new glasses
I got new glasses Thursday.
This time they put me in bi-focals. They are those kind of bi-focals with no lines, that just gradually change from distance-focus to near-focus.
It is weird. Anytime I look at something I have no idea whether it will be in focus or not. Usually it’s not. Then I just move my head around in a little clockwise motion until things pop into focus. A bit like adjusting a camera.
Right after I picked them up I walked down the street to the bookstore. The way everything was swimming around, I thought I was going to be sick.
They tell me I will get used to it. They say most people “adjust.” But if I don’t “adjust” I can get them re-ground into regular lenses for no extra charge. If I had to choose right now that is probably what I would do.
November 11th, 2007 @ 10:30 am
Give it a week or two. You will adjust, and you’ll find that it’s nice to see the road ahead AND your dashboard with the same level of clarity.
November 11th, 2007 @ 1:51 pm
You’ll adjust. I’ve had mine for several years now. The first two weeks were a bit rough, but then your mind figures it out, or something, and you’ll never go back.
November 11th, 2007 @ 6:57 pm
It will get better, Bill! I was also seasick after switching to blended lenses a few years ago. The nausea went away, but single vision lenses come in handy for some situations, like movie screens - you can’t keep the whole screen in focus otherwise.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
November 11th, 2007 @ 11:08 pm
I had those and after a couple of days I took them back and said just give me regular glasses. They made me feel very sick. Also, most of my close work is not looking down (like at a book or papers on a desk) but looking straight ahead at my computer screen.
At the time, I only needed reading glasses for very close work. Now however my eyesight at mid-distances is also deteriorating. I’m sure I will need bifocals the next time, but I will probably just get two sets of glasses.
November 12th, 2007 @ 7:01 am
I got used to mine after a month or so. I also have prescription sunglasses that are the wraparound type. I have more fish bowl experiences with those than I ever did with my progressives.
November 14th, 2007 @ 9:03 pm
I love my no liners. However, next time I am additionally getting mid range glasses for computer work. I hate to admit it, but sometimes I hold my head a certain way to see the computer screen so long that I get a stiff neck.
November 18th, 2007 @ 2:05 am
I feel your pain. I was warned about the no-line bifocals so chose the ones with the lines and I couldn’t even get used to them. Something about having to “adjust” to them goes against the grain. I went back to using two pairs of glasses, one strength for the computer and a stronger one for reading. Whatever works!
November 21st, 2007 @ 8:32 am
The first pair of these that they made for me didn’t work at all. I thought it was me, but it was actually the glasses… the lenses were too small for it to work with my prescription! When I went back, after a week of being dizzy, the technician I saw realized what was going on and offered to let me try it with a bigger pair of glasses. So I did, and they worked great right from the start. No “getting used to it” phase at all.