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Originally Posted by YM-Mundrabilla
A friend is awaiting cataract surgery at the moment.
The eye surgeon has more or less offered her the alternative of a degree of short OR long sightedness as the outcome with one or the other still needing glasses.
Has anyone else here faced this situation and, if so, which option did you choose and why?
Any thoughts, please?
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My surgeon strongly suggested giving me reading strength lenses which would require me to wear distance glasses for anything else. That would have made sense for the month between eyes as I had deteriorated to shortsightedness. I opted - had to press hard - for normal vision lenses. It did make life difficult for that month between ops but after that I benefited. I can drive without glasses though my better half says I should wear them - they correct my astigmatism. I found walking in the rain was a pain when I did have to wear glasses for the shortsightedness. Life outside in these last few very wet weeks has been so much better than it might have been!
Currently trying to come to terms with varifocal lenses. Doing ok until I walk on uneven ground and end up feeling seasick. That's going to take some time!
My father had cataract surgery and, previously short sighted, opted for distance lenses. I had never seen him without glasses previously except when he took them off to read the small print !!!