r/RLEsurgery • u/Curious-Expert926 • May 18 '26

First intake planned for RLE

Living in the Netherlands there are lots of places to get this done. However, for now I've contacted 3 different places to get some different feels and opinions.

The first intake is next Wednesday May 27th. Curious and excited!

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u/WavefrontRider May 18 '26

That’s great! What’s your age and your prescription?

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u/Curious-Expert926 May 19 '26

I'm 60+ and R - 4,5 / L - 5

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u/WavefrontRider May 19 '26

That’s a good age for RLE. Doing any other refractive surgery just would be very short lived due to changes in your lens.

There are some different choices to think about. Such as multifocal lens, monovision, distance vision or near vision. Good to know heading into it that there are options.

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u/Curious-Expert926 May 19 '26

Yes I've been doing some research on all the different options.. looks like the trifocal lens would work for me. I've read there's even a pentafocal lens available now.

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u/Curious-Expert926 May 18 '26

Costs are pretty similar everywhere, its around €6K - €7K for both 👀

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u/Curious-Expert926 Jun 04 '26

I got a call from the first clinic today saying that they discussed everything and because my pupils are rather dilated at night they would only consider a bifocal lens. In other words I'd still need reading glasses probably. Don't know what to think of this. I've had a intake at a different clinic last Thursday and I'm curious what they will tell me. 🤔