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Lot of questions and more.
The surgery for one eye was done in Holy Child hospital by Dr. Cinco for 65k.
Since I live on the north side of Dumaguete, Polymedic hospital is much easier to get to than Holy Child, not to mention the limited parking options @HC which are abundant @Polymedic.
Dr. Cinco also has consultation hours @Polymedic reason why I prefer to go there for control and check up rather than to HC.
The 350 peso was just the consultation fee.
Dr. Cinco gave me two different eye drops, now 4 times a day.
Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 19, another control and check up @ Polymedic,
I will hear how to continue with the eye drops.
Most likely till they are finished, as I suppose.
Hope everything clarified by now and no more confusion.

 

About 60K per eye, 3K for extras like LenStar eye measurements, etc.

 

One of my eyes went slightly blurry after about 2 weeks. May have been the eye drops not sure (listed as a side effect). Anyway, after about a month or so after taking the drops....it got better. Now, a year later still very good.

 

Shouldn't be blurry. I did notice at night time, lights looked like they had a beam going through them but they went away with time. Tell the Dr about the blurry eye next time you see him.

 

Had one eye done last week on Tuesday in Holy Child Hospital by Dr. Cinco. Package deal 65k so including the eye drops. First check next day on Wednesday, Polymedic Hospital was 350 peso. Have to come back again next week Wednesday. Remarkable, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday sight of left eye significant completely better than my right eye, however today left eye somewhat blurry. Don't know if this is a normal reaction.

 

I also went to ACE for a routine check-up and was diagnosed with cataracts in both eyes. Was given a quote similar to cabb and told to go back in 6 months, when it would be likely surgery would need to be scheduled. Also had the feeling it was a little expensive.

A while later I went to Dr Lorenzo N Vera Cruz at Polymedic Hospital Sibulan for second opinion. His view was that surgery and lens replacement was not necessary at this time and, given my age, may never be necessary in my lifetime. No hard sell. Explained all the pros and cons of single or multi-focal replacement lenses. Ball park cost was a bit less than ACE. Was very impressed with his knowledge and honesty, but obviously cannot speak for results.

 

Had one eye done in February this year at Holy child Hospital, recommend Dr Cinko. Going to have my other eye done with him.

 

I had my surgery done in the UK, NHS I had returned from living in PH for 3 years and seemingly the high UV there had accelerated the Cataract growth? I did not realise just how bad my eyesight was, only when I arrived home and tried driving was I to then realise just how bad I really was.

Next day I was at the Optician for testing and they were amazed at just how bad I was and how I had let it go this far, I think they said I was -16? they had a direct link into the NHS system and had me booked in for testing, from start to finish the whole process from this point until post op on both eyes had taken 8 months, the NHS had such a backlog all my appointments were done on Sundays as were the operations.

Normally there is a 6 week wait between the time of the Op on the first and second eye, however I was told that being so bad they would do this after only 3 weeks, this 3 weeks was terrible for me and I had to go around with my bad eye closed or else I was getting double vision, when I had a drink or two I would forget this and it was causing me to Pee my pants? when I went to the toilet and had taken out my Dick I would see two of them a big one and a little one,,,,, well I knew the big one was not mine and put it back and then Pee my pants.

The night before the first Op I hardly slept a wink worrying about the discomfort of this Op, I was told they stick a needle in your eye? Now this happens to be true in some cases? it all depends on the Surgeons preference some do and some don't, I had it done by two different Surgeons one used the needle prep and the other didn't, no matter what method they use? IT IS COMPLETLY PAINLESS as they have administered an anaesthetic eye drop that numbs the eye before the Op and before the injection, during the Op the overhead lights are so glaring bright you cannot determine which tools they are using whether it would be a hammer or a chisel (I think they use these tools in PH for this Op) no matter what you will never know? Post Op is also quite painless, only it takes a while for the newly operated eye to adjust to brightness and in the first few days you cannot even look up at a grey sky, but you adjust to this quite soon after only days rather than weeks.

My first eye was done a few days before the 25th of Dec and they had the Radio on in the surgery playing Christmas songs, from start to finish I could only remember hearing 3 or 4 songs I would imagine that being less than 15mins, when the surgeon said to me I am done I was so surprised that I had to ask him to repeat what he said, he then went on to say; you are all done your new plastic lens is fitted and you can open your eye when you wish, thinking to make a joke of this I said; did you remember to leave a little hole in the middle that I can see through, Being and Englishman (what can one expect) he did not get it? and replied by saying; Sir it is a clear Lens and you will be able to see through it perfectly well. As the Nurse was wheeling me away in a wheelchair her and I had a good laugh about this, being Scottish she got it.

 

I am starting with Cataracts but in the early stages, my left eye which is need of a Cornea replacement has been deferred while my right eye continues to be reasonably good.
After my last eye test I tried variable lens which turned out to be of little use, as previously already said, tilting ones head to get the right angle becomes a nuisance, I will try bifocal lenses next time, meanwhile gone back to readers and driving glasses.
I use dry eye drops throughout the day which helps and different type of drops last thing at night.
My friend had his Cataracts done a while back, a very short operation lasting approximately 25 minutes each time, three weeks apart, since then his eye sight is excellent, however he finds bright sunlight harsh and tends to wear sunglasses , this was done free of charge in UK- NHS......long may it last

 

Yes, mono lens and bi-focal len the latter cost over double. I paid 47k one eye.(MONO-LENS) Just means I need reading glasses. With Bi-focal you won't need reading glasses.