I know, this is a little weird!! But, I need to have cataract surgery and am struggling with whether to be near sighted or far sighted---it sounds great not to use glasses, but I think I need to be near sighted to work in the studio. Has anyone else made this decision? And what did you do?
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I am having cataract surgery also, early next month. My doctor offered a special lens that corrects near and far sightedness. It is a bit expensive though.
If you are able to see things close up without your glasses, I would go with correcting the distance. I can read without my glasses but can't see a tv across a room. If I need help reading, i will go for the $1 magnifiers at the Dollar store.
My doctor said that I was going to be amazed at how bright and colorful everything will be. I already think the world is pretty bright and colorful so I am curious to see what will happen. Can't wait to see what all the art i have collected over the years will look like.
Good luck to you.
Foe several years I bought the magnifier reading glasses that were cheap $10-15 a pair and got the job done for reading and up close work. I see fine at a distance over a few feet. One day I decided to have the eye doctors office make some reading magnifiers (2x) for me because I felt that you get what you pay for and just how good van a cheapo pair of readers be compared to some professionally made. They cost me $48 and the quality and sharpness is far superior to the cheap ones I previously used. They are worth ever penny and I could never go back to using the store bought ones...All my work is created close up and the few extra dollars are well worth it to me...
I vote for mono vision. I had to have cataract surgery after retina surgery and just that eye needed to be done. I have worn my contacts as mono vision for ages and they were able to reproduce that with the surgery. I had that eye corrected for close work. When I need the other eye done in the future it will be for distance. It works great.Your brain just adjusts as you look at near or far.
Good luck with your surgery Kelly. I hope things go well. You may also find more info from googling this type of surgery. I had no idea that anyone even had a choice between nearsightedness or farsightedness.
I have a lazy eye, too. I have had glasses since 4th grade. I hope I never have to have eye surgery. They will have to drug me up good to do it.
Couldn't be weirder.....I'm having cataract surgery this coming Tuesday, and did not think I would be reading about cataracts surgery on this site.
To my surprise, I don't have all the information about my upcoming surgery.
Thank you for asking the question.
If you have had lasik it can be more difficult to get the correct measurements for cataract surgery. Bring it up with your surgeon and make sure they know what they're doing!
I had surgery about 13 and 25 years ago. I wish that I could have it today so I could get some correction for astigmatism in the implant. I have one eye corrected for up close and the other for distance and this allows me to get by although with my astigmatism not sufficient for critical work.
My main issue is that I do photography and it sure would be wonderful not to have to wear glasses at all. If photograhy is your art form, consider this in your decision. On hot days, I perspire a lot, at times it is all but impossible to use the camera due to the eye glasses fogging up.
I had cataract surgery last year, wasn't offered a choice, maybe far sighted was all that was available for me. Anyway, I am VERY pleased to be able to drive without glasses, and happy that the reading glasses I need cost about $10 at the drug store. No more $200 bifocals! I love it, and you will, too, I am sure.
I have been wearing over the counter reading glasses since in my late 50's and they have worked fine for me. At one time the eye doctor wrote me a prescription for reading glasses and I spent around $300 for the prescription and some frames. Just because they were an eye doctor doesn't necessarily make them right.
They were horrible and I ended having the eye clinic glass makers take the prescription lenses out and make some fitted 2x magnification reading glasses to fit the frames because they were $200 frames and I did like the frames.
They made a much better quality glass than the ones available over the counter and I notice a big improvement. I also had them made with the Transition lenses and they are excellent.
Has anyone suggested monovision? - one eye corrected for distance, one for close-up. I have worn this kind of contacts for years and don't wear glasses. My sister just had cataract surgery and this is what was done.
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