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Originally Posted by cromag
BTW, I should mention that I got a pair with "progressive lenses" -- the lower part of the lens is for near focus and the upper part for distant focus.
Well, I've been wearing them for a couple of months now, and I cannot get used to them! I really get bothered by the differences when I'm walking, for instance, and the area in front of me is in focus but the area at my feet is out of focus (unless I turn my head down). I've tripped over more curbs, lately! Besides, when I sit down to read I read for lengthy periods, and I'm most comfortable with my eyes are straight ahead, so I still really need to switch to reading glasses, anyway. The next pair will be conventional glasses.
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That happened to me the first time I got progressive lenses. The ground undulated in front of me so I tried to climb imaginary hills, and trees jumped out at me.
A "trainee" had done the tests and when I went back to the doctor (after trying for weeks to get used to the glasses) he said that the difference between what would be optimum for reading and what would be optimum for distance was too great to handle. So I had to compromise on both ends, but it was a big improvement. It didn't take very long to get used to the new lenses.