Cataract surgery in two weeks. Help
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i am 56 with a cataract in my right eye. have been wearing mono vision contacts for years that im happy with. my right eye for distance. my eye doctor wants to put in a toric iol beside the out of pocket cost i am really concerned that i wont be able to see close anymore i prefer to be able to look at my phone and ipad without the help of glasses as i can do with contacts and if need be use glasses for driving. anyone have this situation. im thinking of not getting the vision correction but the doctor thinks thats crazy
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valerie53406
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thanks for all the responses ive decided to ho with a toric iol in ,ymright eye surgery tomorrow however i just spike to my eye doctor and she wanted to make sure i am aware that because the difference between my two eyes after surgery will be a 3? i might have a problem if i want to get fitted for glasses . does this make sense . i still decided to go,with the tori iol . i do have a small cataract in,y left eye which will eventually need to be operated on then the difference wont be that extreme has anyone had this situation . and were you able to wear glasses lets say you woke up in the morning and wanted to read
RonAKA valerie53406
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What is your prescription for your left eye contact? Is it around -3.0 D? If so, your doctor is probably saying that for eyeglasses you will likely need close to zero correction in your right eye, but will still need -3.0 D in your left eye. When your left eye is corrected with an eyeglass lens and your right eye corrected with an IOL, this can give you a bit of a dizzy feeling. What I have found is that if you correct the non operated eye with a contact, it is much more comfortable. In your case you should be fine with just using nothing in your right eye and your existing contact in the left eye. You mentioned that you were using monovision. Which eye is the one you use for reading? If it is the left one, you should be fine.
rwbil valerie53406
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I can only tell you after my first cataract surgery for my left eye, I just continued to wear my contact lens I had always used for my right eye. I had no problem with a contact in one eye. But everyone is different.
RonAKA valerie53406
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I should have mentioned that I think it was a good idea to get the astigmatism corrected with a toric. As far as being able to read when you wake up, if your left eye is about -3.0 D then you probably will have no trouble reading with no glasses on.
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Once you get your surgery done, don't forget that this will be your opportunity to evaluate monovision by under correcting your left eye with a contact. I gather you may be doing that already...