Will i ever get used to mono vision lasik surgery?Etha
I had lasik eye surgery about 3 wks ago, I still am not adjusting to it very well, especially at night while driving. I feel I am a hazard on the road! Can anyone give me some hope that I will eventually get used to it? Let me know of your experiences with this problem.
Valorie
To adjust to monovision LASIK, some people take 3 weeks up to about 6 weeks. It all varies from person to person. At the LASIK center I work at, we recommend doing a contact lens trial of monovision (for at least 3 weeks) prior to doing the surgery to see if it is something patient's can adjust to. As for your driving, DMV requires at least 20/40 vision or better in one eye to drive without any corrective lenses. Some patients who do monovision, may need or want a pair of glasses for driving - to help for full distance - one lens would be plano and the other to compensate the reading eye for full distance. If you don't get use to it (experiencing headaches, dizziness) you can always have it adjusted to full distance, but you would need readers for anything within about arm's length. Dr's usually prefer to wait 3 months from the original surgery to do anything to the eye again and depending on where you went, there may be a charge to do that.
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