Monovision with monofocal lens implants?
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i would like the hear from people who have had two different lenses, mid and long distance. This is the surgery I am having for cataract and glaucoma in my right eye August 1 and the second surgery in my left eye on August 15. I am very worried about the two different distant lenses. My left eye has only a minor problem at this time. They will be putting in a mid-range lense in my right eyes. Should I have surgery on the left eyes too, they suggest a longer range lense for my left eye. So worried how this will all work.
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victoria13635 narda
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at201 narda
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narda at201
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It sounds like you have a far better understanding of the technical issues than do I. I was told he would be using a CBOO-AMO lense and a Cypass stint for the glaucoma, all greek to me. I have heard that some people have had problems with your Symfony lense I don't know if the lense they are using for me has the same issues.
at201 narda
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However, I think that in answer to your original question, you should not have any issue with having one monofocal lens for far distance and another monofocal lens for intermediate distance. You will still need glasses for reading, which is a reasonable compromise to make for most people.
Vickiplum narda
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I can't really answer this one as i have had a new lens placed in my right eye because of glaucoma , they are not replacing lens in my left eye until it is totaly nessersary as i had closed angle glaucoma and was too difficult , at the moment i ts a bit like looking through a clean window with ine eye and a dirty window through the other one so my brain has toi adjust to this which I'm sure will hapoen eventualy , i am wearing reading gkasses brought in the shelf 3+ until i can get the the opticians fir nirmal oerscription gkasses
narda Vickiplum
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The first surgery will be my right eye, glaucoma and cateract, I am not sure if I should have my left eye done yet which only has a mild cateract.
johnvnpt narda
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I can't speak to having two different lens implants, but I was born with my left eye myopic by 10 dioptres and my right muyopic by six, and I had a cataract operation on the right two years ago, leaving me with -10 in the left eye (wiat a cataract that also needed removing) and +1 in the right
My optician, my optical tecnician who made my lenses and various others were quite surprised at the degree to which my brain adjusted to the difference in images it was seeing. I had no problems until the cataract in the left eye got worse in the last six months and started to refract the light differently giving me a sort of double vision that required temporary prism lenses otrherwise I fell over on rising uneven ground, which is a bit of a problem when you enjoy walking in the welsh countryside !!!!
I've just (after a two year wait) had my second cataract removed, the surgeon told me the degree of myopia meant the biggest lens he was prepared to use would leave me slightly short sighted, that was only a week ago so things are still adjusting, and it will be another fortnight before the optician can examine me and prescribe whatever lenses I need, so I can't speak with much authority on how it will turn out...
Vickiplum johnvnpt
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narda johnvnpt
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