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I wanted to get Lasik but the doctor said I wasn't a good candidate. At the time, I would have paid to go to someone good and definitely would have avoided those people who were doing it on the cheap.
My younger sister did get Lasik and is thrilled with the results. There are risks to anything but if you are very careful to only go to someone really experienced and well qualified, I think your chances of success are greatly improved.
If the only way to correct both near and far is with monovision, no thanks. I hate monovision. One eye blurry, one eye clear is not for me. I am near sighted so I wear contacts, but when I do, I need readers for close up work. I like to see clear with both eyes for both near and distance. I would hate to go through the trouble of getting lasik and still have to wear readers. Kind of defeats the purpose in my opinion.
If the only way to correct both near and far is with monovision, no thanks. I hate monovision. One eye blurry, one eye clear is not for me. I am near sighted so I wear contacts, but when I do, I need readers for close up work. I like to see clear with both eyes for both near and distance. I would hate to go through the trouble of getting lasik and still have to wear readers. Kind of defeats the purpose in my opinion.
I have monovision and it's not "one eye blurry, one eye" clear for me. The sight in both eyes is very clear and I cant tell which eye is closeup and which eye is distance. When I'm reading, the closeup-vision eye automatically takes over and when I'm driving or doing anything else, the distance-vision eye automatically takes over.
At the age of 72 I dont have to use reading glasses.
If you read the other posts in this thread, you'd see that others also have monovision and really like it. I'm not here to try to convince you. I dont care if you want it or not but I do care that you're spreading incorrect ideas about what it's like.
I have monovision and it's not "one eye blurry, one eye" clear for me. The sight in both eyes is very clear and I cant tell which eye is closeup and which eye is distance. When I'm reading, the closeup-vision eye automatically takes over and when I'm driving or doing anything else, the distance-vision eye automatically takes over.
At the age of 72 I dont have to use reading glasses.
If you read the other posts in this thread, you'd see that others also have monovision and really like it. I'm not here to try to convince you. I dont care if you want it or not but I do care that you're spreading incorrect ideas about what it's like.
I've had monovision with my contacts. One is less powerful than the other and I could not get used to it. I did try it for 3 days. So if I'm driving down the road and I am trying to read a sign at a distance. I am using both eyes and I can read it but it's still a bit blurry because one eye is still out of focus. This is what I do not like. How could the lasik be any different? Fill me in please.
That is my experience and my opinion. How is that incorrect?
I've had monovision with my contacts. One is less powerful than the other and I could not get used to it. I did try it for 3 days. So if I'm driving down the road and I am trying to read a sign at a distance. I am using both eyes and I can read it but it's still a bit blurry because one eye is still out of focus. This is what I do not like. How could the lasik be any different? Fill me in please.
That is my experience and my opinion. How is that incorrect?
I've never had monovision contacts so I cant compare them with monovision lasik. And you've never had monovision lasik so you cant compare it with monovision contacts either.
All I can relate is my personal experience and the experiences of others who've had monovision lasik. I explained that in my precious post. I see perfectly fine with both eyes and my eyes work great together. I cant even tell when one eye is taking over to see distance and when the other is taking over to see closeup.
I've had monovision with my contacts. One is less powerful than the other and I could not get used to it. I did try it for 3 days. So if I'm driving down the road and I am trying to read a sign at a distance. I am using both eyes and I can read it but it's still a bit blurry because one eye is still out of focus. This is what I do not like. How could the lasik be any different? Fill me in please.
That is my experience and my opinion. How is that incorrect?
The brain can do really spooky things with vision. Three days was not long enough to allow your brain to figure out what it needed to do to interpret what the eyes were telling it.
Blurred Vision, Burning Eyes Some patients who undergo the eye surgery report a variety of side effects. They may persist for years, studies show.
By Roni Caryn Rabin
Nearly half of all people who had healthy eyes before Lasik developed visual aberrations for the first time after the procedure, the trial found.
The brain can do really spooky things with vision. Three days was not long enough to allow your brain to figure out what it needed to do to interpret what the eyes were telling it...
As always, suzy_q is correct. It did take me a couple of months to get used to the monovision. But I had expected that because I'd done my research.
As always, suzy_q is correct. It did take me a couple of months to get used to the monovision. But I had expected that because I'd done my research.
Me too, and I did it with contacts first, over a little time I hardly noticed it.
Even if I didn't have the mono vision I would have done the Lasik, my vision was so poor that even the big E on the eye chart was blurry.
I had a fear of a Burgess Meredith / Twilight Zone scenario.
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If the only way to correct both near and far is with monovision, no thanks. I hate monovision. One eye blurry, one eye clear is not for me. I am near sighted so I wear contacts, but when I do, I need readers for close up work. I like to see clear with both eyes for both near and distance. I would hate to go through the trouble of getting lasik and still have to wear readers. Kind of defeats the purpose in my opinion.
Get multifocal contacts - I hateg going to readers with contacts - multifocals allow me to see well - they actually do 3 different distances to account for computer work, too.
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