Well things are bad and I have submitted to...
#106
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Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 4,059
Re: Well things are bad and I have submitted to...
Aha, thats easy, glasses make people look sooooooooo intelligent (matters not whats going on inside, speaking personally of course )
Seriously, DH says after a few weeks it does get easier, I'm sure you'll do much better than me, I just keep taking them off rather than persevering. let me know how you get on.
Seriously, DH says after a few weeks it does get easier, I'm sure you'll do much better than me, I just keep taking them off rather than persevering. let me know how you get on.
Your DH is right... don't you hate that?
#109
Re: Bifocal Contact Lens
I had probs with using soft lenses- could get the left one out but not the right, so I stuck with the hard ones, though got gas permeables as the technology improved (lens wearer for 33 years). I have the mono adjustment, but need reading glasses for computer and small text books/maps- +1.50.
My problem is that my brain only uses the info from the left eye, so I have very poor binocular vision. If my right eye is corrected to normal sight I feel really sick and dizzy- I can't wear glasses at all for normal looking around stuff as everything is distorted and I get vertigo! And even though I persisted for a month it got no better. Can't have lasik as I'm too myopic, and now am starting to get cataracts and macular changes.
Dangit!
My problem is that my brain only uses the info from the left eye, so I have very poor binocular vision. If my right eye is corrected to normal sight I feel really sick and dizzy- I can't wear glasses at all for normal looking around stuff as everything is distorted and I get vertigo! And even though I persisted for a month it got no better. Can't have lasik as I'm too myopic, and now am starting to get cataracts and macular changes.
Dangit!
#111
Auntie Fa
Joined: Nov 2006
Location: Seattle
Posts: 7,344
Re: Bifocal Contact Lens
Thanks for this thread, Poppy. I've been reading up on this lately as I've had mild reading glasses for a year now but, when I went for the medical for my PR app, it turned out one of my eyes has gone the other way. I'm astonished how much my eyesight has deteriorated in the year and it now needs addressing.
I'm 15 years post-PRK (predecessor to Lasik) and always knew this day might come. I hate my reading specs, never been comfortable in glasses but wore my cornea away (according to a previous optician) with years of hard and GP lenses.
From my reading I don't think they'll do monovision surgery on post-op eyes, so going to ask about lenses when I go for a check up in a couple of weeks.
I'm 15 years post-PRK (predecessor to Lasik) and always knew this day might come. I hate my reading specs, never been comfortable in glasses but wore my cornea away (according to a previous optician) with years of hard and GP lenses.
From my reading I don't think they'll do monovision surgery on post-op eyes, so going to ask about lenses when I go for a check up in a couple of weeks.
#112
Re: Bifocal Contact Lens
Thanks for this thread, Poppy. I've been reading up on this lately as I've had mild reading glasses for a year now but, when I went for the medical for my PR app, it turned out one of my eyes has gone the other way. I'm astonished how much my eyesight has deteriorated in the year and it now needs addressing.
I'm 15 years post-PRK (predecessor to Lasik) and always knew this day might come. I hate my reading specs, never been comfortable in glasses but wore my cornea away (according to a previous optician) with years of hard and GP lenses.
From my reading I don't think they'll do monovision surgery on post-op eyes, so going to ask about lenses when I go for a check up in a couple of weeks.
I'm 15 years post-PRK (predecessor to Lasik) and always knew this day might come. I hate my reading specs, never been comfortable in glasses but wore my cornea away (according to a previous optician) with years of hard and GP lenses.
From my reading I don't think they'll do monovision surgery on post-op eyes, so going to ask about lenses when I go for a check up in a couple of weeks.
I am at present getting by with my $1 store eye glasses plastic lol and its the best vision I have had for months.
#113
Re: Bifocal Contact Lens
I had probs with using soft lenses- could get the left one out but not the right, so I stuck with the hard ones, though got gas permeables as the technology improved (lens wearer for 33 years). I have the mono adjustment, but need reading glasses for computer and small text books/maps- +1.50.
My problem is that my brain only uses the info from the left eye, so I have very poor binocular vision. If my right eye is corrected to normal sight I feel really sick and dizzy- I can't wear glasses at all for normal looking around stuff as everything is distorted and I get vertigo! And even though I persisted for a month it got no better. Can't have lasik as I'm too myopic, and now am starting to get cataracts and macular changes.
Dangit!
My problem is that my brain only uses the info from the left eye, so I have very poor binocular vision. If my right eye is corrected to normal sight I feel really sick and dizzy- I can't wear glasses at all for normal looking around stuff as everything is distorted and I get vertigo! And even though I persisted for a month it got no better. Can't have lasik as I'm too myopic, and now am starting to get cataracts and macular changes.
Dangit!
#114
Re: Well things are bad and I have submitted to...
I'm going to try plain old bi-focals again, I think. I tried once already, but they were not available in high-density materials so they were too heavy for me.
In the meantime, I wear normal single vision lenses, and pull out these awsome jobbies when I need to read a credit card bill or whatever. I've been using them for 5 years or more and love them. I use reading glasses when I want to read a book, etc.
#115
Re: Well things are bad and I have submitted to...
I've tried varifocals three times (different opticians) and given up each time after several months. I get terrible headaches due to them (never get headaches otherwise). Having to keep the head perfectly aligned, and moving the head while reading a book is just weird.
I'm going to try plain old bi-focals again, I think. I tried once already, but they were not available in high-density materials so they were too heavy for me.
In the meantime, I wear normal single vision lenses, and pull out these awsome jobbies when I need to read a credit card bill or whatever. I've been using them for 5 years or more and love them. I use reading glasses when I want to read a book, etc.
I'm going to try plain old bi-focals again, I think. I tried once already, but they were not available in high-density materials so they were too heavy for me.
In the meantime, I wear normal single vision lenses, and pull out these awsome jobbies when I need to read a credit card bill or whatever. I've been using them for 5 years or more and love them. I use reading glasses when I want to read a book, etc.
#116
Re: Well things are bad and I have submitted to...
My brother in law did a few years ago. He had to stop driving at night because the "starring" was so bad. Visited him last weekend and he was wearing glasses again because his eyesight has deteriorated further, and he also now needs reading glasses. Every time I think about doing it, one quick visit to him puts me off!
#118
Re: Well things are bad and I have submitted to...
Yeah I got varifocals a few years back too. The first set took about a week to get used to, but were fine after that. When I got my second pair, I needed a stronger reading prescription, so they gave me the latest super duper fancy lenses, and I struggled big time with them. After about 2 months the optician agreed to give me back the old brand of lens (with the new prescription!) but in a larger frame so the graduation was spread out over a larger distance. Works fine apart from when I am reading in the smallest room - then they need to come off and go on the floor so I can focus