Ugh.
I've actually had these new glasses for over a month, but I stopped wearing them entirely within a few days...only it took me a month to get up the nerve to call the optician's to see if I could get some other arrangement going to allow me to see properly.
I kinda got a serious lecture out of it. :( And I sorta promised I'd wear them for a week without switching back to my old glasses to try and get used to them.
Which means I basically can't write now, because I can't read the computer screen. I mean, I can kind of read it, but I keep having to shift my head around up and down because the "sweet spot" moves every time I blink. And even when it's lined up right, it's still...it's hard to describe the problem, but do you know how it is when you're at the eye doctor and they're doing the "better 1 or better 2" thing and one of them is just off even though you can't quite pin down what's wrong with it? It's like that. Only it's what I've got. And just looking at the screen long enough to write this far has already made my eyes hurt a lot.
So although my writing had been doing a little bit okay, it's now about to drop off a freaking cliff until I can get these glasses sorted out.
I want smart glasses that change the prescription on the whole lens to suit the distance of what you're looking at, darn it! Or at least ones that have three settings which you can change at the touch of a button. It shouldn't be that hard to do, should it? (I'd settle for having my magnetic sunglasses' lenses replaced with reading or intermediate level lenses, too. That wouldn't be as easy, but it would work better than this catastrophe!)
Anyway, due to the stupid glasses thing, I'm posting this about six hours early. Sorry. I don't want to have to deal with this again so soon.
Sorry about your glasses. As a progress bifocal (or are they tri-?), I can relate. Fortunately, I don't yet need them to read. I supposed glasses just for working at the computer are in my future. Our profession is hard on the eyes, eh? Hope your situation works out soon.
ReplyDeleteMy husband went through the same thing. After a month of trying progressives for the computer, he wound up getting two pairs. The progressive pair for everyday tasks away from the computer, driving, walking, etc., and a single vision set for the computer. He’s on the computer all day, and, if you think about it, progressives don’t help much if your staring at something the same distance all day long.
ReplyDeleteMy husband went through the same thing. After a month of trying progressives for the computer, he wound up getting two pairs. The progressive pair for everyday tasks away from the computer, driving, walking, etc., and a single vision set for the computer. He’s on the computer all day, and, if you think about it, progressives don’t help much if your staring at something the same distance all day long.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like such a nightmare. I got used to my progressives but I still refuse to walk around wearing them because it makes me dizzy. As a result I keep taking them off, dropping them (they're scratched now) and smudging them. It is a nightmare. But I do like to be able to watch TV and actually see everything. The reading glasses don't cut it.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the bifocals ... I wear trifocals with near/middle/far vision and it did take about a week to get used to using them. I still have to move my head a bit when I want to read something at a distance though ...
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