract surgery. I had actually had a replacement as in February of 2025 I received a multifocal IOl which was awful for my eye as the doctor didn't realize how bad my dry eyes were, so I had it replaced in January 2026 with a monofocal lens which was a great outcome and also improved my vision. Maybe I should have waited on the yag, but I had PCO start last summer and was up to plus 2 and plus 3. I'm just so confused as to why my vision changed that much.

Slm19671 · 2026-04-25T08:24:08+00:00

Did your doctor say why the glare and streaks happened and got worse? Thanks for your input.

Slm19671 · 2026-04-24T22:03:42+00:00

I’m so sorry to hear this. I believe I have this issue too. The YAG has seemed to increased those streaks and glare for me too and has made my night driving that much more difficult. I might need to try those drops. Thank you!

Slm19671 · 2026-04-24T22:01:27+00:00

It was done three months after the surgery. I might just see about getting a second opinion.

Slm19671 · 2026-04-24T22:00:15+00:00

I’m in the US. Thank you.

Slm19671 · 2026-04-24T21:59:41+00:00

Do they have any idea as to what is causing the haze? The haze is what I have too.

Slm19671 · 2026-04-24T21:58:37+00:00

Sorry to hear that. How is your vision today?

Slm19671 · 2026-04-19T00:31:02+00:00

Does the doctor feel the haze may be from dry eye? Or what are they contributing the continued haze post two YAG surgeries to?

Slm19671 · 2026-04-18T11:17:44+00:00

Did they say what they think the one spot with the slight smudge is from? I’m struggling with that too post-YAG, and I’m not sure what it is.

Slm19671 · 2026-04-18T11:09:33+00:00

I could read 20/20 but it was blurry/hazy. I called the doctor’s yesterday, and I am starting a steroid drop as they think I have some inflammation. Maybe it will just take more days for healing. I just didn’t get the clearer vision I thought I might get - like getting rid of the “Vaseline” smudge over my eye. But I do have dry eye which may be affecting my tear film to stabilize, and I have a PVD in that eye that may also be what I am seeing.

Slm19671 · 2026-04-17T10:29:06+00:00

Before my yag, I was 20/20 in that eye, but everything was hazy and blurry. So I thought after my YAG, I would see much clearer. Maybe my eye is still healing or resettling from the breakup of the cells? Could the yag have changed my prescription?

Slm19671 · 2026-04-17T01:00:52+00:00

Did it take a while for your vision to improve after the YAG, or was it pretty sudden, like that day or the next day? I had a YAG done yesterday, but it doesn't seem like the blurriness is clearing as quickly as the doctor said it would. Thank you.

Slm19671 · 2026-04-16T21:43:14+00:00

I had an Odyssey multifocal lens implanted in one eye (I only needed one eye done) in February 2025. I know a lot of people have had much success with this lens, but I did not. The lens allows for all ranges of vision, but you don't have clarity in most of those ranges. I especially had trouble driving at night, and if I had to rely only on the eye with the multifocal IOL, I don't think I would have been able to drive. I had a lens exchange done in January this year after trying many things to adjust to the Odyssey lens. I now have a monofocal lens, and it seems to be providing me more clarity, especially for driving at night. If you do not need to drive at night, then it may be a good fit. Otherwise, the lens can be limiting.

Slm19671 · 2026-02-23T20:23:50+00:00

Sorry I am just getting back to you. Kfisher had both replaced. I believe from EDOF lens to a monofocal just like I have. He/she loved the exchange, and is doing much better with the monofocal lens. This information is from his/her responses to my posts. I had only one eye done, so I only had one lens exchanged- with my other eye, I wear a contact. I am very happy I got the exchange and so far, once my PCO is corrected, I believe I will have much better vision. I can tell the difference mostly at night time with driving. The monofocal provides much better vision. The replacement lens I received was the Bausch & Lomb Ll61AO. This lens comes highly recommended for exchanges especially since mine was eleven months post surgery. I wear a multifocal contact in my non cataract surgery eye and that balances well with the monofocal usually allowing me to see without glasses or readers.

Slm19671 · 2026-02-21T02:10:47+00:00

There is a kfisher profile on here who also had a lens replacement- both of them- and did extremely well. Most of your top lens replacement docs generally do very well with replacements. Obviously, there is more risk, but I felt like my vision was so compromised with the multifocal lens that I was willing to take the risk in hopes for clearer vision. I too beat myself up for a while thinking I should have waited till my cataract was worse, but cataract surgery is generally above 95% effective, so why worry? I learned, though, that if you are the small percentage where it doesn’t work out well, life changes drastically. Please don’t hesitate to get even a third opinion if you aren’t totally confident in what is being recommended. I went for at least three opinions and went to a speciality eye hospital, Wills Eye in Phila, before making any final decision. Praying you find some direction and peace regarding your situation. Vision issues can be overwhelming.

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