@$^*# Progressive Lenses

ForestCreature · Feb 26, 2007, 05:03 PM

I'm entering week 3 (1 st time) with new Progressive Lenses .
So how long does it REALLY take to get used to the darned things?

I feel like I'm reading thru a small hole :eyecrazy:

dthurk · Feb 26, 2007, 05:21 PM

I love mine, had them for quite a few years now. I had cataract surgery early at age 36, and needed them after surgery. I've recently had the other eye done, so I'm finished with cataracts now. I hated progressives at first, took about 2 weeks to become somewhat neutral about them and probably adapted by the end of the first month. Sounds like you may be having problems with them. Talk to your optomotrist, make sure they are adjusted properly.

dthurk · Feb 26, 2007, 05:23 PM

Just had another thought...are you coming into progressives from bifocals or trifocals? I went directly from regular glasses to progressives. I understand that those who had bi's or tri's first have a more difficult time adapting to progressives.

Used 2B PopUPTimes · Feb 26, 2007, 05:26 PM

I had progressive lenses and couldn't find the right spot on the stupid things to look through. I couldn't walk down a flight of steps with my glasses on. What a waste of money!

I went to a lined bi-focal and life is better. The magnification is either on or off and not some place in between.

:eyecrazy:

ForestCreature · Feb 26, 2007, 05:40 PM

Quote from: dthurkJust had another thought...are you coming into progressives from bifocals or trifocals? I

This is my 1st experience with a multiple lens. My last pair was distance only and I used cheap dollar store readers. The glasses are made to specs, I talked to the Dr, he says if I cannot adjust to get the lined bi focals.

I can read, but the area that is readable thru the glasses is such a narrow window. The ability to no focus on a whole page is what is frustrating me so much. The rest is ok and I have adjusted to. No one warned me the reading area would be so small. To get a bigger reading area would mean a larger lens.. I'd look like Atom Ant with a larger lens!

I kind of resided to the fact they are great for reading price tags or nutritional info at the store. For a book or doing artwork, get out the dollar store specs!

Dave, I do take them off to walk down steps....and to back up the van, they play hell with the mirrors.

Camping Coxes · Feb 26, 2007, 05:40 PM

Quote from: PopUPTimesI had progressive lenses and couldn't find the right spot on the stupid things to look through. I couldn't walk down a flight of steps with my glasses on. What a waste of money!

I went to a lined bi-focal and life is better. The magnification is either on or off and not some place in between.

:eyecrazy:

Funny story -- DH went into bifocals well before he hit the big 4-0. They ordered wrong and he got the lined bifocal. He was having a hard time negotiating steps and curbs because of the line jump, not to mention the accompanying motion sickness.

We had a championship game for my co-ed softball team. DH has a bad back and didn't play anymore at that time, but loved to heckle me from the stands. We were short a player due to an injury during the game, so we stuck DH in right field, though in his prime he was an awesome player (1st and 2nd primary positions). We're up by one, two outs, and an easy pop-fly to right field. This is the last inning. I'm celebrating already knowing DH has this easy catch -- and I watched him lose it about 6 feet in the air and it dropped between his glove and him. He was humiliated, we lost the game, and he went back to the eye doctor to get the corrected lenses and was moaning and complaining. Funny now, not so funny when we ended up losing the game because the other team ended up going to to go up by one run following DH's error.

He prefers the progressive. Didn't get as motion sick. Never had an opportunity to see if he could catch better with them:p

GeneF · Feb 26, 2007, 06:05 PM

"I'm entering week 3 (1 st time) with new Progressive Lenses .
So how long does it REALLY take to get used to the darned things?"

Gee Marcy, now I know how old you are. This always seems to happen when we reach the big 40.

ForestCreature · Feb 26, 2007, 06:15 PM

Quote from: GeneFGee Marcy, now I know how old you are. This always seems to happen when we reach the big 40.

LOL Gene... I'm glad it waited a few years past the big 40, If I had to get used to them then, I may have never turned 41.

Used 2B PopUPTimes · Feb 26, 2007, 06:45 PM

Half the reason for buying full time glasses is after wearing drug store reading glasses for 12 years I could never remember where I put them. I have 5 pairs and couldn't find a pair when I needed them. Then I'd find 3 pairs in a coat pocket or the car consol. Now with full time glasses at least they stay on my head.
d.

AustinBoston · Feb 26, 2007, 07:46 PM

I started with no-line/progressives from simple glasses. I've been wearing glasses for over 35 years. It took some doing to convince the optometrist that I really did need something for close seeing. I just kept saying I was tired of having to look under my glasses to see things.

I liked the no-lines at first because they solved the problem of having to look under my glasses to see things close up (and I had always had to do that with just one eye because my eyes are so different).

But the more I used them, the less I liked them. Turning into a total bobblehead in order to find the one, tiny point of focus got more and more annoying.

After a year, I went back for something else. The optometrist yapped and yapped that "that's the way they are." I found a new optometrist, and three months ago I started wearing lined bifocals. I will never, ever go back. I have perhipheral vision again. I can move my eyes again. I still notoice the line, but I have learned to use that.

If you hate progressives, try the line. It's a mark of, um, well, a mark of something.

Austin

aw738 · Feb 26, 2007, 09:55 PM

I'm near sighted so I guess this leaves me out. Without my glasses I can't read a computer monitor unless I'm at least within 12". At an arms length without them I can't read anything, just blurry colors and shapes.

Camping Coxes · Feb 27, 2007, 01:10 PM

I just got back from the eye doctor, and I sit here with blurry, dilated eyes trying to read your posts!

Good news is that I'm "not quite ready for bifocals." Bad news is I'll have to have two pairs of glasses, one for reading and one for nighttime distance. But my reading prescription is much stronger, which I knew was going to happen based on mt struggles of late. But no bifocals yet, and I'm a tad over 40. (just a tad and I'm holding there!)

Kelly · Feb 27, 2007, 04:02 PM

Quote from: Camping CoxesGood news is that I'm "not quite ready for bifocals." Bad news is I'll have to have two pairs of glasses, one for reading and one for nighttime distance. But my reading prescription is much stronger, which I knew was going to happen based on mt struggles of late. But no bifocals yet, and I'm a tad over 40. (just a tad and I'm holding there!)

Hey! I could have written that. Last appointment the doc said that more than likely I would need bifocals at the next appointment ~ I'm putting that one off! LOL

(... and we're holding at about the same age ... how much is a tad? :p )

ForestCreature · Feb 27, 2007, 04:27 PM

Quote from: Camping CoxesBad news is I'll have to have two pairs of glasses, one for reading and one for nighttime distance. But my reading prescription is much stronger, which I knew was going to happen based on mt struggles of late. But no bifocals yet, and I'm a tad over 40. (just a tad and I'm holding there!)

BEWARE!! That's how it all starts. I started with 2 also...
Yeah...I'm a tad over 40 too.

tlhdoc · Feb 27, 2007, 07:59 PM

To read the inscription on the side of new dollar coins I had to take my glasses off. I think it is a sign of bifocals to come.

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@$^*# Progressive Lenses