Cataract success

[Racalman]

A couple of things here.

First it's not true to say that the NHS will only give you a distance implant. You discuss with them prior to the operation whether you want distance, near or reading (or any other focal distance for that matter - it's your choice). If this did not happen then you have been let down very badly.

If you want to go with monovision as I did then you should have a distance implant in your dominant eye and near in the other. I was lucky because I have a left dominant eye and shoot with my right so it was the best combination for scopes and iron sights.

The reason you are offered multifocal impalnts if you go privately is because the clinics make more money from them. OK you won't need glasses but the quality of vision is not as good as with standard lenses and you will regret the loss of light transmission when you're older (something they don't tell you about).

I'm lucky because my implants have turned out OK. I can do everything without glasses apart from reading close up. I realise others are not so lucky and have had issues like you describe. I hope they can be successfully resolved.

[Racalman]

You will have the option of having a lesser lens put in so that you will have one good eye and one that works on closer up work however I chose not to as I was not sure my brain could cope with that. I use reading glasses.

I think people who have trouble with monovision are trying to be too ambitious and do without glasses althogether.

If you have one distance eye and one reading eye the difference between them is too great for the brain to supress the blur from the reading eye.

My solution of distance and -1D (1 metre) gives me clear vision everywhere except close up reading.

[Racalman]

I had my right eye done on Dec 8th on the NHS and they put in a Distance one as this is all they will use(cost I suppose) and he is going to do the left if I want, again distance one. I am getting a view of a line down the outside of the one he`s done sometimes but he didn`t say anything when I told him. I hope it goes away. I think distance is 20`+ but I can see my dashboard ok if I close the not worked on eye.

I am not sure wether to splash the cash and have the other eye done privately with different magnification or not. I can see to type this without reading glasses at the moment but its better to wear them as its clearer.

Not sure which way to go.

I spent months researching this before I had the operations and would be happy to take this offline and let you have some articles to read if you want to send me a PM.

Page two of this article explains exactly what I had done.

[Alpha1]

Mine must be the same as yours all I need glasses for now is reading close up.

[Christel]

You will have the option of having a lesser lens put in so that you will have one good eye and one that works on closer up work however I chose not to as I was not sure my brain could cope with that. I use reading glasses.

I think people who have trouble with monovision are trying to be too ambitious and do without glasses althogether.

If you have one distance eye and one reading eye the difference between them is too great for the brain to supress the blur from the reading eye.

My solution of distance and -1D (1 metre) gives me clear vision everywhere except close up reading.

I agree with this, sometimes when I am doing a lot of stuff online I will stuff a contact lens in my weaker eye and that way I have up close as well as distance.

[bofor]

[quote="Racalman"]A couple of things here.

First it's not true to say that the NHS will only give you a distance implant. You discuss with them prior to the operation whether you want distance, near or reading (or any other focal distance for that matter - it's your choice). If this did not happen then you have been let down very badly.

I asked twice about what I could choose and was told they only do distance in my hospital, end of

[Christel]

A couple of things here.

First it's not true to say that the NHS will only give you a distance implant. You discuss with them prior to the operation whether you want distance, near or reading (or any other focal distance for that matter - it's your choice). If this did not happen then you have been let down very badly.

I asked twice about what I could choose and was told they only do distance in my hospital, end of

You should be able to choose if you want different distances thereby making one of your eyes "weaker" to see up close. Or both reading so you have to use correction for distance.

At least that is what I was offered. Strange if you were not offered these options. Ask?