It seems most people posting have had teh laser surgery fairly recent. I had it done about 4 years ago so I was very upset when this condition came about in my left eye.

Saturday afternoon I spent about an hour in a pool and had what I thought was normal irritation from the chlorine. Sunday morning the cloudiness was still there and I began wondering what was up. The closest thing I have found to what seems the best description other than a cataract is Sands of the Sahara.

Is is possible to get this after so many years? I have had regular eye check ups every 6 months and haven't had any problems other than eye pressure that was worth keeping an "eye on" (pun intended I guess since it came out that way).

Needless to say my Sunday morning was filled with stress and anxiety when I realized this wasn't going away after just resting my eyes.

I have been told the flap had healed to a point that it was almost un-noticeable. Is is still possible that I got some bacteria or ??? from a chlorinated pool?

Thank You,

Mike

Sands of the Sahara has been reported in a few rare cases to occur months after the surgery - so I would be surpised if this was the actual diagnosis. There are multiple causes of blurred vision, the most serious of which is a retinal detachment. As you may have heard, people who are near-sighted are at risk for retinal detachments - and having LASIK does not alter your risk. Another possible cause would be a corneal infection.
So please get checked by your surgeon today - you should call your doctor's office - as any situations with sudden vision needs to be seen as soon as poossible

Bill Trattler, MD
Miami, FL

As a follow up to my posting about Sands of the Sahara, I find it unique that the symptoms that I was experiencing were identical to the Sands of the Sahara. However Monday morning I was informed by my doctor that I had a torn retina with hemmoraging. What I was looking through was actually blood in the eye.
So surgery was scheduled (yesterday) and a freezing procedure was used to hopefully correct the problem. I am using the right eye to write this since the left is still out of commission.

The cause was described to me as part of the aging process (I am 50) and being nearsighted.

The good part is that it had absolutely nothing to do with the Lasik procedure.

Thanks

Mike