I wrote about my cataract surgery a while back. As I recall I explained I am not an eye Doctor and I'm not giving advice. I'm only reporting my experience.
Talk with your eye Doctor for advice.
In my experience,once I had cataracts,my vision slowly degraded. It was not going to heal up and get better. Shooting was not so good. Night driving was terrible. I could not read street signs. Headlight glare was crazy. I pretty much quit night driving.
I went to my eye Dr to get a prescription. He told me my right eye was so bad he could not write a prescription. But he could refer me for cataract surgery.
I did it. At distance I am now 20-20. I've worn glasses since I was 7 yrs old and I can see distance better than ever.
Yes,there was a tradeoff. I aways had pretty good vision at 6 or 8 inches. Thats gone. I can't read a cash register tape or my phone or computer.
I can't read with my bare eyes. But 2.5 X drugstore reading glasses fix me up. Kind of a pain in the butt but overall,its a great tradeoff
Shooting a handgun? In my case,I can see the sights pretty well.I can shoot.
My S+W Shield Plus sights I can see fine.. 1911 sights I can see.
Please understand
,OP, I'm not doubting your experience.
I only know mine. For me, its not perfect but compared to what I had (which was getting worse) I can live with the reading glasses.
Now,something I never got around to trying.... There is an outfit that will grind a small window,like a bifocal,high on the lens and offset a bit toward your nose. The idea is that window will focus on your front sight, The rest of the lens can be zero correction. Your other eye can be zero correction.
When you shoot both eyes open, it MIGHT be you can see the sights through the window with your right eye and downrange with your left.
BUT!! I have no experience with it and I can't give you a recommendation. I also don't remember who was doing it. |