Eyeglasses and progressive lenses - input needed

CMikeB · Nov 14, 2023

NewImprovedRon said: ↑

Progressive lenses do take some time to get used to them. You will adapt in time but it is not without some effort. As we age, the eye muscles get less flexible to adjust to things up close. I was one of the last people on the face of the earth to get RK surgery. It fixed my distance vision until my eye muscles couldn't adjust any more. Then it was contact lenses and reading glasses. Had cataract surgery a few years ago and now I am still with reading glasses. Growing older is not for the weak of heart. Hang tough! You can adapt to what Mother Nature throws at you.
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Ha! There's that magic word again....EFFORT!

Retired...finally · Nov 14, 2023

1lowlife[OP] said: ↑

Thanks guys, I wore them almost all day today.
It was mostly cloudy but the sun came out a couple hours and I had to put my sunglasses on.

I did better, no nausea but still had an off feeling.
I think it will wean away in time.
Getting familiar with how to move my head and what angle I need to see a particular thing (dash, mounted cell phone running WAZE, looking out the windshield).
How to move my face and point my nose at what I want to look at.
I'm learning even stuff at a distance needs to be centered in the lens.

Distance vision is sharp up to 150 to 200 feet, but gets a little worse beyond that.
Even further distances are better with the glasses, but not as sharp as closer things.
I'm wondering if I'm expecting too much from the glasses.
As someone who never wore them, perhaps I'm expecting perfect vision.

I'm going to run by the eye doctor one morning this week and talk to them about it.
Either make sure I have the right prescription or to see and understand what I should be getting out of the glasses..

I think they are going to work out.
I like not having to put readers on every time I look at my phone when I'm not driving.
I'd like not needing readers to read a menu if the wife and I go to a restaurant.
I think this will all become second nature after a while.

If I can get these to work, I'll probably get a pair of prescription sunglasses.
Just not sure if I should make those single lenses or progressive.
Insurance only pays for ONE pair every 2 years, the sunglasses are on me...
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Spend a few minutes looking around on Zenni Optical. I think my nolines were about 60 bucks.

bfunke · Nov 14, 2023

Also check out eyebuydirect.com. Wife gets hers from there.

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