Originally Posted by
timshufflin
Good for you Canes7! I did this about 3 years ago and at the time my close vision was just starting to go. My doctor warned me that after the surgery, if I did both eyes, that I would lose my close vision but that I'd have great far vision. My buddy was able to do one eye for close and one eye for far, he's had great results with the mono option but I tried that with contacts and my brain would make it work.
I now have hunters eyes. Everything out far is crystal clear at 20/15 in left eye and 20/20 in right eye. I do find that I need more light to see good but I was warned about this up front. I have no halo affect, which some get, and I have MUCH less dry eye than I did with contact lenses. I had to make a move because my contacts were starting to give me infections. I was getting real problems with red eyes, almost like I was allergic to the contacts. It looked like I was on the hippy lettuce all the time. I now need +1.25 lenses to read but I could care less. Everybody loses their close vision on or around the age of 47 anyways so I'd have to get reading glasses at some point.
Stu had this done and regrets it all the time. He had good close vision before his surgery and his far vision was not the dramatic fix mine was.
If you know and accept the pros and cons before you do this, I believe that most everybody will be happy with the outcome.
