Cataract Surgery Regret — What Would Fellow Crocheters and Readers Do?
I had cataract surgery about a year and a half ago. When the doctor operated on my right eye, he asked whether I wanted to see better at a distance or close-up. I told him I had never really been able to see far away, so I thought that would be nice. What I did not understand was that I would lose my close-up vision. I do a lot of crocheting and reading, so this has been very difficult for me.
I also have astigmatism, so I did not mind the idea of wearing glasses again. But after the surgery, I was very upset with the results. When I went back to see him, he said he could “fix” it by making my left eye see close-up. At the time, I knew nothing about monovision.
Long story short, I now have monovision and I am very unhappy with it. He prescribed glasses with a slab-off prism, but when I wear them, I lose my balance. If I do not wear the glasses, nothing looks clear, so I end up taking them off just to walk around safely. It has been extremely frustrating.
What would you do in my situation? Would you have surgery to reverse one eye so that you could only see close-up and then wear glasses for distance vision? or would you go ahead and have one eye reversed so you see distance but can’t see close-up?