Anyone have 'macular pucker,' EDITED

[elleng]

Last edited Thu Sep 25, 2014, 10:09 PM - Edit history (1)

while dealing with cataract (or anything else?)

http://www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/diseases/macular-pucker.cfm

I've just learned I have one, will see 2d doc next week, and wondering about the consequences.

Thanks

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edit:

Saw retina doc today, and she said its not necessary to remove the pucker either before or after cataract surgery; she'll monitor it over time, but apparently its not serious enough to mean my vision won't be adequate without surgery for it. I can do it in the future, if I decide my vision's not adequate.

And there's NO relation between pucker and degeneration (which Dad had.)

So now I 'just' have to decide when to have cataract removed.

[RebelOne]

1. I had cataract surgery and my surgeon told me

I had macular degeneration in my left eye. He said there is no cure and gave me a list of vitamins that will slow it down.

[elleng]

2. Thanks. Hope the vitamins help.

'Pucker' differs from 'degeneration,' I understand.

[No Vested Interest]

3. My sister-in-law mentioned "Pucker" following her cataract surgery.

I got the impression it was some kind of small wrinkle in a part of the eye (macula?) which could be adjusted on a subsequent visit to her optholmalogist.

Hope it's a simple adjustment for you, elleng.

[elleng]

4. According to my cataract doc,

and after checking on-line and making appointment with a RETINA doc, it is a 'wrinkle' at/in/on the macular, part of the retina, and can be corrected with surgery. Cataract doc suggested I see retina doc before planning to have cataract removed, as wrinkle might be better removed before cataract is removed, so 2 eye surgeries, about which I'm not enthusiastic. Will see that retina doc says.

[No Vested Interest]

5. Two eye surgeries - Bummer.

I didn't realize that 'Pucker" could occur on its own.
I assumed that it was an (unforeseen) result of her cataract surgery.

One has to wonder - if you had it all along and it didn't make any difference in your vision - is its removal really necessary, i.e., what would/could happen if you did nothing?

[elleng]

7. That's the question for the retina doc,

and maybe in combination with cataract doc, will my vision improve with just cataract surgery, or not.

The pucker is in a different place than the cataract.

A macular pucker (also called an epiretinal membrane) is a layer of scar tissue that grows on the surface of the retina, particularly the macula, which is the part of your eye responsible for detailed, central vision.

http://www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/diseases/macular-pucker.cfm

A cataract is a clouding of the normally clear lens of your eye. For people who have cataracts, seeing through cloudy lenses is a bit like looking through a frosty or fogged-up window.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/cataracts/basics/definition/con-20015113

[Crewleader]

6. I'm so sorry to hear you have to deal with macular pucker besides the cataracts elleng.

[elleng]

8. Thanks, Crew,

but if doing it assures and improves vision for photography, I'll live with it. I will, of course, expect to hold your hand before, during and after the surgery(ies!)

[Crewleader]

9. You bet elleng

and you got the right attitude and spirit my friend!

[elleng]

10. Thanks.

I must have it. Life is life, after all.

[Crewleader]

11. That's good to hear....

[elleng]

12. Yes, I agree, Crew.