Almost 3 years after LASIK blurred DISTANCE vision in both eyes?

Question

After having LASIK surgery my vision took a while to stabilize. One eye was clear while the other was blurry, then after a month it changed to the other other eye respectively. I noticed ghosting/shadowing, especially with street lights and while watching TV. Over the next few months the vision then switched to blurry with DISTANCE vision only. My near vision is spot on perfect. I'm technically 20/15 with both eyes.... even though I can make out the letters, they are still blurry.

When driving all signs in the distance are blurry and I'm unable to read them until I'm about 20 feet away. The green lights appear to have 3 green spots in the shape of a triangle and as I get closer the triangle gets smaller until the light is a single light. If I put my hand over one eye I see 2 green lights (each eye). When watching TV peoples faces are not clear.

I've been back to the surgeon numerous times over the last 2.5 years and he attributes it to dry eyes. He suggests eye drops every hour... the drops don't help. They even make my eyes feel more dry. He said the next step would be to put in lacrimal plugs.

*****The most interesting discovery I made last week was this: when I have an object at a very specific location very near both eyes at about the height of my pupils my vision clears up in the distance!! I noticed this when I was drinking out of a mug. When I place my finger in the same position as the top of the mug, I can see in the distance quite clearly!

Prior to surgery my glasses Rx was:
Sphere: +.500
Cylinder: -1.250 (both)
Axis: 150R/180L
Dist.P.D: 28.0R/29.0L

Surgeon showed: Hyperopia/Astigmatism

So why would an object near my eyes clear up my distance vision?
Can this be corrected??
Is this related to the surgery?

I'm baffled and frustrated.

Answer 1

This might be a long-shot but, when an object is close to your eyes, they converge a bit, maybe this effect is temporarily compensating for a small degree of eye misalignment, thus allowing the 2 images (1 from each eye) in the distance to be properly "fused" into a single image in the brain. This might not even be caused by the surgery. Again, not positive about this, but might be worth investigating.



You might want to check over any documents you signed when you got the laser surgery, often there is a clause about them not being responsible for any eye problems after a set time so, if something bad happens, they often try to "stall for time" until the limit expires so its not their problem any more.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Post LASIK Treatment Without Surgery:

If you are still experiencing problems with your eyes, and you local eye doctor is not able to do more for you, check out the site http://www.LasikFailures.com They specialize in the treatment of Post LASIK issues; including dry eyes, glare, halos, blurry vision, double vision, eye pain and other related LASIK side effects.



Good Luck!

Answer 4

Lasik for hyperopia is more difficult than for myopia. Did the surgeon explain that? I have hyperopia - +3.75 and have not considered Lasik.



My neighbor had Lasik for myopia. He is back ro wearing glasses for driving.



Good luck.