far sighted cataract question
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Has any one had cataract surgery that wore bifocals glasses but the cataract surgery only corrected the far sighted ? How did that work with getting new eye glasses .. did you still need bifocals ? and how long after you has surgery we're you able to get glasses? I will need glasses right away after second eye is done .. just wondering has any one went through this?
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Sue.An debi72487
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have you had first cataract surgery and just waiting to have 2nd eye done?
If you have already had the first surgery and it was targeted for distance and you have 20/20 in that eye you may want to consider mini monovision and target 2nd eye slightly nearer so that you have more usable vision. You would likely find that setup fine for distance and intermediate and only need reading glasses for fine print. Won’t need bifocals in my opinion.
It takes a few weeks to eyes to heal and artificial lens to stabilize- about 5 or 6 weeks. You can buy cheap readers at the pharmacy during interim but you’ll want to wait the 6 weeks before getting your exact prescription with your optometrist.
debi72487 Sue.An
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Hi sue.an. Yes I had first eye did a few weeeks ago and I can see only close up and he said he is going to do the second eye same way .. he had given me a contact to try to do the close up with my surgery eye and the other eye with contact for far away vision but I was unable to make that work for me so that's when he decided instead of doing the other eye for distance he woukd just do them the same for close seeing .. I am concerned cause I know after he does the other eye that I will not be able to see far without glasses .. unless I could wear readers for distance ? Sorry just he didn't give me a whole lot of information so I was seeing if any one else has had both eyes for close seeing and how did they manage until they were able to get glasses.. thank you for your reply . This has been very stressful and don't know where to turn for advise .
Night-Hawk debi72487
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However you would have to wait probably up to 2 months or so after the 2nd eye surgery is done to get a optometrist eye Rx for new eyeglasses because the eye is healing during the first couple months and the Rx can vary a lot, it did for me until after 2 months. I got a new eyeglasses Rx too soon at about 1 month after surgery and it was useless a couple weeks later when I got the glasses because the eye had changed by then.
debi72487 Night-Hawk
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Sue.An debi72487
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debi72487 Sue.An
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Sue .an. Right now I am still using my glasses which basically am just using my right eye to see distance and to drive as with my surgery eye with glasses vision is very blurry . So after my right eye gets done there is no way these glasses will work to see .. I will have to call my doctor and see what is plan is for me to see to function .. as no I have no sick time at work .. I took week off with first eye and will take week off with second eye but then I have to go back to wind therefore I will need to see to do that .. just frustrated with the doctor I have and him not addressing my needs .. thank you so much for trying to understand my issues 😊
Night-Hawk debi72487
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Since you can't take off weeks from work, I would suggest you have at least a month or two between eye surgeries.
Make sure your first eye done is healed enough so its visual acuity is stable before getting the second eye done.
Then you should be able to get at least a temporary contact lens to give you good distance vision for the first eye just before the second eye surgery, or if time even a cheap temporary pair of eyeglasses to use until the second eye is done and stable, and after that get a permanent pair of eyeglasses for both eyes.
Though if you have the second eye set for near vision same as the first eye, you would probably experience the issue you had with full monovision you tested with a contact lens. Thats why if you could have the second eye targetted instead for intermediate vision it would help because then you would only have mini-monovision with that in one eye and other eye corrected for distance with a contact lens and that should be easier for you to work with for driving, etc. when needed.
debi72487 Night-Hawk
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Sue.An debi72487
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