-> Monovision is another alternative.  One eye is used for far away vision and  
-> other for close up.  This can be accomplished with contact lenses or surgery 
-> I have a co-worker who is in her seventies and has never had to have any typ 
-> of vision correction.  She's far sighted in one of her eyes and near sighted 
-> the other. 
  
Before my adventure with sudden-onset glaucoma, I had my sight 
corrected that way, using contacts. The problem, though, is that 
neither eye can see clearly at middle-distances. Also, I found that if 
I read for a long time, the "distance" eye would feel strained because 
it was trying to accommodate to close-up. 
  
                            dow 
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