Aging Eyes!

[popper]

Just got the lens replaced Jan. Big difference. Lots of out of pocket but well worth it. Cataract is cloudy lens that dims light (and can cause fuzzyness/star dispersion when looking at street lights, etc). Astigmatism (yea,had them and got cornea scraped couple years ago that helped). Astig can be lens(most often) and cornea. Both get worse with time and DON'T get CURED! Multivision lenses haven't worked well for anyone I've talked to. Get far and use readers. Got lots of 'friends' as doc calls them, just cells that float and do no harm but can be caused by other problems.
For shooting, I still see fuzzy pistol sights but scope works fine. Tried the aperature few years back thought at first it did good but trying a few times, fuzzy again (eye adapts). It is essentially a pinhole lens , helps sometimes but no magnification, just limits diffusion aberations. Last test(July) 20/25 - I'll take that.

 

[freebullet]

I researched very thoroughly the multifocal iol's. A shocking number of folks later have them removed. 1 in 3 people have trouble with them. The removal process is really risky. They have little flanges/wings on the iol. If they don't grow in to your eye right it can, never be in focus, be variable focus from side to side instead of up & down like it should be, be crooked, cause pain, or only work at one distance you can't control.

I seriously considered them as my cataracts came on in my mid 30's due to medication side effect. Went from seeing like an eagle to nearly blind in less than 1 year. I would not personally do the multifocal iol's. It's neat idea, not proven out with better than 50% odds yet.

Went with mono vision. One eye set to focus at arms length & one for distance. It has worked out well. Don't need any glasses most of the time. Really close detailed work gets readers.

Still really struggle with open sights. Handgun fine to 20yd, past there sure but not for accuracy/ groups.

Loosing the ability to change focal point is not pleasant but it sure beats going blind.

 

[Rick]

Loosing the ability to change focal point is not pleasant but it sure beats going blind.

Exactly!

I wouldn't change having had it done for anything. It was for me a real life changer/saver. Sure did take the fun out of shooting though.

 

[Outpost75]

I went with mono-focal lenses, optimized for distance in the left eye, and with intermediate distance focus in the right.
Has worked VERY well for me.