Monofocal Lens Experiences?

Hi Shrimpie,   I'm happy to hear you're happy.   Yes, I'm in the UK.   Did you get yours done on the NHS?  If not, may I ask who you used?  Thx. 

G

Corrective vision surgery is not avail on the NHS. I had mine done at A Soute Hospital . 

I do believe you can get monofocal lenses on the NHS if you're approved by your GP. They don't cover premium lenses like multifocals though. 

G

Cataract surgery is available on the nhs but not vision correction . 

oh okay, so what does that mean? I guess I thought that getting a lens was in fact correction of some kind?  I'm a bit confused.   Are you saying the NHS doesn't correct for astigmatism? 

G

ThE NHS only cover standard monofocal lense when Surgery is done for cataracts . The nhs will not do cataract surgery until the cataract is quite mature . NHS surgery does  not cover astigmatism correction . If you want vision & astigmatism correction then this has to be paid for privately . I have BUPA medical insurance through my work . I had already decided to pay for the surgery myself as my work medical cover would pay for it as it is chases as cosmetic surgery . I was fortunate than when I saw the consultant to finalise the surgery details he noticed I had early stage cataracts . As cataract & vision correction are done by the sane procedure Bupa paid for the cataract surgery & paid the additional fee to upgrade my lenses to correct my vision & astigmatism. Where in the uk are you . 

I'm in sw London.   The cataract in my left eye is sufficiently bad that my doctor referred me to the NHS for a consultation.  I'm not sure I'll go with them though as I've also looked into a couple of private surgeons as well and I feel that maybe I can get more specialised care with them.   My right eye (not affected by cataract) is okay for reading but not very good for distance.  I would like to see if the mono-vision strategy might work by setting my left to distance.   

G

Before you make a decision on mono vision the surgeon can give you a trial with contact lenses . One lens for distance one lens for reading. I couldn’t have mono vision as I have a muscle convergence in my eyes . I am in Scotland . My surgery was carried out by Laser Vision Scotland. Excellent care & service . 

Well, I think the problem with me is that my cataract eye (the left one) is already too far gone to get any benefit of a contact lens test in that eye.  Now, I could experiment with a contact lens in my right eye AFTER I get back the distance vision in my left (via a mono-focal lens)...THAT would be possible.  Then again, because I already have pretty good near vision in my right eye, I may get the mono vision effect even without a contact lens.  I hope that makes sense. 

How nearsighted is your right eye what is the eyeglasses Rx?

If its more negative than -2.0D in the right eye, that would probably too much difference if the left eye was corrected for good distance vision (near 0.0D) since they try to keep the difference between the two eyes to within 2.0D for monovision.

Hi Night-Hawk,  Well, as it turns out, I'm just at 2.0 diopters if the left eye is set to 0.0D.  Here are the scan results:   

Right:   -2.00   Cyl: -0.75  Axis:  105

Left:     -2.25   Cyl: -1.25  Axis:    54

 

Yes you are right on the edge there for monovision with -2.00D in the right eye.  The little astigmatism in the right eye effectively makes it closer to -2.3D or so, so it might be difficult to use with the left eye set for 0D - might work better if the left eye target is set slightly nearsighted for good intermediate (2feet) vision maybe -0.5D to -0.75D

Ah.. interesting.. So just curious...How do you arrive at the -2.3D?  I'm a bit thick when it comes to these measurements and what they mean  Are you taking into account the Cyl or Axis measure somehow? Thx. 

G

I add 1/2 the cylinder value to the power value: -2.00 -0.75/2 to get an average power with astigmatism.