Bruce,

I know you may not have the option, but is it possible to ask the doctor to do the contact 
simulation again?

Remember the old adage: twice, cut once!

Britt

On 2/7/17 3:39 PM, Bruce Bartrug wrote:
>
> A week ago I had the cataract in my right eye replaced.  The resultant focus point for that eye is 
> 10.5 inches distant from the eye.  Yes, I wanted it that close.
>
> The lens in my left eye is due to be replaced next Tuesday, and in deciding what focus point the 
> ophthalmologist let me try various contact lenses to give me the effect of different  lens 
> implants.  I chose one with a focus point of about 15 inches.  The reasoning I used was that this 
> would give me a broader depth of field, say from 9 to 18 inches or so which would seem to helpful 
> not only for middle distances but also for doing artwork.
>
> However.  My left eye, which is my dominant eye, currently has a natural focus point of 7 inches 
> in front of that eye.  Now you know why I wanted the focus point so close.....I may be extremely 
> near-sighted, but it has a range of usefulness that I'm accustomed to.  However, again.  I'm 
> currently having trouble reading with one eye at 7 inches and the other at 10.5 inches, and I'm 
> wondering if I should just have both eyes be the same, or maybe an inch or two longer in the left 
> eye.  I don't want to make a mistake and have headaches.
>
> It's could be that the distance between the two eyes (3 inches) would be more significant at 8 to 
> 10 inches distance, than would be the case between 10.5 and 15, as one gets more depth of field 
> when one is farther from the focus point.  But I'm wondering, and do NOT want to make a mistake.  
> It can't be undone.
>
> Suggestions and personal experiences welcome.  I need to decide in the next couple days.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> BAB

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