If you fix your eyes for reading you'll need glasses for seeing long distance. Unless you do the monovision which I absolutely hated
Lasik vision correction
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I'm in the exact same situation and I am 100% happy even though I do wear glasses when I drive. That was because of the halos at night and I just liked how sharp I see with them so I just keep the glasses in the car.
In that case they will fix one eye (monovision) for reading and your brain will use one eye for reading and the other for long distance. Success is around 75%, my FIL had it done and it works perfectly for him. My wife OTOH had a reading contact put on one eye as a trial, she could read fine but for far away her vision was blurry. She decided not to have the procedure done.
How severe was your astigmatism? How is your night driving in terms of the light burst/reflection?
It wasn't awful. I wore glasses but could survive without them. Initially, lots of starbursts from lights when driving at night, but that went away gradually over about a month.
Same for me. I had the consultation and everything went well, but I just couldn't pull the trigger. I read some horror stories online that scared the **** out of me. Wearing contacts is annoying, but it's not really that bad, all things considered.
I was the same. I had monovision Lasik a couple months ago. They only correct your non-dominant eye to see up close and your dominant eye is still used for distance. I was able to "try it out" by using a temporary contact that they provided before I had the procedure.
I'm still getting used to it, but I've been happy with the results so far.
Make sure the eye drops work. My first eye wasn’t numbed, I could feel the whole cut of the eye lens the chair handles are permanently imprinted with my finger marks.
MIL went there and several friends as well. At this point, the process is pretty automated.
Has anyone had it done after age 55? I keep putting it off because I know I'll need readers. In my mind that means I still need to deal with glasses. I currently need them when I wear contacts and my glasses are bifocals, yet usually when I read a book I can remove my glasses and have no issues.
I was 54 and in the same boat as you except my glasses weren't bifocals. I used readers with my contacts or took out the contacts and held anything fairly close to my face to read
FYI - I am 40 now and know that I will likely need readers sometime after the surgery, but just needing readers is better than having to have glasses all the time and messing with bi-focals or tri-focals.
Very happy, One eye isn't fixed to 20/20 so I can function fairly well on day to day reading as long as the print isn't too small. I wear glasses when I drive because I needed them for night driving but started wearing them all the time but I can drive without them. I just like how sharp I can see with them.
The glasses are in the truck 99.9% of the time.
So yea I do need readers on occasion and that will increase as it does for everyone as they age.
Had my Lasik at Wolfe on Thursday before Memorial Day. Everything is going great. My eyes are still adjusting to reading close. The doctor told me that my prescription was strong enough for nearsightedness that my eyes will take some time to adjust to learn to use the muscles again. Recovery was simple and just using lots of eye drops for dry eyes. The next morning after my surgery (less than 24 hours) my left eye ws 20/15 and my right eye was 20/20 and the doctor thought the only reason it wasn't better was because it was more dry.
Glad to hear it went well for you.
I am getting my right eye "touched up" on Friday June 16. I'll be getting rid of my current monovision and will need cheaters for now on out. I already use cheaters for reading anyway.
I am getting my right eye "touched up" on Friday June 16. I'll be getting rid of my current monovision and will need cheaters for now on out. I already use cheaters for reading anyway.
I have my consultation next week. Anyone have the surgery and regret it? Is it worth $2500/eye that Wolf quoted me for everyone who has had it?
