JFSinIL Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 and, looking through the top half (distance) you move your head from side to side wile looking straight ahead - all is well. If, looking through the bottom third (reading), you do the same - all is well. HOWEVER - look through the bit where the progressive lens shifts from distance to reading while turning your head from side-to side and you can get SEA SICK!!! WHOA! What a TRIP!!! :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Try Trifocals! :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 If you wear trifocals, and they slip only oh-so-slightly on your nose while driving, you will lose all sense of balance, depth perception and sight. And when you tear them off in an attempt to prevent a wreck, your eyes will be unable to re-focus and you will remain momentarily blind, even after replacing your old, trusty glasses...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in Orlando Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 You people are giving me NO hope. I'm wildly nearsighted and no need for bifocals yet, but I know it's coming. Tell me something good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 If you can hold out until age 50 for lasik, you won't need further revision later on. But you may experience night blindness...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cin Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 This is the reason (well, that and the $$$) that I have the old fashioned lined bifocals. And honestly, I LOVE them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 The good news is that if you have bifocals you can take them off to read. All you have to do is make sure you don't sit on them or put them where the dog can get them. I know this from experience. You people are giving me NO hope. I'm wildly nearsighted and no need for bifocals yet, but I know it's coming. Tell me something good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in Orlando Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 The good news is that if you have bifocals you can take them off to read. All you have to do is make sure you don't sit on them or put them where the dog can get them. I know this from experience. :lol: OK I'm going to work with this! Thanks RC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In The Great White North Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Do you notice the line? Does it bother you? Were you nearsighted before? I got bifocals a year or two ago and the dr talked me into the progressive ones. I hate them. It seems like there is one tiny spot that focusses and everything else must be "progressing." Nothing is ever quite in focus. The dr (who had lines in his trifocals!) said my eyes would adjust to them if I started with progressive but it doesn't really seem like they have. That and the fact that they are about 1/3 the size of my last glasses (from a LONG time ago:001_smile:) make them really irritating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 The entire top 2/3 (or ever how much you want on top) is distance, and the entire bottom 1/3 is reading. The line is all the way across and it is easy to get accustomed to. THere's no need to turn your head, just move your eyes. Makes all the difference if you sing in a choir! Beware, though: EVERY SINGLE optician will do his best to talk a woman out of these. EVERY SINGLE one! Stand fast if you want to try them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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