near & far

[george182]

I am going to have cataract surgery in Feb. will be going with monofocals, the clinic has floated the idea of having a
distance lens in one eye and a closeup lens in the other. does anyone have any info on how this will work out.
thankyou.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Use the search featue and archives to read about the disadvantages and advantages of monofocial, mini-monofocal with distance or near emphasis. There TONS of material to educate yourself

JCH MD

[eitama]

Hi george,

I had my 1st cataract surgery 2 months ago, and I am about to have my 2nd eye done the day after tomorrow.

I chose monofocal  lenses for both eyes, both aimed at distance, my ophthalmologist suggested one monofocal lens to distance, and one aimed at short range, but I told him I want perfect vision with glasses at all times, and so we resorted back to both to range.

Right now, I am having a blast with my one good eye (the one with the monofocal lense) with a pair of multifocal glasses. I assume that getting one far and one close would allow you to wake up in the morning and look at the clock without putting the glasses, but eventually, 2 minutes later, you will have to put on the glasses if you want best vision with both eyes.

So it's basically up to you.

Upside : Freedom.
Downside : Perfect vision only with glasses, odd looking glasses (thickness), may require more time to get used to.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

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