Fixing my eyes whats available

[Rampant Rabbit]

Im sick of  my  blurry at all distances  eyes, having had great vision up until 52 its  now a   fuzzy  mess, I  need  reading glasses and distance  glasses. What can now be done in Thailand to correct  both . Can far sighted  and  near sight be fixed, read  about one eye for near one for  far? anyone had it ? how did it work out. Cost irrelevant but good surgeon as I dont want a  white  stick  and labrador. Its  not  bad but I miss the sharpness of everything.

Anything new to look out for.....60 years  old  now. Spent  10  minutes trying to cook a pizza  in the washing machine! 

[1FinickyOne]

Rutnin Clinic in Bangkok... used to be one of the best eye clinics in the world... 

[Korat Kiwi]

Do some research into Lasic Eye surgery.  I sure you'll get people on here soon giving you the low down on it. 

 

I'm looking at getting it done next year. 

[Rampant Rabbit]

4 minutes ago, Korat Kiwi said:

Do some research into Lasic Eye surgery.  I sure you'll get people on here soon giving you the low down on it. 

 

I'm looking at getting it done next year. 

Thought I read my age wasnt suitable? ok just read that if eyes are healthy its  ok....... depends what healthy means I guess. well its  only   fuzzy  vision

[Korat Kiwi]

1 hour ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

Thought I read my age wasnt suitable? ok just read that if eyes are healthy its  ok....... depends what healthy means I guess. well its  only   fuzzy  vision

Yes they do a few tests, but from what I have read it's nothing major. 

 

They can pick up if you've got glaucoma so they would get that fixed/treated 1st.  But otherwise it's pretty straight forward. 

 

Knew a guy in my Army days, wore glasses most of his life. Had an opportunity to get Lasik done. 

 

He said he wished it was available years ago.  And hasn't looked back since. 

[lopburi3]

First thing is to find out what is wrong (causing the blurred vision).  Rutnin is a top facility and should be first step if in Bangkok - if not in Bangkok probably worth the trip.  Not all blurred vision is a simple fix.  There could be cornea damage, as I have, but as said good eye exam comes first.

[impulse]

I wouldn't dismiss the possibility that cataract surgery could fix the OP up to better than 20/20. 

 

I post that not to suggest that's what he needs, but to give him some optimism to go in and get it checked.

 

[PingRoundTheWorld]

1 hour ago, Korat Kiwi said:

He said he wished it was available years ago.  And hasn't looked back since. 

Pun intended?

 

Seriously though, I've been having vision issues too for the past couple of years. I've been wearing glasses/contacts for the past 30 years - always been fine both reading and far sight with glasses or contacts on, but now I can barely read anything with contacts on, and it's not optimal with glasses either. Far sight isn't what it used to be either. I had a couple of vision tests done and my prescription hasn't changed - doc had me try different close prescriptions too but they were even worse. So bottom line is I can ace a vision test, but I don't feel like my vision is what it used to be.

 

Anyway, might give Rutnin a try. 👍

[Conno]

Rutnin 100%. Lady Ophthalmologist there saved the vision in one of my eyes with a detached retina. Thought it was a gonner but no. B150K if I remember right but it was a few years ago. 

[Sheryl]

1 hour ago, lopburi3 said:

First thing is to find out what is wrong (causing the blurred vision).  Rutnin is a top facility and should be first step if in Bangkok - if not in Bangkok probably worth the trip.  Not all blurred vision is a simple fix.  There could be cornea damage, as I have, but as said good eye exam comes first.

+1 to the above

 

If it turns out no underlying pathology,  just a combination of myopia (near sightedness) and age-related loss of accomodation (so called far sightedness of aging) then for refractive surgery the very best place is https://www.trsclasik.com/

It is all they do, and they were the first to do it in Thailand.

 

But get a thorough exam at Rutnin first. You might have some other issues going on. 

[Tropicalevo]

I used to wear glasses for short and mid distances.

Then cataracts happened.

Went to Bangkok Phuket and had tri focal lenses fitted. Brilliant.

No need for glasses any more.

The tri focal lenses give me short, middle and long distance vision.

A tad pricey but worth every baht.

I am not an eye specialist but it might be an option.

https://www.brightviewcenter.com/

[OneMoreFarang]

 

[norbra]

You never know what the future holds,I have needed reading glasses for 35 years,5 years ago I no longer needed them,can  read AN text fine,but anything beyond 10 metres is now blurry

[Lacessit]

3 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

Im sick of  my  blurry at all distances  eyes, having had great vision up until 52 its  now a   fuzzy  mess, I  need  reading glasses and distance  glasses. What can now be done in Thailand to correct  both . Can far sighted  and  near sight be fixed, read  about one eye for near one for  far? anyone had it ? how did it work out. Cost irrelevant but good surgeon as I dont want a  white  stick  and labrador. Its  not  bad but I miss the sharpness of everything.

Anything new to look out for.....60 years  old  now. Spent  10  minutes trying to cook a pizza  in the washing machine! 

I have bifocals, top for driving (distance ) lower for reading.

 

I have a phobia about my eyes, the thought of laser surgery horrifies me. I don't care how safe they say it is.

 

 

[Rampant Rabbit]

5 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

 

nahhhh

[Rampant Rabbit]

Ill be  getting them checked thanks for alll responses its  been a  slow  loss  of sight  (sharpness)over the last 8years

[Tropicalevo]

12 minutes ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

Ill be  getting them checked thanks for alll responses its  been a  slow  loss  of sight  (sharpness)over the last 8years

Good luck.

[observer90210]

A private clinic has one main goal...money. Nothing new here. Considering many highly reputable public hospitals all over the country, I would rather check it out with their opthalmology department.

[Pungdo]

Lasic won't work for everyone, I tried to get it done back home in Australia before moving here 17 years ago, it didn't work for me. They told me that it won't work in around 10% of people. They test you by figuring out which is your dominant eye and then they fit a flexible contact lens to one eye, can't remember which one. The theory is, within a few days your brain will adapt and use one eye for close up vision and one for long sight.

[thailand49]

As Sheryl said earlier you need to be check first.

Your problems sounds very similar to mines.

Aging is a bit-ch I knew my eyes been getting worse having planned a trip home in Feb, I arranged to see an Opthamolagist to see where I sit at my age.

Prior I couldnt locate my old glasses so I had a new pair made I also needed to renew my driver licence when I got them leaving the next day told needed to wear them get my eyes adjusted but after a day I knew something wasnt right.

At the DMV I fail bomb out lucky I had planned ahead next day to the pre- arranged appointment result I have cataract both eyes. Also my perscription done in Pattaya was way off got new reading had lenses made passed with flying colors. In fact the new lenses when wearing are so clear unbelieveable!

Future, still need to get them done but due to cost of flight, accomodations, and time frame although Medicare will cover will most likely do them here in Thailand.

Any cost number at the Rinal Clinic Bangkok.

[Surasak]

19 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

Im sick of  my  blurry at all distances  eyes, having had great vision up until 52 its  now a   fuzzy  mess, I  need  reading glasses and distance  glasses. What can now be done in Thailand to correct  both . Can far sighted  and  near sight be fixed, read  about one eye for near one for  far? anyone had it ? how did it work out. Cost irrelevant but good surgeon as I dont want a  white  stick  and labrador. Its  not  bad but I miss the sharpness of everything.

Anything new to look out for.....60 years  old  now. Spent  10  minutes trying to cook a pizza  in the washing machine! 

At leat it would have come out clean😄

[Presnock]

Well, I began needing reading glasses at 47 years of age.  Near vision (for distances) no problem at all.  Did ghe tests in the US and got the glasses.  Then one day I was reading about Lutien, a chemical(supplement) that is found supposedly in the retina.  As we age, we are told that the eyes begin to lose some power - macular degeneration and supposedly we all suffer from that.  At 65 I read about lutien supplements - I began to take the same and had better results than were mentioned.  After about 4 months, I no longer needed to wear my reading glasses.  Today at 77 years of age I can still read books, newspapers (even Thai script) and have not lost any of my distance vision without wearing glasses of any type.  On some of the small bottles, I can even sometimes read without the glasses some fairly small print.  I still daily take my lutien+ supplement.  I am not telling everyone that this is the sole reason that I  have been lucky enough to lose the glasses but I am not going to stop taking the supplement.  If one decides to try it, read up on the supplement first, see the time line for seeing effects and ages of the individual.  Also ensure that one is not getting a "fake" supplement as I also have read a lot about fake vitamins, supplements, medicines abound nowadays.  

[Wrwest]

21 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

Im sick of  my  blurry at all distances  eyes, having had great vision up until 52 its  now a   fuzzy  mess, I  need  reading glasses and distance  glasses. What can now be done in Thailand to correct  both . Can far sighted  and  near sight be fixed, read  about one eye for near one for  far? anyone had it ? how did it work out. Cost irrelevant but good surgeon as I dont want a  white  stick  and labrador. Its  not  bad but I miss the sharpness of everything.

Anything new to look out for.....60 years  old  now. Spent  10  minutes trying to cook a pizza  in the washing machine! 

Nearsighted and glasses since 5th grade. Loner story, short. Recommend going to Rutnin Eye hospital, Asoke and Montri. All they do is eyes. 2017, had my natural lens replaced with prescription lens. Yeah ! Glasses only for reading, computer distance. Only issue now is that, as we age, the "floaters" appear.

[LarryLEB]

RUTNIN eye hospital in Bangkok.  I have used them for several eye problems:  

• double vision in one eye - solved by corneal debridement (outpatient)
• macular pucker in other eye - couldn't be diagnosed in Pattaya [see below]
• retina checkups - because I have had a retinal tear in one eye and a vitreous hemhorrage in the other

I've been very satisfied with the medical care I've received at Rutnin.  I live in Pattaya, but is worth the trip.

 

I was advised by a private hospital specialist here in Pattaya to go to Rutnin because the Pattaya hospital didn't have the up-to-date latest equipment to confirm the macular pucker.  Rutnin had the necessary equipment.  Rutnin always updates its equipment with the newest technology.

[CFCol]

23 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

Im sick of  my  blurry at all distances  eyes, having had great vision up until 52 its  now a   fuzzy  mess, I  need  reading glasses and distance  glasses. What can now be done in Thailand to correct  both . Can far sighted  and  near sight be fixed, read  about one eye for near one for  far? anyone had it ? how did it work out. Cost irrelevant but good surgeon as I dont want a  white  stick  and labrador. Its  not  bad but I miss the sharpness of everything.

Anything new to look out for.....60 years  old  now. Spent  10  minutes trying to cook a pizza  in the washing machine! 

Running eye clinic in Bangkok is very good.

Had a detached retina fixed there 4 years ago. Great treatment. Great surgeon.

[transam]

7 minutes ago, CFCol said:

Running eye clinic in Bangkok is very good.

Had a detached retina fixed there 4 years ago. Great treatment. Great surgeon.

What did it cost you ...?

[transam]

20 minutes ago, LarryLEB said:

RUTNIN eye hospital in Bangkok.  I have used them for several eye problems:  

• double vision in one eye - solved by corneal debridement (outpatient)
• macular pucker in other eye - couldn't be diagnosed in Pattaya [see below]
• retina checkups - because I have had a retinal tear in one eye and a vitreous hemhorrage in the other

I've been very satisfied with the medical care I've received at Rutnin.  I live in Pattaya, but is worth the trip.

 

I was advised by a private hospital specialist here in Pattaya to go to Rutnin because the Pattaya hospital didn't have the up-to-date latest equipment to confirm the macular pucker.  Rutnin had the necessary equipment.  Rutnin always updates its equipment with the newest technology.

So do some Gov. hozzies, I was sent to one by a professor in a BKK hozzy..🤗

[IvorBiggun2]

15 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

Good luck.

Shouldn't that be 'Good look' pun intended?

[thaisabai]

after my 2nd eye cataract surgery, (no problems with 1st surgery) my eyesight started to decline.

now after over a year with no glasses, it began to worsen, especially when doing computer work.

2 months ago I decided to have glasses fitted for near sight (computer work). However, couldn't get used to the constant put on/take off my reading glasses. thus today I went back to my Pattaya eye clinic behind Big C in Pattaya and had multifocal eyeglasses fitted again. They will be ready next week, and I hope that will solve my problem.

 

thaisabai

 

 

[Gilligan In Drag]

I would not trust Thai doctors with my eyes, in fact my cataract is as a result of using medication prescribed

by a Thai government university hospital doctor/opthamologist. I was alerted to the problem and warned off the medication by a third party by a pharmacist in Bangkok who was aghast regarding the medication

I was asking to have refilled. He told me it was a ridiculously strong and dangerous medication to be using for my

problem, he asked me with visble concern in his tone,"Who asked you to take this medicine? is this your idea or something? I said no I was given it for blepharitis by an eye doctor and due to go back to see her in a few weeks. His widened, "how long have you been using it, two weeks, three weeks?" I said "Four months." he nearly jumped out of his skin, "Oh my god man! STOP! DO YOU WANT TO LOSE YOUR EYESIGHT!"

He kept asking me, "Are you sure you are still under the doctor's care and advice  I said yes she keeps having me come back again and again, he

said sounds like shes running an experiment on you and you need to stop using this medication and never go back to her office, Stop now!"

 

My eyesight indeed was quickly degeneratingand I told him about it and he said surely its the medication. "That is the most disgusting thing i hjave heard all day, nobody uses that medication except for very serious conditions that won't clear up otherwise.

 

i went to check with another specialist a Bangkok Hospital opthamologist who told me I now had a cataract and that the medication was a good cadidate for what caused the cartaract. She did want to get involved I don;t think and said she had never heard of the medication I was given and recommended I get surgery.

 

The husband of a friend of my wife, has had his lenses in his eyes  replaced and advised me "Don't do it.

You'll be going in and out of the clinic to fix this fix that for the rest of your life, they trashed my eyes.

They did a terrible job with the surgery and there's has been on and off complications for years"

 

I think I'd rather go blind, utterly fed up with the medical profession.