Eye Surgery - Anyone had it?

[cambsno]

Now in my 50s, my near vision has dropped, struggle to read menus in restaurants, editing pics on phone is not great. I can do messages etc but glasses make it a lot easier. Luckily my long distance is better than 20/20.

Anyone had eye laser treatment for near vision, did it work, was it like reading with glasses but without glasses?

 

[Nod]

I use THESE reading glasses for menus etc.. One pair stays clipped to my phone lanyard (so I don't leave the bloody thing anywhere!) so I pretty much always have them with me and the spare pair hangs off the standard lamp beside "my" chair. I know a few people who have had eye surgery to correct their distance vision, most of them have had further deterioration of their eyesight and now have to wear specs again.

Personally, I'm sticking to contact lenses and reading glasses.

 

[boliston]

presumably if you had laser surgery to set your focal distance to reading distance you would then need to wear glasses for distance vision? i'm short sighted (about -2.5d) which is great for reading but i need 2 sets of glasses, one for computer distance of about a metre and a further set for distance visiion

 

[JohnC6]

presumably if you had laser surgery to set your focal distance to reading distance you would then need to wear glasses for distance vision? i'm short sighted (about -2.5d) which is great for reading but i need 2 sets of glasses, one for computer distance of about a metre and a further set for distance visiion

I have the same ..ie a pair for the computer and I actually measured the distance from my eyes to the screen so I got it right, and a pair of bifocals which I wear all the time. I'm long-sighted..like Cambsno.. told I had better than 20/20 vision...with my specs,though. There was a discussion on here about how good 20/20 vision actually is. Not ,as I thought, uncommon.

I'd be anxious about laser treatment when specs can sort the problem. The only instance when I would be comfortable with eye surgery is for cataract removal and that,I think, is really just removing the 'film' across the eye and not interfering with vision.

 

[boliston]

the 20:20 line is the 4th from the bottom

 

[Pound Coin]

Now in my 50s, my near vision has dropped, struggle to read menus in restaurants, editing pics on phone is not great. I can do messages etc but glasses make it a lot easier. Luckily my long distance is better than 20/20.

Anyone had eye laser treatment for near vision, did it work, was it like reading with glasses but without glasses?

Very similar, and trying to explain to people that there is better vision than 20/20 has been fun at times.
Reading glasses. From a similar age. £10 or less and no risk of permanent eye damage.

 

[Box Brownie]

I have the same ..ie a pair for the computer and I actually measured the distance from my eyes to the screen so I got it right, and a pair of bifocals which I wear all the time. I'm long-sighted..like Cambsno.. told I had better than 20/20 vision...with my specs,though. There was a discussion on here about how good 20/20 vision actually is. Not ,as I thought, uncommon.

I'd be anxious about laser treatment when specs can sort the problem. The only instance when I would be comfortable with eye surgery is for cataract removal

A cataract is when the lens in the eye loses transparency and becomes cloudy.

The treatment is to remove the lens and replace it with a plastic lens.

and that,I think, is really just removing the 'film' across the eye and not interfering with vision.

Corneal surgery is to the outer covering (specifically AFAIK the area that covers the iris) on the eye....it can be damaged by physical impacts or some disease/infection processes and IIRC can only be truly corrected by corneal transplantation from deceased persons. NB I think that is one box to tick in the Organ Donation consent.

 

[andya700]

I had laser eye surgery back in Jan 2024 for cataracts in my left eye. My vision is now back to where it was 30 years ago. There is a colour temperature difference between the two eyes though, the left sees a cooler shade of colour.

 

[Nod]

A cataract is when the lens in the eye loses transparency and becomes cloudy.

The treatment is to remove the lens and replace it with a plastic lens.

Corneal surgery is to the outer covering (specifically AFAIK the area that covers the iris) on the eye....it can be damaged by physical impacts or some disease/infection processes and IIRC can only be truly corrected by corneal transplantation from deceased persons. NB I think that is one box to tick in the Organ Donation consent.

Mrs Nod's Mum had cataract and correction surgery a few (possibly 20 or so!) years ago (had to go private) and it was close to miraculous. She went from -10 or more in each eye to noy needing specs at all for about 10 years. Since she needed the super expensive Zeiss lenses in the specs, she saved the cost of the surgery fairly quickly (she kept losing or breaking her specs and scratching the lenses - gods might know how!). She's back to needing specs again now but only -1 or so so much cheaper! Unfortunately she now has to deal with macular degeneration in both eyes and no surgery can deal with that.

 

[nc_killie]

Laser eye correction, as stated above, is totally different from cataract surgery. Eye correction surgery used to be one of the procedures with the highest complaint rates but that may have changed. The rates used to be published by the dept of health, no idea if they still do. One of the biggest misconceptions is that this laser treatment is a permanent fix, it isn’t. You either have to get redone or wear glasses/ contacts as your eyes change.
Not for me, I will put with the hassle of glasses! Good luck with your decision.