What is Mono-Vision?

In just 10 more days, I'll be getting my vision correction surgury at Millennium Laser Eye Centers in Fort Lauderdale.  Since I'm 43 years old, they presented me with an option that younger folks don't get.  They asked me if I wanted mono-vision. 

So what is Monovision?  That's where they correct your dominant eye for distance and they make the other eye nearsighted.  Therefore, your two eyes do not match.  One is used for distance and the other for close up vision such as reading.  Now, you might think this would lead to headaches and difficulties adjusting.  However, I was assured that my brain would adjust easily to the disparity.

To help me make my decision, they fitted me with a set of glasses to simulate the mono vision.  Frankly, it looked a bit weird to me so they modified it to be less severe.  They called that mini monovision.  So if mono-vision fixes the non-dominant eye to 20-40, this mini mono-vision corrects the eye to 20-30 instead. 

I liked the mini mono-vision much better.  It felt better to me and I was easily able to read both far and near. 

So why do this at all?  Well, as we age, we tend to get presbyopia which is a fancy term for "needs reading glasses."  By making one eye nearsighted, it compensates a bit for the persbyopia, thereby delaying the need for reading glasses in the future.

So I'm going to try it.  If I end up hating it, they can always adjust it later with more surgery.  I'll let you know how it goes.