Cataracts and shooting...

[Mr.Cip]

I'm 67, my doctor just told me few days ago that I need cataract surgery. I have choices on what type of implant to get; nearsighted, farsighted or a combination of one in each eye.
Anyone have experience with this and what did you choose?
I shoot right handed, but I'm left eye dominant.


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[dieselpower]

I'm sorry for you. I am far sighted at best and that is only after 24 inches. A RDS is only clear to me with the focusing factor of a co-witnessed BUIS. Without that BUIS "tuning" the retina the dot is a star, which is fine for most applications of the weapon.

I now (and have for some time) prefer 1-4X?? scopes. This allows better focusing and counteracts to a good degree my sight problems.

I am forced to wear glasses for any task which involves focusing closely on the item, even common day to day stuff like reading or assembling something.

Good luck.

[highpower790]

Make a decision that best suits your interest in shooting sports.
As a rifle shooter that is going through a vision change,I am switching to a optic sighted service rifle.

[P5Ret]

I didn't have a choice when I had mine done at 44. I can tell you that I went without glasses for 10 years afterwards though. As far as your choice I'd rather see clearly closer to be able to focus on the front sight better.

[dieselpower]

I didn't have a choice when I had mine done at 44. I can tell you that I went without glasses for 10 years afterwards though. As far as your choice I'd rather see clearly closer to be able to focus on the front sight better.

if I had a choice, Id go near sighted as well, life sucks when you cant see stuff close up.

[Garv]

I tried contacts one each far and near and could not stand them FWIW.

My right (non-dominant eye) is corrected from a cataract to be near-sighted, but I can see well enough for normal activity at distance.

I suggest correcting your eyes to what best suits you in your overall life and obtain glasses as needed for shooting.

My shooting eye will be needing cataract surgery in the next few years, starting to get fuzzy.

Good luck

[Royal_Cake]

I had the surgery only in my left eye (non dominant), and he selected it such that I would need to wear glasses for up close work, with the thought that it's less of an inconvenience than wearing them all the time.
It interesting he said you can do one of each - I'd be curious to see how that works, like does your brain choose the best focus or do you close one eye?
I guess my only suggestion would be to pose the same question to your doc and see what he suggests.

[smoothy8500]

Shooting is waaay less than 1% of your time right? Get your lens choice based on everyday use. For shooting I use corrective safety glasses with the prescription in my right eye based on what works best for front sight focus. Left eye has standard prescription.

[russ69]

I'm right handed and left dominant also. If it was me, I'd go near sighted in my dominant eye and use a red dot sight. Seeing a sharply focused target is very overrated. In fact I shoot the same scores with and without my glasses. Without my glasses the target is just a fuzzy grey ball.

[drdanno84]

INTRA OCULAR LENSES

There are intra ocular lenses that can focus far and near, several companies such as allergan and alcon (Restor Lens) make these "premium " lenses. Insurance companies usually don't cover the added cost of these lenses, about $1500.00 extra per eye. My patients who choose these lenses experience excellent far and near vision. Read this article:

http://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/iols.htm

[Mr.Cip]

There are intra ocular lenses that can focus far and near, several companies such as allergan and alcon (Restor Lens) make these "premium " lenses. Insurance companies usually don't cover the added cost of these lenses, about $1500.00 extra per eye. My patients who choose these lenses experience excellent far and near vision. Read this article:

http://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/iols.htm

Thank you for the information. I wouldn't mind spending more money for better results.
I also have double vision which is caused, according to my doctor, by fourth nerve palsy. It is being corrected by prisms in my glasses.


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[Mr.Cip]

My left eye surgery was last week and it went well. My right eye is scheduled for Monday.
I picked up my new SP-01 yesterday. But I probably won't be able to shoot until the end of March. I have to wait a month after my last surgery before I can get corrective lens.


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[Jimi Jah]

Wife went with normal vision in both eyes. They make devices called reading glasses for close up stuff.

[mikeyr]

I tried left-far, right-near contacts and I hated them, didn't work for me at all. But my wife loves them, her brain got used to it almost instantly and she is able to read and see things far away. Me ? I was constantly closing one eye depending on what I needed to do. I now wear multi-focal lenses in both eyes and they are a compromise but I like them. Of course I am talking contacts not in the eye after cataracts contacts but I assume the end result is the same.