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Retina Healing, Stacie - Poway, CA, 10/10/2000
LASIK complications, William B. Trattler, MD Miami, FL 10/14/2000, (#1)
Thanks for your help!, Stacie - Poway, CA, 10/18/2000, (#2)
Presbyopia, William B. Trattler, MD Miami, FL 10/19/2000, (#3)
Aging, Stacie - Poway, CA, 10/19/2000, (#4)

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"Retina Healing"
Posted by Stacie - Poway, CA on 17:11:20 10/10/2000
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I had lasik performed 2 1/2 weeks ago where both of my corneas were scratched. I wore contacts for a day and when they were taken off one of them stuck and was pulled off (very painful). Since then my right eye has been slow healing. I am now growing some sort of something under my cornea which will be scraped off during another surgery. The nurse has not given me answers that I can understand and my dr is busy performing other surgeries. I want to know what grows under the cornea and causes blurry vision and then gets scraped off? Is this serious? Should this one surgery the only one needed?
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1. "LASIK complications"
Posted by William B. Trattler, MD on 17:26:18 10/14/2000
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How could your surgeon operate on you for a LASIK complication, and not inform you of what happenned? The two possibilities include epitheli ingrowth and DLK (diffuse lamellar keratitis - also called Sands of the Sahara (SOS). In both of these situations, the surgeon may need to lift the flap and "scrape" material. They are both uncommon. Epithelial ingrowth usually does not occur until weeks to months after LASIk, but can occasionally occur early.
As far as additional surgeries, they may possibly be needed. There is no way I can know without more information.

I hope this is helpful

Best of luck

Bill Trattler, MD
Miami, FL

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2. "Thanks for your help!"
Posted by Stacie - Poway, CA on 17:37:56 10/18/2000
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Thanks for taking the time to write me back. After meeting with my surgeon he told me that the cells in my eye did not heal up right, which seems to me to be scaring, but that it's so far on the outside that even if it did grow, it should not impare my vision. I do have a question though about reading. I had no problems reading before surgery and now I have blurry vision close up especially reading. Will this clear up or should I inform my surgeon? It has only been about 1 month since my lasik procedure.
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3. "Presbyopia"
Posted by William B. Trattler, MD on 00:21:14 10/19/2000
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If you are over the age of 40 - then you may experience difficulty with reading. This is called presbyopia, and everyone has this. It is part of the normal aging of the eye.
For people over age 40, we generally discuss monovision - where one eye is set for distance and the other for near. Patients interested in monovision check things out first with a trial pair of contact lenses. If they feel comfortable, then we consider this as an option.

Best of luck

Bill Trattler, MD
Miami, FL

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4. "Aging"
Posted by Stacie - Poway, CA on 14:17:14 10/19/2000
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Thanks for your quick response. I am 35 and did not have blurry vision before the surgery. It's pretty much just my left eye. Could it be a healing thing? I've been told that the whole process takes months but I don't know if that means that my vision will change throughout the process. Somedays it's better than others. Does this sound text book to you? By the way I've been reading on other topics and I want to thank you for taking so much time to help us all out. Your name is all over the place, thanks for caring.
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