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 Monovision is bad for me.., skoalman - Boston, MA, 6/15/2005
  answer, William B. Trattler, MD Miami, FL 6/15/2005, (#1)
 No enhancement..., skoalman - Boston, MA, 6/21/2005, (#4)
you really hate monovision, ace - wpb, FL, 6/15/2005, (#2)
Response, Glenn - Sacramento, CA, 6/15/2005, (#3)
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"Monovision is bad for me.."
Posted by skoalman - Boston, MA on 09:49:57 6/15/2005
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I had "Custom Cornea" LASIK about a month ago. I wound up with monovision, even though that's not what the surgeon intended. Monovision is hell. I always feel off balance and I can't see at night well enough to drive (no problems with haloes, just everything out of focus!)... My left eye is 20/20, and my right is 20/40. And now my surgeon won't do an enhancement because all he guaranteed was 20/40 or better. DON'T DO MONOVISION...YOU WILL REGRET IT!
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1. "answer"
Posted by William B. Trattler, MD on 10:02:53 6/15/2005
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Monovision is not for everyone. That is why I always have my patients demo monovision with contacts first. If they like it - then we proceed with monovision LASIK (for those over age 40 or so). With this plan - we can identify the 15-20% of people who do not like monovision before they have surgery.
Since you are having problems - you can talk with your doctor about an enhancement.
Bill Trattler, MD
Miami, FL
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4. "No enhancement..."
Posted by skoalman - Boston, MA on 17:58:32 6/21/2005
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>Monovision is not for everyone. That is
>why I always have my patients
>demo monovision with contacts first.
>If they like it - then
>we proceed with monovision LASIK (for
>those over age 40 or so).
> With this plan -
>we can identify the 15-20% of
>people who do not like monovision
>before they have surgery.
>Since you are having problems -
>you can talk with your doctor
>about an enhancement.
>Bill Trattler, MDMiami, FL
My doctor WILL NOT do an enhancement because all he guaranteed was 20/40 or better. I don't see why I should have to pay again -- who knows what he'll screw up next!
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2. "you really hate monovision"
Posted by ace - wpb, FL on 12:09:32 6/15/2005
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most people can tolerate a small difference, some a large difference like my mom and her contacts with -5 in one eye, -7.5 in the other. Your difference is about one diopter. If you really want an enhancement, youd need to wait 3 months anyway because vision can still fluctuate. Maybe youll get used to monovision then and its a good thing if you dont want reading glasses. Im not a doctor by the way but have experience
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3. "Response"
Posted by Glenn - Sacramento, CA on 16:06:14 6/15/2005
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Monovision itself may not be the real problem. It may be that the undercorrected eye is your dominant eye. For monovision to work best, the undercorrected eye should be the nondominant eye. For more details about monovision, visit http://www.usaeyes.org/faq/subjects/monovision.htm
Although there is some minor adjustment, wavefront-guided ablations are suppose to correct 100% of refractive error. Well, that is the target anyway. Did you regress after surgery? Were you overcorrected? The Snellen 20/Whatever does not provide the informaiton that would be most helpful. Do you happen to have your current prescription?
If you would like, feel free to contact me directly. Perhaps together we could determine if it would be in your and your doctor's best interest that your doctor provide the enhancement you apparently need.
Glenn Hagele
http://www.USAEyes.org
I am not a doctor.
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