Surgery

[Pattyd104]

Does cataract surgery help with PSP

And does it work

[Tippyleaf]

Dear Pattyd194

I think it depends on how the vision and eye movements are beforehand. My husband was told there were no guarantees but was keen to try so he had cataract surgery with a lens implant and had high hopes - sadly it made little difference too him as by then his eye movements had deteriorated and thus was the main reason fir his poor vision/ accommodation. But I believe it was worth a try.

Love Tippy

[WifeLilyRose]

In my husband's case, No. He had 2 successful cataract procedures over 5 years ago now and then only needed reading glasses. Then he was actually diagnosed with PSP this Spring but has had it a lot longer. Now he finds reading a big problem and the muscles around his eyes are being affected. I'm taking him to Specsavers this week as advised by the neurologist but I don't hold out much hope that they can help him [ or even know much about PSP. ] What have other people found?

[Boyce3600 in reply to WifeLilyRose]

I am sorry. What is Specsavers ? Where do u live?

[WifeLilyRose in reply to Boyce3600]

It is a chain of opticians here in the UK.

[Yvonneandgeorge in reply to WifeLilyRose]

My husband was refused the operation x

[AnneandChris]

My Husband had both eyes done. We were fortunate as the Consultant agreed to do them fairly close together, whilst he was able to. Had the op been delayed ot probably wouldn't have happened.

Hopefully Specsavers will be able to prescribe glasses with prism lenses which do help. However, the condition means that sight will deteriorate in due course.

Hope this helps

Anne

[WifeLilyRose in reply to AnneandChris]

Thankyou for your kind reply. It's very sad that my husband's sight will deteriorate as he loves reading and also watching foreign films with subtitles. PSPA sent him some prism glasses to try but he didn't really get on with them. A big problem now is that he can't explain to me very well what his difficulties are. Tonight I noticed that one of his eyes was watering a lot. Is this due to PSP?

[AnneandChris in reply to WifeLilyRose]

Yes, I'm afraid watery eyes are all part of this, probably due to dry eyes. I know sounds a contradiction. Warm compresses help as can eye drops.

Keep on keeping on, its a tough journey, with an inevitable end. Just be there for him.

Hugs

Anne

[AJK2001]

Mum had both her cataracts done, which improvedthe focus but if anything made her a little more sensitive to light and made the double vision (which is due to the eyes not moving together) more noticeable.

[racinlady]

I don't see how it could help because the two problems are unrelated. Cataract surgery won't help the movement issues caused by PSP.

Pat

[messier]

We found that the high street optician hadn't a clue about PSP. In fact the optician got quite impatient with mum trying to get her to look in different directions and I had to explain to her that that was the problem with her disease. We got what we wanted out of though which was a referral to the orthoptist at the hospital who knew about PSP/CBD and could confirm that there was a problem with her eyes, which all helped with getting the neurology diagnosis.

I agree with others that cataract surgery is absolutely not going to fix the PSP eye problems, but if both problems exist then getting cataract surgery done early should help prolong the time before vision becomes a major issue. Given that TV is so important for many once they lose their mobility I would think that could be useful.

[Y2U4]

My husband had cataract surgery but I’m not sure how much it helped. He decided that any improvement would be worthwhile. It depends on the individual and their progression.

[Hidden]

Mom had cataract surgery before we were aware of her psp eye problem (not sure if the surgeon noticed). She never got prism glasses but had hoped to... her eye doctors said it would not help her... l regret she never had the opportunity to give them a try.

Now l am scheduled for the surgery and my surgeon said my distance vision will improve but l may still need to wear glasses to help a little and l will definitely need glasses for reading. Basically they clean the aging off the eye (my words not his).

Best wishes as try to figure out the best plan. Sending hugs... Granni B

[Pattyd104 in reply to Hidden]

Dear mottsie, thanks for replying to me and for your help with my problem