Thumper89

Before I say anything...This is a serious post..not a waste of space...I am in need of some REAL advise or input...

Ok...

As some know,I was diagnosed with cataracts a couple monthes ago,in particular real bad in my right eye.

Well,as luck should have it,I've been bumped up the list in leaps and bounds and am scheduled to have the bastach thing removed Dec.29/05.

Now the quandry I have is this...

My eyes,by nature are nearsighted.The implant lens they will be putting will make my right eye slightly far sighted making it possible to get by with a reading glasses lens for close up work,reading,etc.

They will not be doing the left eye for sometime til it becomes as bad as the right is now.

Now..After the operation..And I hope someone with some experience in this will come forward,what kind of eye correction(glasses) will I need?

Will the two opposite visions equal out everything?

I dont think the right eye will need full time correction(lens),so if they dont equal out,what kind of glasses do I get?I mean,if the left eye needs full time correction and the right eye only needs correction for details,how do I get a pair of glasses that will only correct one eye only part of the time?

Or do I try again with having a contact lens in the left eye to match the vision in the right,so that way I just need reading glasses?I tried contacts a few years ago, but found they dried my eyes out after only a few hours..but then there eye drops... [img]graemlins/dunno.gif[/img]

Anyway,If someone on here has had experience with something like this,or knows someone who has,your input would be greatly appreciated so I can prepare myself as much as possible...

Thanks in advance!!

Hardwrkr

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Sorry I don't have experience with this but will add that contacts have improved a bit over the last few years and they now make contacts that help with dry eye's. Since you have not tried them for a few years they may (and try a few different models and brands) a lens that will work and be confortable for you.

I hope everything goes well for you.

Beater Truck

iTrader: (1)

I have both far and near sight, and with glasses on, i have no problems at all. I do wear them all the time now also, got so used to keeping them on and not wanting to loose and or repair them if i sat on them. I have far in the right eye and near in teh left, and the glass make it both okay for far and near. I also wear contacts when i do the odd sport, like mountain bking, and have no prblems with them also. Just goto a eye doctor and they will fix you up. Hope this helps.

Thumper89

/\/\Just wondering...Do you wear the glasses all the time because you MUST or just because you just dont want to loose/damage them.

Myself, ultimatly, I'd like to be able ot get away with just having the cheapy reading glasses..you know the WalMart $2 specials..lol...And when you wear contacts is it both eyes or is it jst one?

Thanks for your input people...I think I'm starting to get closer to figuring this out...

Unfortunatly,I think I'm going to be stuck with glasses full time...but oh well...at least I'll be able to see properly again...

Haunz

iTrader: (3)

glasses SUCK....

Contacts can be a pain in the *** too...




Iam sure your optomatrist can hook you up with glasses with a single bifocal lens if need be... I think these days there may be bifocal contact lenses around too... ?????

JRace

You can get glasses with a plano (no Rx) in one eye with a corrected lens in the other. If you do need a reading Rx only then you can get a bifocal (has a line) or a progressive (no line) lens. This allows you to have multiple focal points in one lens. If you just get off the shelf readers you will want to punch out one lens.

If you only need glasses to see far away stuff then you shouldn't need a reading correction after they do the implpant.

Also there are many new contact lens's out now. Some you can even wear 30 days straight without removing. And you can get bifocal contacts as well.

Sometimes people who need reading glasses and istance glasses can use a distance lens in one eye and a reading lens in the other and the brain sums the two together.

One thing is for certain you will need a good pair of full coverage sun glasses for the first little while after the operation.

Good luck, and you should have nothing to worry about.

[ December 12, 2005, 10:57 AM: Message edited by: JRace ]

Aescu-DOUG

Since on topic of glasses/presicription since they don't pay for the Eye checkup can that be taken from your work benefits for glass/contacts?

JRace

^^ see if the optometrist will include the exam fee in the total amount.

Thumper89

Yeah to my benifits helping out...

and yeah to knowing of a place that includes the eye test with purchase of glasses...

Something else I'm pondering as well is that if my surgeon gives a perscription,I wonder how good the glasses are that you can get from this WalMart EyeWear centre...I'm going to go talk to them to see if they have people who know a little something or if Billy has found his 20th job since dropping out of high school

(btw..No offence meant to people who work for WalMart...Just trying to make a point)

Team Shadow

dude you are talkin aobut your vison. its not a part on your car. save and get the glasses you need. and dont skip on any thing. and wear them suns of biatches. dont screw around. none of this 2 dollar shiest. get exactly wha you need. and exactly what he tells you you need. if not pay for a second opinion but don't skimp out.

glasses can be made into anything. left or right and that is how you are gonna see. heck if they thick enough you'll look like bubbles but at least you'll be able to see. gets the expensive thin lens with the anti scratch and all that jazz. when your driving down the road you'll be way happier than sitting at home blind. trust me.

mr. blind as a bat without my glasses

[ December 13, 2005, 09:29 AM: Message edited by: Team Shadow ]