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Posted by dadiOH on November 4, 2009, 7:39 am
DerbyDad03 wrote:
>> Bill wrote:
>>> I'm buying magnifying glasses by the bucket full!
>>> I leave them anywhere I might need to read something small.
>> Here's a trick. On my last annual visit to the eye doctor, I got a
>> prescription for 2.25 mag contact lenses.
>> I wear ONE.
>> I can easily read without glasses (through one eye of course) and I
>> can drive because the magnifying lens doesn't interfere with depth
>> perception even if the objects are a tad fuzzy through that one eye.
>> The ONLY downside is precision depth perception at arm's length or
>> less. Most of the time it's no problem but in the case of putting
>> teeny gears back inside a ladies antique watch, I drop on a
>> magnifying headset.
>> These AccuVu constant-wear lenses are good for one-two months and
>> cost about $30 ($27 at Sams) for six. YMMV.
> You are the third person in as many months from whom I have heard the
> one-contact-for-reading trick.
> What did your eye doctor say about doing that?
I've not had one who thought it bad (it isn't). BTW, one can do it with
glasses too in lieu of bifocals. In fact - if you need trifocals - you can
do it with bifocals. I did...got tired of the trifocals, made my head bob
around like a dolly hanging from a mirror in a chevvy. Now I use
progressives. Even better.
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dadiOH
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Posted by Robert Green on November 4, 2009, 10:54 am
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> I did...got tired of the trifocals, made my head bob
> around like a dolly hanging from a mirror in a chevvy.
Whose gonna clean up the coffee you just made me spit up! (-: My take on
trifocals, exactly. They made my neck hurt I was doing the spring-head doll
dance so much.
Went back to bifocals but just might try progressives - if I can get them in
my RX. I've got some bizarre astigmatism that causes lens makers fits and
makes it very hard to use contacts successfully.
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Bobby G.
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Posted by dadiOH on November 4, 2009, 12:00 pm
Robert Green wrote:
>> I did...got tired of the trifocals, made my head bob
>> around like a dolly hanging from a mirror in a chevvy.
> Whose gonna clean up the coffee you just made me spit up! (-: My
> take on trifocals, exactly. They made my neck hurt I was doing the
> spring-head doll dance so much.
> Went back to bifocals but just might try progressives - if I can get
> them in my RX. I've got some bizarre astigmatism that causes lens
> makers fits and makes it very hard to use contacts successfully.
Ditto. I've had no problem with progressives but it does take a week or so
to get used to them. They still aren't a perfect solution but I've not yet
found an 18 year old new eye donor :)
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dadiOH
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Posted by Robert Green on November 4, 2009, 4:38 pm
> Robert Green wrote:
> >> I did...got tired of the trifocals, made my head bob
> >> around like a dolly hanging from a mirror in a chevvy.
> > Whose gonna clean up the coffee you just made me spit up! (-: My
> > take on trifocals, exactly. They made my neck hurt I was doing the
> > spring-head doll dance so much.
> > Went back to bifocals but just might try progressives - if I can get
> > them in my RX. I've got some bizarre astigmatism that causes lens
> > makers fits and makes it very hard to use contacts successfully.
> Ditto. I've had no problem with progressives but it does take a week or
so
> to get used to them. They still aren't a perfect solution but I've not
yet
> found an 18 year old new eye donor :)
I remember a movie where guys in EMT suits come to cut some guys heart out
and as he protests they say: "This IS your signature on the donor card,
isn't it?" If I could remember the movie's name, I probably wouldn't need
progressive lenses!
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Bobby G.
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Posted by HeyBub on November 4, 2009, 8:22 am
DerbyDad03 wrote:
>> Bill wrote:
>>> I'm buying magnifying glasses by the bucket full!
>>> I leave them anywhere I might need to read something small.
>> Here's a trick. On my last annual visit to the eye doctor, I got a
>> prescription for 2.25 mag contact lenses.
>> I wear ONE.
>> I can easily read without glasses (through one eye of course) and I
>> can drive because the magnifying lens doesn't interfere with depth
>> perception even if the objects are a tad fuzzy through that one eye.
>> The ONLY downside is precision depth perception at arm's length or
>> less. Most of the time it's no problem but in the case of putting
>> teeny gears back inside a ladies antique watch, I drop on a
>> magnifying headset.
>> These AccuVu constant-wear lenses are good for one-two months and
>> cost about $30 ($27 at Sams) for six. YMMV.
> You are the third person in as many months from whom I have heard the
> one-contact-for-reading trick.
> What did your eye doctor say about doing that?
Okay with him.
It's roughly equivalent to wearing a hearing aid in only one ear or walking
with a single cane.
If there exists any concern, routinely switch which eye has the contact. If
you're like most people, the shape and size of each eyeball are the same as
the other, so you only need one, er, "shape"(?).
Bi-focal contact lenses are also available.
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