If you have a monofocal set for distance, what is your vision like at close up, intermediate etc.

I just finished my right eye this morning which is dominant eye with monofocal len due to the high myopra (-15 for both eyes). I immediately can see distance well as well as my smart phone in the intermediate range. However, the vision become blurry when phone screen close to around 20 cm toward my eye s. Btw, Im 50 yesrs old.

I have two monofocals implanted 2-3 months back at 36/37. My RE came out about +1D so distance vision is fine, but am a bit farsighted. My LE was targeted closer and I'm plano to just inside plano. Without glasses, I can see my phone at arms length. Reading is slightly tricky. Some people have better results than I. However, when I had my farsighted RE and natural LE, I had no major issues reading, using computer or phone since i still had full depth of focus.

Hi Kevin:)

I have a Symfony in my (non-dominant) RE, with perfect near and intermediate vision and about-0.75 Ddistance, intentionally. We aimed for -1.0 Diopter in the RE, knowing that the lens settles up to a half diopter range difference from the original aim. I wanted to be sure I would have excellent near vision in one eye, so chose this course. Also, I read that the night driving visual effects diminished over distance and I wanted those effects in the non-dominant eye, so the dominant eye would "overrule" them.

In my dominant LE I have a monofocal, aimed for -0,5D, settling at -0.25D, so nearly perfect distance vision. (Again, we aimed for this to have slightly better near, not knowing how much difference it would make.) I figured I would only need glasses for driving, if at all, and that's how it turned out. The big surprise is that I have perfect near vision in the LE as well. Of course, this isn't true for everyone. The eyes/brain work perfectly together, with a very slightly better near in the right, and slightly better distance in the left, combining to get the perfect picture needed at any moment.

There is speculation that the perfect near vision with monofocal set to distance may be related to having extreme myopia and a corresponding "long" eye (physical axial measurement) giving greater depth of field, but I don't know of any studies on this. I can only say that my sister was also extremely myopic and has 2 monofocal IOLs and had the same result - perfect near as well as perfect distance. The only time it gets blurry is if the eyes are dry, which is easily remedied.

I can tell you that the monofocal IOL has completely outweighed the halo/spiderwebs in the Symfony eye, to the point that I almost never notice them any more. And if I do, they're just a cool visual, not a problem. And the only time I ever wear glasses is if I'm driving at night in rain or a very unfamiliar area.

I'm surprised your surgeon recommended this for you, as so many docs aren't willing to try anything new or unusual. You are very fortunate to have a great doc!!!

Best wishes for a great result.:)

I've got the Tecnis 1-piece.

I can see 20/20 from about 1-1.5 m. Almoast nothing within 1 m. My refraction is 0.0, plano.

My distance eye is very clear and good for some intermediate. Computer is a little blurred so I adjust my seated distance. I wear progressive glasses if I'm going to spend a lot of time reading or driving but would be ok without them.

Thanks everyone for the replies. Basically what I was trying to figure out was this: Since I already have a multifocal where my close up is crystal clear and my distance is decent, I can already barely see out of my left eye when looking at a computer screen, so if I was to get a monofocal set for distance, I think it would kind've be the same as it is now? My right eye is doing most of the work when looking at the computer screen, so with the monofocal, if I can barely make out the letters on the screen, then i would already be used to that.