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Old Oct 2nd 2010, 9:42 pm
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Originally Posted by traceym
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.
That's the problem... you have to stop taking them off or adjusting/fussing with them. Just wear them, and your nervous system will quickly figure out how to position your head to see what you're looking at. My wife kept taking them off, and never adapted.

Your DH is right... don't you hate that?
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Old Oct 2nd 2010, 9:45 pm
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Don't know if this post is of interest Pops.
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Old Oct 2nd 2010, 9:46 pm
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Originally Posted by Poppy girl
So I am now wearing a pair with double vision and going cross eyed.....new lenses should be here tomorrow fingers crossed.

Plus turns out I am allergic to flippen nickel hense the sore face
Try titanium frames.
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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!
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Originally Posted by Bill_S
Your DH is right... don't you hate that?
Trouble is I'm in the mood to stab someone and he's lying right next to me having an afternoon nap, maybe you shouldn't have reminded me!
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Old Oct 3rd 2010, 12:04 am
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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.
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Old Oct 3rd 2010, 12:17 am
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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.
Isn't it bizarre how our eyesight can change so drastically in such a short space of time.
I am at present getting by with my $1 store eye glasses plastic lol and its the best vision I have had for months.
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Originally Posted by carolinephillips
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!
Sounds like we are in the same predicament!!
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Originally Posted by Sally Redux
I have varifocals now, take a bit of getting used to but they're OK.
Originally Posted by Bill_S
Yep, progressive lenses FTW. I've been wearing them for several years. But some people (like Mrs Bill) can't adapt to them. She went with surgery + reading glasses.
Originally Posted by traceym
I've had my first glasses 3 weeks ago, they are those progressive lens jobbies but the top half is clear, I feel sick when I look up and down, and when I'm not falling over I'm walking like a duck billed platypus thats poo'd itself, I've given up already!
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.
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Old Oct 3rd 2010, 2:41 am
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Originally Posted by Steerpike
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.
Sort of like a modern day version of monocle great idea.
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Has anyone had their eyes lasered? I'm considering at some point in the future as my eyes are getting gradually worse.
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!
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I personally have not, but a few people I know did, and they love it. No one I know personally ever had any complications.

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Yet!!
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Originally Posted by Sally Redux
I have varifocals now, take a bit of getting used to but they're OK.
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
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Yet!!
That's the excuse my husband has...in other words I may go blind and he'll need to lead me around.
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Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
That's the excuse my husband has...in other words I may go blind and he'll need to lead me around.
Heavens forbid, but the long term repercussions do worry me!
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