Hi,

I am 38 yo and had cataract surgery two weeks ago to remove a
posterior subcapsular cataract in my right eye.  I've been myopic, in
the -3 or -4 range, most of my life and I've always worn glasses well.
I'm a bit puzzled by my surgeon's new prescription for progressive
glasses for me:

DISTANT:
RIGHT:     -.50    +1.00    95
LEFT:    -3.00    +.25    155

ADD FOR READING (SPHERICAL):
RIGHT:        +2.25
LEFT:        +2.25

What I can't figure out is why he added +2.25 for reading on the left
eye.  My left eye is fine, not operated on, and I can see well
close-up and distant with it.  Shouldn't I just continue to have a
single-vision lens in the left eye, with the progressive only in the
right?  Wouldn't adding +2.25 on the left make things very blurry for
reading?

In fact, I don't remember him measuring my reading vision in any way
after surgery, just the usual Snellen test on the wall.  Any ideas
where he's getting this +2.25 from, on the left or the right?

I will be seeing him in 2 more weeks for another followup, and I will
certainly ask for more info then.  In the meantime, I have the choice
of getting this prescription filled, or not.  The surgeon said that
the prescription is only "temporary", because my eye is still healing
and hasn't returned to 20/20 corrected yet.  Given the cost of
progressive lenses (I don't have insurance) I'm inclined to wait.

Finally, should I have my vision measured by someone other than the
surgeon?  I've read before that surgeons aren't the best eye
professionals to get prescriptions from, that optometrists do the job
better.  Any truth to this?

Thanks,
Jim