Eye exam

Finally got myself to docs to check eyes. All's good, other than I need specs. Okay. I pretty much suspected that. No news to me.

Left eye is far weaker than right. I knew that already. Again, no surprise there.
He prescribes to me contacs, which is by preference, however, sets me up with a procedure which is called "Mono Vision". Anyone hear of this, let alone use it?

It's a procedure that allows the dominant eye the prescription for distance, and the weaker eye a prescription for close vision.
Now, I always thought that that was what bi-focal contacs were for, which is what I had suggested. But doc tells me this "mono" procedure has proven to work out quite well.

Seems to me that, the weaker eye will try to compensate to the stronger, thus resulting in headaches...doc assures me not the case.
I got the contacs today. Guess I'll have to just wait this out and see for self.

I was just wondering if anyone has tried this "mono" procedure and if it's worked for them.

Shangrala

I have not tried the mono procedure but thank you for the post. I need to have my eyes checked and your post puts a whole new light on the situation.

Good luck with the view.

Hi Mary,

Most people do NOT have trouble wearing multi-focal lenses this way. The stronger eye works fine for distance (or your primary correction) and the weaker eye takes care of the reading correction.

I wore mono vision contacts for over a year and seemed to have trouble with them. Now note the reason why:

Turns out that in bright light, my pupils close to tiny, tiny dots. Therefore, I was not getting very good benefit from either lense. So, what we ended up doing instead with me was, she gave me a lense that had the same script in both eyes, a multi-focal lense that has two strengths which enables me to see at distance to drive, still work fairly close up like with a computer screen, but for reading and really close-up stuff, I still have to wear readers.

The mono vision method will take you about a week or so to get used to. That's on top of learning to wear contacts if you haven't worn them before. If you haven't worn contacts before, try not to over extend your wearing schedule. I would also make another suggestion. I (and you) live in extremely dry climates. I wear a product called ProClear Multifocal by Coopervision. They are not the cheapest but they are very high in water content. They are very good in dry climates. Just a suggestion. I've had two optometrists suggest them. If money is an issue, there are a lot of cheaper ones.

Hope this helps.

Thanks Vickie~

Yeps, definitely dry climate for me, as well.

Have had years of experience with contacs, so I am aware of what a drag over-dry lenses can prove to be. The more comfy, the better. Have a follow up appt next week, and I'll suggest the ProClear to my doc, as I could use all the help I can get. My primary concern is distance, for driving....especially for my licence test, but I do want to have something that will work for me in the long run.

I know it's still early yet, and I need to give the mono a try still, but my close up vision isn't as good as I thought the mono would provide me. Will know for certain by next week.
I like the sound of the bifocals...but we'll see.

Thanks for your help, Vickie.

Shangrala

I just re-read my post and wanted to make sure that you understood that I meant that most people have no trouble with the "Mono Vision" setup after they get used to it. After I read it again, some of it sounded really confusing. It does take some getting used to, tho.

Understood you the first time. You made perfect sense to me. All's good.
Thanks again, Vickie.