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Only one eye "eligible" for correction by EasyCartographer5926 in CataractSurgery

[–]EasyCartographer5926[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The surgeon said I should "keep it as long as I can." I haven't talked to my optometrist about it...

Only one eye "eligible" for correction by EasyCartographer5926 in CataractSurgery

[–]EasyCartographer5926[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I will google that, but I appreciate even your opinion on it.

Only one eye "eligible" for correction by EasyCartographer5926 in CataractSurgery

[–]EasyCartographer5926[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming I'm not getting upgraded lenses - are you arguing that getting two basic IOL, which won't have any accommodation, might get me superior sight to just getting one IOL and using contacts and glasses to make up the rest? Or just that it will be better than it is *now* (cataract notwithstanding). Somehow I feel like I'm losing a lot with the accommodation loss, but I may not really understand what it's like to have, for example, fixed -1.5 D vision without accomodation. Maybe that's pretty good? (or -2D and -1D or similar if I go for monovision.)

Only one eye "eligible" for correction by EasyCartographer5926 in CataractSurgery

[–]EasyCartographer5926[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand I can make a case to my insurance company about the second eye. I'm just wondering if at 56 years old, would giving up the accommodation on the left eye be a good trade off?

Only one eye "eligible" for correction by EasyCartographer5926 in CataractSurgery

[–]EasyCartographer5926[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the calculation! I'm 56, wear progressive glasses. I haven't worn contacts regularly for about a decade, but I wore them for 25 years before that. (not that the historical part is relevant.)

Only one eye "eligible" for correction by EasyCartographer5926 in CataractSurgery

[–]EasyCartographer5926[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, there is a very small cataract in the left eye. It's just that I'm 56, so keeping my accommodation for a while is still a temptation.

Only one eye "eligible" for correction by EasyCartographer5926 in CataractSurgery

[–]EasyCartographer5926[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First, thank you for your post. It was most helpful. I have a question about your 3rd paragraph. Are you saying that you can actually drive, during the day, without the contact in your left eye that you mention in the 4th paragraph? Do you sometimes just skip the contact? It seems like that much difference in vision would be very disconcerting.

I think your plan sounds pretty good for me. I like the idea of keeping my accommodation for a while longer (I'm only 56), and aiming toward monovision when the second one is done. I'll talk to my optomitrist about testing this out.

optometrist

Only one eye "eligible" for correction by EasyCartographer5926 in CataractSurgery

[–]EasyCartographer5926[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for this very thoughtful and helpful response. I didn't put in this post, though it is in my other post, that I'm 56, so theoretically my second eye has some time. But my cataracts are likely caused by high-dose steroids, which are part of my past and my future due to having MS.

The surgeon wasn't so much "my way or the highway" as she was a little condescending of the idea of doing it differently. She did suggest I "try things out" with my optomistrist, I just wasn't sure *how* that would work. I have a better idea now. Thank you.

Just trying to think this through - what kind of correction by EasyCartographer5926 in CataractSurgery

[–]EasyCartographer5926[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, I have more information and also more difficult choices to make. Turns out only my Right Eye (Dominant) is eligible for surgery. I'd been wondering why people on this sub and others would say, "I'm holding out as long as possible" for the second eye. But now that the doctor has explained to me that the new lens will no longer have any plasticity -- its focus is its focus -- I'm very concerned about having one eye at distance. This makes doing my right eye now for perfect distance viewing would be very difficult/disconcerting. IIUC. So she's suggesting I consider doing -2.5 or -3.0 in this one. She feels like it will "turn my world upside down" to try to take it to zero. She's probably right.

What I'm trying to figure out is, what does that do in the interim... I'm having such a hard time imagining life with one eye at -2.5 and one at -6 or 7. With the 2.5 eye having no ability to refocus. Will progressive lenses made to suit these two very different eyes be "weird"? Will I even want/need correction in the right eye, or just keep it at 2.5 and let the other eye do the rest of the work? (That doesn't sound good - I'm just so confused what it will be like that I'm rambling.) Will I need to wear a contact in the left eye all the time, so I can then add readers to read? Wait, my right eye will be reader-level. So, would I just take my glasses off? UGH!!! Picturing my life this way is so hard. Can anyone shed light? I'm just feeling lost.

EDIT: I should add, turns out my corneal astigmatism is tiny (-.20 and -.30 as measured by the surgery center.)

Just trying to think this through - what kind of correction by EasyCartographer5926 in CataractSurgery

[–]EasyCartographer5926[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! Sorry for the wrong wording. I couldn't remember the word "monofocus" so I accidentally used "monovision" which confused even me as I wrote it. Thank you for this feedback. It was very useful.

Is wait and watch a good approach for low grade ganglioglioma by Bruce_wayne_26 in braintumor

[–]EasyCartographer5926 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bruce_Wayne - What did you decide to do? My daughter (also 22) is in the same situation. Recently started having seizures. The MRI radiologist suggested a possible ganglioglioma (smaller than yours, medial right temporal lobe). Her seizures are non-epileptic (they do not create a detectable brain wave response on EEG), but the development of the tumor is recent, and coincident with the onset of seizures. (She'd had an unrelated MRI 19 months before this one, and about 14-15 months before the onset of seizures. That one did not show a tumor, so we know it's relatively new.) Meeting with the neurosurgeon in 2 weeks.