How bad is astigmatism ?

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[George from New England]

I have pending cataract surgery in a days time. Being told to pay an extra $1000 for a toric lense to correct 1.19 astigmatism. No insurance or benefit will cover as this can be accomplished with normal glasses.

I don't think I will tell the difference, because when we use $1 readers and I have done so for 20 years, there is no astigmatism correction present. My eye exams going back years show me at a 1.00 astig. level for years and years.

So why bother at this level 1.19 of concern ?

Any freepers please comment. Really want to opt for the standard IOL lense.

The rest of my story is good eye is 20/20 and my distance one. Mono-vision approach has me looking for +2.0D correction in the cataracted eye. Shooting for near/intermediate distance of 15"

[George from New England]

“The value in the additional dollars is to increase the depth of field.”

My lens implant ID card says -—

Abbott Model: ZCT150
Diopter:+22.0D SE 1.50D CYL
SN: 804765——

Do you know if this one is the better lens ?
It is supposed to be a toric IOL.

[daniel1212]

Blurred vision does not help spelling errors.

And i make plenty with arthritic fingers. You have my sympathy.

[GailA]

I not only have OA in my hands, but thumb surgery left me with a frozen thumb and a damaged Index finger on my dominate hand. I can’t even sew on a button now. And I CCW. I can’t cock my revolver, much less pull the trigger. A year of home and professional therapy has not returned enough use to my fingers, and may never. Cooking has been a lot of sandwiches for the last year. And trying to learn to use my left hand more.