What would you do?
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I'm not a Dr......
A friend of mine at a young 70 just had it done (2nd eye done last week). He has other eye issues too (macular degeneration for one).
They made one eye more for distance and one eye more for reading.
Has something like that come up?
I'm curious as to why the difference.
A friend of mine at a young 70 just had it done (2nd eye done last week). He has other eye issues too (macular degeneration for one).
They made one eye more for distance and one eye more for reading.
Has something like that come up?
I'm curious as to why the difference.
If you're right handed, get a lens in your right eye that's good for close - reading out to front sight distance. Get a lens in your left eye that's good for long distance.
I had my eyes done that way years ago. My brain just uses the best "feed" and that's what I see. I don't have to think about it. I don't need glasses at all anymore.
Shooting Steel Challenge or IDPA, I see the sights with my right eye and the target with my left. I can see both at the same time (don't ask me exactly how this works) and find it's a big advantage. The only disadvantage is when using open rifle sights, because I can't see the target clearly with my right eye. Proper shooting glasses or using a peep rear sight can correct that.
BTW, this is called "monovison". Talk to your doc about it.
I had my eyes done that way years ago. My brain just uses the best "feed" and that's what I see. I don't have to think about it. I don't need glasses at all anymore.
Shooting Steel Challenge or IDPA, I see the sights with my right eye and the target with my left. I can see both at the same time (don't ask me exactly how this works) and find it's a big advantage. The only disadvantage is when using open rifle sights, because I can't see the target clearly with my right eye. Proper shooting glasses or using a peep rear sight can correct that.
BTW, this is called "monovison". Talk to your doc about it.
9 to 62 years
I can speak from experience...
I began wearing glasses at age 8. At close to 50 I needed bicocals and then tri focals. At my age 70 I had caterac surgery on both eyes.
The doctor gave me the "correct" magnification for reading glasses.
I have a pair of prescription glasses with my reading glass included.
There are things on the car dashboard I can not read.
A solution for you is to go to WAL*MART and pick up a pair of reading glasses, to let you see WHAT WORKS BEST FOR YOU.
I can speak from experience...
I began wearing glasses at age 8. At close to 50 I needed bicocals and then tri focals. At my age 70 I had caterac surgery on both eyes.
The doctor gave me the "correct" magnification for reading glasses.
I have a pair of prescription glasses with my reading glass included.
There are things on the car dashboard I can not read.
A solution for you is to go to WAL*MART and pick up a pair of reading glasses, to let you see WHAT WORKS BEST FOR YOU.
Shotgun693
New member
See more Doctors. Mine has already told me that when or if I get cataracts he'll fix it to where I don't need glasses at all.
As a shooter who can't read without glasses and one who like to shoot with iron sights I realized I needed bifocals. Problem is I do not like bifocals. I had my doctor write a prescription for reading and one for distance. When shooting my handgun or rifle I always use the glasses for distance. It really helps me especially with my handgun shooting.
This means you have to buy two glasses. I get real cheap ones for reading and the one for distance a little more expensive with larger lenses. The distance glasses become my shooting glasses.
This means you have to buy two glasses. I get real cheap ones for reading and the one for distance a little more expensive with larger lenses. The distance glasses become my shooting glasses.
Walklightly
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i don't know, but to read you can still use reading glasses. If you drive a car, well wouldn't you want to see things before your there at speed?
I am 82 and had my cataract surgery 9 years ago. Both my implants were for distance. I had hoped that I would need glasses only for near vision (reading) -- no luck -- too much astigmatism. Since that time I have been using trifocals just fine for all my shooting. I found that "progressive" (no line bi- or tri- focals) did not work for me for other reasons than shooting. So I would suggest that trifocals could work just fine. However, I have made sure that the center part (intermediate distance) is extra wide. This means that focus on sights is just about right.
If you consider progressive lenses, make sure you ask how the focus works. I found that progressive, or no line, lenses are not progressive from top to bottom. Rather, the progressive seems to be an hour-glass shape.
Hope you have success with the surgery.
willr
If you consider progressive lenses, make sure you ask how the focus works. I found that progressive, or no line, lenses are not progressive from top to bottom. Rather, the progressive seems to be an hour-glass shape.
Hope you have success with the surgery.
willr
My dad just had this done a few...well maybe going on a month ago. They did one eye for far and one eye for near. Monovision as others in this thread have stated.
On a side note, my dad was really nervous about getting his eye operated on, but he said the whole thing was very painless and there was very little discomfort before or after. They did one eye, let it heal up, then a few weeks later did the other eye. He's been wearing glasses almost his whole life, now he doesn't need them at all. He loves not having to wear glasses.
On a side note, my dad was really nervous about getting his eye operated on, but he said the whole thing was very painless and there was very little discomfort before or after. They did one eye, let it heal up, then a few weeks later did the other eye. He's been wearing glasses almost his whole life, now he doesn't need them at all. He loves not having to wear glasses.
I had both eyes done, one year apart, and got both lenses for distance. I don't need to wear glasses for driving or shooting although I do use safety glasses for shooting. I can use the computer and read books or the paper without glasses but I need drugstore reading glasses for fine print like the phone book. If the details of your particular eyes permit it, I think that both eyes distant with the addition of readers is the way to go.
Drue
Drue
My exp after the november surgery. Dr. told me after a year I may need laser for the "after cataracts" that grow behind the new lense, he said it will polish them and improve it even more. I can shoot again like I was 25, been using a 410 on trap and quail, missed one but got it with the second barrel
Most folks go for distance lenses since they probably already wear glasses for reading. But I was born with one nearsighted eye and one farsighted eye and don't need glasses at all (except for driving because the state requires them). My brain makes the adjustment and picks the best picture automatically without my even thinking about it.
I asked an opthamologist about what I should do if I needed lens replacement. He said that in my case, where the brain is used to the situation, he would probably recommend going with what I have, one far, one near. But he said that for people who don't have that situation naturally, there could be a problem in adjustment, resulting in blurry vision and headaches.
Jim
I asked an opthamologist about what I should do if I needed lens replacement. He said that in my case, where the brain is used to the situation, he would probably recommend going with what I have, one far, one near. But he said that for people who don't have that situation naturally, there could be a problem in adjustment, resulting in blurry vision and headaches.
Jim
James I have exactly the same situation, thought I was the only one, my optometrist told me exactly the same thing about the brain picking the image it prefers ... as I mentioned above, I do wear bifocals now, to read and because the state says I have to to drive ... but despite age deteriorating my vision somewhat, I still shoot far better without the glasses I have than with them on ... I'll remember the bit about replacing lenses so you get the same message to the brain when my turn comes ....