Monovision

Glowing

Hi there,

Another thread on eye surgery

I am 33 years old, and the consultant in the Wellington clinic recommended Monovision to me as a solution given my age and occupation (IT).

I am currently 'in practice' with contact lenses - correcting my dominant eye for distance, and going between -2 for the 'near' eye (uncorrected) and -1 (using a lens).

I am finding the -2/0 combination a bit odd to be honest, and not all that comfortable. I've tried this for just over a day now. Using a lens in the other eye to -1 is much better but will only delay the need for reading glasses to about 50 years (it will also cost me twice as much as leaving it at -2)

Can anyone share their experiences please? If you had monovision done, what prescription is your 'near' eye? Does that weirdness go away eventually? Everything is half blurred if you know what I mean

Thanks a million

blackeyedpeat

Sounds odd to me.
Fully corrected should let you have good vision till approx 45.
Why give you comprimised vision for 17 years till 50?
I suspect crossed wires somewhere?
Anyhow the trial shows that you may not like this solution.
It gives you an opportunity to raise your concerns at you contact lens review appointment.

Glowing

blackeyedpeat wrote: »

Sounds odd to me.
Fully corrected should let you have good vision till approx 45.
Why give you comprimised vision for 17 years till 50?
I suspect crossed wires somewhere?
Anyhow the trial shows that you may not like this solution.
It gives you an opportunity to raise your concerns at you contact lens review appointment.

No, definitely no crossed wires. The whole idea is to avoid reading glasses for the rest of my life (or at least to prolong it), whereas I might only get 10 years out of fully corrected eyes.

Apparently it's a good solution for most people, and the compromised vision shouldn't be too much of an issue and allow me to see reasonably well both near and far!

Thanks for the reply though

Mousewar

Well you already heard from me on another thread.
I'll just add that I hated it when I trialed it with contact lenses prior to surgery. It was completely different after the actual surgery.

But, this a no-brainer for you really. If you're set on surgery, just get the dominant eye done and see how you like it. If you hate it, you can just get the second eye done just like you originally planned. The ability to do this is limited to people with your prescription, as otherwise to properly trial monovision in this way would require surgery on both eyes. If you're tempted by monovision, it's definitely a boon worth taking advantage of.

I wouldn't recommend getting one eye corrected to 0 and the other to -1, as if you don't like it you'd have to have a second surgery on the -1 eye.

Glowing

Mousewar wrote: »

Well you already heard from me on another thread.
I'll just add that I hated it when I trialed it with contact lenses prior to surgery. It was completely different after the actual surgery.

But, this a no-brainer for you really. If you're set on surgery, just get the dominant eye done and see how you like it. If you hate it, you can just get the second eye done just like you originally planned. The ability to do this is limited to people with your prescription, as otherwise to properly trial monovision in this way would require surgery on both eyes. If you're tempted by monovision, it's definitely a boon worth taking advantage of.

I wouldn't recommend getting one eye corrected to 0 and the other to -1, as if you don't like it you'd have to have a second surgery on the -1 eye.

Yes, thanks very much Mousewar!

Am I right in saying you have -2 in your 'bad' eye?

One of the issues preventing me from jumping into surgery is that my eyes are slightly dry. The consultant has me on Flax supplements for the month, but it won't be until the morning of the surgery that they can decide on Lasik, Lasek or Trans PRK. So recovery could be anything between 1 day and 10 days. Anything longer than a 2 or 3 day recovery is not really an option for me atm with a full time job, baby and an evening course

Mousewar

Glowing wrote: »

Yes, thanks very much Mousewar!

Am I right in saying you have -2 in your 'bad' eye?

One of the issues preventing me from jumping into surgery is that my eyes are slightly dry. The consultant has me on Flax supplements for the month, but it won't be until the morning of the surgery that they can decide on Lasik, Lasek or Trans PRK. So recovery could be anything between 1 day and 10 days. Anything longer than a 2 or 3 day recovery is not really an option for me atm with a full time job, baby and an evening course

I see. I had Lasek done which is supposed to be better for dry eye. My eye was slightly dry but I still could have had Lasik. I went with Lasek as it's a less invasive procedure and, aside from recovery time, seems to be a marginally superior treatment (not results wise - but potentially side-affects wise). It is supposed to have a longer recovery period and be very painful for a week or so. Painwise, I noticed nothing, no pain at all. My vision was perfectly functional on day 2 but didn't become perfect for up to six weeks. Near vision takes a while to settle down but that's the beauty of getting one eye done, as your 'bad' eye will do the near work just fine.

And yep, -2 exactly in my bad eye. Truth be told, you might hate mono, but again the option is always there to get the second eye done.