> Jay,
> If you have large pupils your peripheral blurriness could be caused because
> you may be looking through the edge of the implant. Is it on the temporal
> side? You wouldn't notice it so much on your nasal side. The "arc" is
> possibly the edge of the implant. The optical portion of implants aren't as
> large as our natural lens, but many have haptics (arm-like attachments) that
> spread out and help hold them in place, so they are usually placed in the
> same place that the lens (cataract) was removed from.
> If your vision is good and you don't have any floaters, flashes of light,
> shades or shadows in your vision, plus your ophthalmologist says your
> dilated exam is normal, you shouldn't have anything to worry about.
> Another thing to consider - did your injury that caused the cataract cause a
> corneal scar? That would also account for your blurriness.
> Barb
> "Jay" <imhotep[at]fastmail.fm> wrote in message
> news:1136608830.122431.27990[at]z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> > Hey everyone,
> > > I am 23 years old, I had a cataract surgery-- eye injury, have an IOL.
> > Its been 3 weeks now.. I seem to have an issue.. my extreme peripheral
> > vision... just the extreme corner of the operated eye vision is very
> > blurry.. but everything else is fine.. and when I cross my eyes.. i see
> > like a black "arc" coming about and even when intensely focused on
> > something.. then on the side of my eye i see the same "arc" effect..
> > it doesn't really bother me.. but just something i notice. my IOL is
> > single-focus.. i still need to go to optometrist to get
> > glasses-bifocal- in about 20 days.. I told my surgeon about the
> > peripheral vision being very blurry..in a 1st week post-op he dilated
> > my eyes and didn't find anything wrong. And day of the surgery they
> > used atropine to dilate my eyes.. the effect took forever to diappear..
> > currently im taking cipro - antibiotic, and pred forte.. 4 times a day
> > for another 15 days..... thanks for any input.. thanks..
> > > - Jay

> 1) would i have to deal with this temporal bluriness and arc-ish effect
> forever.. It doesn't really bother me that much.. still...
I had bilateral iols put in a year ago, and the arcs are still there,

> 2) i also notice this arcish thing when i go out in bright sunlight..
> on the temporal side... again i see it only slightly maybe it covers
> only 1-2% of the vision.
Are we talking a bright arc as opposed to the dark arc? This would be

> thank you again for your time..w.stacy, and Barb i will keep everyone
> posted with single eye bi-focal and other eye is regular myopia -..
> -.50.. my IOL is Bausch n Lomb Soflex li61se.
Good luck . I don't remember ever fitting a bifocal on one eye only

> 1) would i have to deal with this temporal bluriness and arc-ish effect
> forever.. It doesn't really bother me that much.. still...
I had bilateral iols put in a year ago, and the arcs are still there,

> 2) i also notice this arcish thing when i go out in bright sunlight..
> on the temporal side... again i see it only slightly maybe it covers
> only 1-2% of the vision.
Are we talking a bright arc as opposed to the dark arc? This would be

> thank you again for your time..w.stacy, and Barb i will keep everyone
> posted with single eye bi-focal and other eye is regular myopia -..
> -.50.. my IOL is Bausch n Lomb Soflex li61se.
Good luck . I don't remember ever fitting a bifocal on one eye only

> Hey everyone,
> I am 23 years old, I had a cataract surgery-- eye injury, have an IOL.
> Its been 3 weeks now.. I seem to have an issue.. my extreme peripheral
> vision... just the extreme corner of the operated eye vision is very
> blurry.. but everything else is fine.. and when I cross my eyes.. i see
> like a black "arc" coming about and even when intensely focused on
> something.. then on the side of my eye i see the same "arc" effect..
> it doesn't really bother me.. but just something i notice. my IOL is
> single-focus.. i still need to go to optometrist to get
> glasses-bifocal- in about 20 days.. I told my surgeon about the
> peripheral vision being very blurry..in a 1st week post-op he dilated
> my eyes and didn't find anything wrong. And day of the surgery they
> used atropine to dilate my eyes.. the effect took forever to diappear..
> currently im taking cipro - antibiotic, and pred forte.. 4 times a day
> for another 15 days..... thanks for any input.. thanks..
> - Jay

> Hey everyone,
> I am 23 years old, I had a cataract surgery-- eye injury, have an IOL.
> Its been 3 weeks now.. I seem to have an issue.. my extreme peripheral
> vision... just the extreme corner of the operated eye vision is very
> blurry..

> like a black "arc" coming about and even when intensely focused on
> something.. then on the side of my eye i see the same "arc" effect..
> it doesn't really bother me..

> single-focus.. i still need to go to optometrist to get
> glasses-bifocal- in about 20 days.

> Hey everyone,
> I am 23 years old, I had a cataract surgery-- eye injury, have an IOL.
> Its been 3 weeks now.. I seem to have an issue.. my extreme peripheral
> vision... just the extreme corner of the operated eye vision is very
> blurry.. but everything else is fine.. and when I cross my eyes.. i see
> like a black "arc" coming about and even when intensely focused on
> something.. then on the side of my eye i see the same "arc" effect..
> it doesn't really bother me.. but just something i notice. my IOL is
> single-focus.. i still need to go to optometrist to get
> glasses-bifocal- in about 20 days.. I told my surgeon about the
> peripheral vision being very blurry..in a 1st week post-op he dilated
> my eyes and didn't find anything wrong. And day of the surgery they
> used atropine to dilate my eyes.. the effect took forever to diappear..
> currently im taking cipro - antibiotic, and pred forte.. 4 times a day
> for another 15 days..... thanks for any input.. thanks..
> - Jay