eye glasses

[leslieannshelton]

Hi, I hate to wear glasses but I am 61 and my eyes are getting worse.  I wear glasses for reading and seeing far, but in the middle range I am always taking my glasses off to talk to people.  When I go to the grocery store I put them on and take them off to read the lables but I cant see as well when they are on at semi close range.  Am I a candidate for lazer surgery or is there another way to deal with this other than glasses?  thank you

[Sandra M Brown, MD]

You are complaining about your intermediate range vision.  The 'old' method of handling this was with a trifocal.  The 'new' way is with a progressive lens which gives you distance, intermediate, and near vision.  I am not impressed with the vision quality achieved with multifocal contact lenses but you can try them.  You may be a little old to go into monovision for the first time.  I can tell you that you will NOT be best served with laser surgery.

[JodieJ]

There are a couple of ways.  You could try monovision with contact lenses.  You could also try multifocal contacts.  Talk to your eye care provider.