Ophthalmologist here. When we speak about visual acuity we like to use the term BCVA (Best corrected visual acuity). It means that if the eye can achieve 20/20 (wearing glasses, contacts, etc) in a broad sense, the eye works fine. Now, the +8.0 is the power of the lens needed to see clearly, not the visual acuity itself. A + sign means you are hyperope (farsighted) and - sign means you're myope (nearshighted).
On the other side, if you look long enough, you'll find always a doctor wiling to go "one step further", willing to take your case. If many doctors turned you down, is because they know better and have seen enough complications in this particular scenario. The patients only hear what they want to hear. You're right; you will need reading AND distance glasses soon. And please, if that MD suggest another surgery, please don't!
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Ophthalmologist here. When we speak about visual acuity we like to use the term BCVA (Best corrected visual acuity). It means that if the eye can achieve 20/20 (wearing glasses, contacts, etc) in a broad sense, the eye works fine. Now, the +8.0 is the power of the lens needed to see clearly, not the visual acuity itself. A + sign means you are hyperope (farsighted) and - sign means you're myope (nearshighted). On the other side, if you look long enough, you'll find always a doctor wiling to go "one step further", willing to take your case. If many doctors turned you down, is because they know better and have seen enough complications in this particular scenario. The patients only hear what they want to hear. You're right; you will need reading AND distance glasses soon. And please, if that MD suggest another surgery, please don't!
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