Contact lenses/cataract surgery for pool

[Fatboy]

I have to wear contacts to play. Been doing that since 1985. I can’t play with glasses.

 

[Tennesseejoe]

I had cataracts and astigmatism in both eyes. But I shoot pool like a rifle, with one eye closed. I had flexible lens implants in both eyes. Depth perception is not a problem. My (right) shooting eye will adjust for seeing 3 feet to infinity. But I can read very good with just that eye. My left eye is for reading and close up, 6 inches to 2 feet. I can easily drive with just this eye. These flexible lens adjust similar my natural ones. $2,500 per eye and I think $1,000 was covered by Medicare for each eye. I do not wear glasses or even own a pair.

My sight is as good as when I was 20 and I am near 80. Night vision is back to as good as my youth. I had the surgery 8 or so years ago with no problems relating to this. Annual eye exams have found macular degeneration in my right eye which is being controlled with eye injections. These injection were every month and now it is longer than 6 months.

This was one of the best decisions of my life. If you would like to discuss this, just PM me.
'Tennessee Joe' Johann.

 

[fiftyyardline]

hi
about cataract surgery and the choice of the kind of implants , for pool i would strongly suggest you to avoid multifocal implants, and to choose mono implants. You'll need reading glasses but the result will be much better for pool.
(the vision quality with multifocal implants is actually a lighting-dependant compromise ...So, for pool players, best are mono implants . If you had low to medium myopia , to me -optometrist-, multifocal implants are a no-go if you want a good sight and global confort ).

About contact lenses & low stance, it depends of the contact lenses kind : with monofocal contact lenses -for myopia or hyperopia- , you'll be fine, no stance problems.
But if you need contact lenses for astigmatism and/or multifocal contact lenses, for some technical reasons , yes, you could have to modify your stance , it depends of the lenses , because the center of the lenses must remain +/- centered on the cornea and/or to respect a certain axis/orientation to reach a good vision .

They make contact lenses now that work well for astigmatism. I use monofocal contacts for pool. My left eye has a slight astigmatism. The contact lense for that eye has a small weighted perpendicular line near the outside edge. After inserting the contact and blinking once or twice , the contact rotates so the weighted edge is at the bottom. It works just fine and I can’t tell any difference between the two eyes.