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Post by anxiousmom on Jun 3, 2017 18:44:43 GMT
So thanks to the modern miracle that is my new insurance plan, I decided to head on down to the eye doc and get my eyes checked. Over the last little while, my eye sight was declining fast (oh the wonders of aging) and it really needed to be looked at. I have some other issues with my vision (a neurological thing) so when it all washed out, I had to have both up close glasses and distance glasses. The neurological thing keeps me from wearing progressive lens or bifocals or contacts or anything but separate glasses for each thing-distance, up close and middle (computer-although I still don't know what exactly to do about that.)
This is the first time I have had glasses. I picked them up today and the tech who helped me told me to wear the distance ones around this weekend before driving with them on...so I came home, plopped those new babies on and turned on the tv. Holy cow. It was like watching a new tv. I had no idea things had gotten so bad-the picture is all crisp and clear, I can actually read the channel guide without squinting and guessing and it is like a whole new world. OMG.
The up close is pretty cool too.
But the distance thing? It is simply amazing. I can't believe the difference and it makes me wish I had done this a while ago.
Anyone got a clue about what to do about computer glasses? I can't figure that one out.
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Post by gailoh on Jun 3, 2017 18:54:38 GMT
Glad you can see so much better...I use a bifocal myself...as for the PC the last doc said he could make a pair for just using the computer for me, for now I have been using my daughters old glasses...
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Post by cmpeter on Jun 3, 2017 18:58:41 GMT
I have a second pair just for computer work.
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Post by monklady123 on Jun 3, 2017 19:00:58 GMT
Yay for new glasses!  I need to do the same. I have no idea about the computer though. I did try progressives once but whatever was in them that was supposed to be "computer distance" wasn't. And the close-up wasn't great either. I ended up exchanging them for single vision distance lenses. Problem with those is that I can't see anything close. So now I have these: -- very old single-vision glasses that I wear all the time -- have to get up to see the channel listing on the TV, and have to pull them down on my nose a bit for really close up, but they're perfect for the computer. -- newer single-vision distance glasses, the ones I exchanged the progressives for. I use them to drive at night but they're really not good enough because I don't think my astigmatism is corrected properly...I see halos around lights. -- my prescription sunglasses -- these are progressives which I bought along with the original non-sunglass progressives. These work well because I don't need that mythical middle computer distance, and I don't do a lot of close up reading in the car. The distance vision is perfect and I always wear these when I'm driving unless it's dark. So... yeah. I guess I need to get bifocals, but also my eyes are so bad that I need to go to a high-class optometrist who can make them thinner. My sunglasses are pretty thick but with the dark lens it doesn't matter. For my regular glasses I don't want that. My eye doctor swears that the optometrist attached to her practice can make them thin, but the chain type places (Four Eyes, Lenscrafters, etc.) can't do it. She says her eyes are as bad as mine and her lenses are very thin, so I believe her. A lot of times people will say "oh my eyes are really bad too" but they're not really, compared to mine. But if my eye doctors says so I believe her. lol |
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Post by mlana on Jun 3, 2017 19:05:18 GMT
I'm not sure exactly what you're asking about as far as computer glasses.
DH has a pair that are specifically for use at home on our computer. When he went to get his prescription, he explained to the eye dr about how tired his eyes get trying to focus on his screen at night. The eye dr gave him a prescription for far and computer distance glasses, which are for focusing about an arm's length away. DH got the glasses from Costco and the eye tech there said they are filling a lot of prescriptions for this new focal length. DH keeps these glasses sitting next to his computer.
word of advice - get a different frame for the computer glasses! Maybe a bright red one that your family can recognize and remind you to change out before you get into the driver's seat. LOL DH has had to make numerous trips back upstairs to swap out his glasses. He got both frames the same, so I don't realize he has the wrong ones on until he says something.
Marcy
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2017 20:11:02 GMT
So thanks to the modern miracle that is my new insurance plan, I decided to head on down to the eye doc and get my eyes checked. Over the last little while, my eye sight was declining fast (oh the wonders of aging) and it really needed to be looked at. I have some other issues with my vision (a neurological thing) so when it all washed out, I had to have both up close glasses and distance glasses. The neurological thing keeps me from wearing progressive lens or bifocals or contacts or anything but separate glasses for each thing-distance, up close and middle (computer-although I still don't know what exactly to do about that.) This is the first time I have had glasses. I picked them up today and the tech who helped me told me to wear the distance ones around this weekend before driving with them on...so I came home, plopped those new babies on and turned on the tv. Holy cow. It was like watching a new tv. I had no idea things had gotten so bad-the picture is all crisp and clear, I can actually read the channel guide without squinting and guessing and it is like a whole new world. OMG. The up close is pretty cool too. But the distance thing? It is simply amazing. I can't believe the difference and it makes me wish I had done this a while ago. Anyone got a clue about what to do about computer glasses? I can't figure that one out. "computer glasses" are good for any task where your sharp vision needs to be roughly an arms length out; the distance most of us sit from our computer monitor. If you do a lot of computer work you will like them. If you use your phone or a tablet more often than a desk top you may not need them. eta: Or are you asking what to do about that distance? I just asked my eye doc for a script specifically for computer use. I had two pair of glasses.. the distance with a reading bifocal and my computer use pair that I just left at the computer. |
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Post by Sue on Jun 4, 2017 0:04:49 GMT
I wear bifocals normally but for working on the computer I have a pair of nice quality Foster-Grants that I bought at a drug store for around $20 or so. They have glass lenses (not plastic) so they are easy to clean and have lasted for several years now. I sit a little further than arms length from my screen so that is the distance/clarity I shopped for when I bought these.
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I need to do the same.
