Gap of 1 month between operations. Need temp glasses?

Right will be operated for MINUS 0.2

NOT point two like the forum changed it!!!!

I think it varies from person to person.

My eyes worked perfect together from day one, I have had no problems.

If it turns out that it is a problem to see small things very close, she can use cheap readers in the wait, and pop out the glass in the side where she still have the natural lens, but I really don´t think she will feel the need for it.

+1 or +1.5 readers will give close up vision on the eye with iol set for midrange.

i had my right done 8/15 and the right to be done 9/27. The first 2 weeks i felt like a "different person". i do wear glasses , the left lens was popped out. My brain did adjust somewhat . My lens in left is -1.50.

wasn't ideal but i just popped one side of my glasses out.

When my non-dominant eye had the cataract removed first and the IOL was set to plano, I found it very disturbing, although I had lots of positive dysphotopsias as well (halos, ghost images). When deb03 on this forum suggested I use a contact lens to correct my unoperated dominant eye for distance, I breathed a HUGE sigh of relief. Correcting my dominant eye helped disappear the halos and also made my brain feel more comfortable.

In my experience with natural monovision (one eye more nearsighted than the other), it's not so disturbing. I sometimes noticed that it took a second for the brain to switch and the image to clarify, but I found it more fascinating than problematic. I never had double images because the brain couldn't choose: I imagine that would be annoying.

Your wife will have her first operated eye (is it dominant or non-dominant?) set for near vision, so she may suffer in her distance vision since the other eye has a cataract.

Now I can't wear contact lenses because of imminent surgery...so s suggested by Danish_Viking, I have bought cheap glasses for distance online. They are a bit wonky (glasses in general are worse because the peripheral vision is not corrected), but they do help. I removed the glass on the operated side. So far, nobody has commented on how weird it looks, and it's a temporary arrangement so silly to pay for fancy prescription glasses.

When the cataract is removed she should have the same vision as before the cataract appeared but now there will be no blur. She should just see perfect if the doctor knows what he is doing. I wore contacts for 47 years and after my cataract removal I see perfect and don't wear contacts. Just reading glasses which I always did. I truly believe she will just see more clearly and love it. Good Luck! Ruby

i had glasses done with -0.25 for the operated eye and -2.5 for the unoperated eye prior to the surgery. but it was difficult to adjust so i had -0.25 lens popped out. nothing beats the accommodation of the natural lens!

if she was doing plano eye first she could just use her readers of +1.25 for both eyes.

My eye was set to distance so I used readers for close up and for distance I wore my regular glasses with a lens popped out. I would think your wife may need distance glasses in the short term.