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Start here => What's your crime? Basic Discussion => Topic started by: "couldbecousin" on December 17, 2011, 05:53:06 AM
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I need new glasses and will be scheduling a complete eye exam in the new year.
I am going to go ahead and get bifocals, as I should have done three years ago.
I don't know whether to get the kind with the line or the "progressive" kind.
Any bifocal wearers here who can explain the pros and cons of each type? :nerdy:
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Get fisheye lenses strapped onto them.
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Get fisheye lenses strapped onto them.
Well, if anyone could make that look cool, I suppose I could! :checkout: :zoinks:
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Apparently they can cause some trouble:
Bifocals can cause headaches and even dizziness in some users. Acclimation to the small field of view offered by the reading segment of bifocals can take some time, as the user learns to move either the head or the reading material rather than the eyes. Computer monitors are generally placed directly in front of users and can lead to muscle fatigue due to the unusual straight and constant movement of the head. This trouble is mitigated by the use of trifocal lenses or by the use of monofocal lenses for computer use.
So I´d suggest checking out that before buying a pair.
Going to an optician to get a proper pair should reduce the fatigue... but its always best to have a look at it before buying them
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Apparently they can cause some trouble:
Bifocals can cause headaches and even dizziness in some users. Acclimation to the small field of view offered by the reading segment of bifocals can take some time, as the user learns to move either the head or the reading material rather than the eyes. Computer monitors are generally placed directly in front of users and can lead to muscle fatigue due to the unusual straight and constant movement of the head. This trouble is mitigated by the use of trifocal lenses or by the use of monofocal lenses for computer use.
So I´d suggest checking out that before buying a pair.
Going to an optician to get a proper pair should reduce the fatigue... but its always best to have a look at it before buying them
I appreciate the details, V! Currently I just take off my glasses (which I very much need
for distance vision) when I want to read or do anything else up close. Maybe I should just
keep doing that, and keep my glasses on a chain so I don't lose them, as I tend to do
when I put them down absent-mindedly. I am very near-sighted! :nerdy:
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I use the lined ones so I can more deliberately choose what part of the lens to look through.
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I use the lined ones so I can more deliberately choose what part of the lens to look through.
Did you have any dizziness or nausea when getting adapted to them? :orly:
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I think my mum has the progressive sort of bifocals. I think it took her a while to get used to them. I will ask her more about it tomorrow.
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I think my mum has the progressive sort of bifocals. I think it took her a while to get used to them. I will ask her more about it tomorrow.
Thank you, renaeden, I appreciate feedback! 8)
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I use the lined ones so I can more deliberately choose what part of the lens to look through.
Did you have any dizziness or nausea when getting adapted to them? :orly:
No.
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Yous should get ones that look like this :zoinks:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9i5I4P3stlI/TmZQyp0EMvI/AAAAAAAAGzg/FdvbyuZN8Uk/s1600/tumblr_lbngjlcCOD1qd3h60o1_1280.jpg)
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Yous should get ones that look like this :zoinks:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9i5I4P3stlI/TmZQyp0EMvI/AAAAAAAAGzg/FdvbyuZN8Uk/s1600/tumblr_lbngjlcCOD1qd3h60o1_1280.jpg)
Yes, I have a round face, they'd look great! :cbc:
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I've had both and don't recall any problems with either option.
I chose progressives the last 2 times because I was apprehensive that the lens joint in lined bifocals would show dirt more easily, but I don't recall that they did that when I had them.
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I've had both and don't recall any problems with either option.
I chose progressives the last 2 times because I was apprehensive that the lens joint in lined bifocals would show dirt more easily, but I don't recall that they did that when I had them.
I will ask about that lens issue when I get my appointment, thanks for mentioning it! 8)
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I would like to have bifocals but I think I can't.
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I would like to have bifocals but I think I can't.
I think I can have some made, but I'm not sure I'll tolerate them well. :nerdy:
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I would like to have bifocals but I think I can't.
I think I can have some made, but I'm not sure I'll tolerate them well. :nerdy:
I hate it that I need two pairs of glasses. at work I'm always wearing the wrong pair when I am called to meetings.
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I would like to have bifocals but I think I can't.
I think I can have some made, but I'm not sure I'll tolerate them well. :nerdy:
I hate it that I need two pairs of glasses. at work I'm always wearing the wrong pair when I am called to meetings.
So far I manage by having just the one pair and taking them off to see up close. :nerdy:
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I think my mum has the progressive sort of bifocals. I think it took her a while to get used to them. I will ask her more about it tomorrow.
Thank you, renaeden, I appreciate feedback! 8)
I asked mum today what she has. She said her glasses are called multifocals and she wears them all the time. She had no trouble adapting to them either. She said the only time she wears reading glasses is when she is reading in bed - the way her head is positioned for reading then is slightly out of alignment when looking at a book wearing multifocals so it is more comfortable to wear reading glasses then. Couldn't really explain that properly, I hope you understand what I mean!
I would like to have bifocals but I think I can't.
Do you know why?
I asked my optometrist what I will need when my vision changes in a few years' time and she said two pairs of glasses. :-\
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I think my mum has the progressive sort of bifocals. I think it took her a while to get used to them. I will ask her more about it tomorrow.
Thank you, renaeden, I appreciate feedback! 8)
I asked mum today what she has. She said her glasses are called multifocals and she wears them all the time. She had no trouble adapting to them either. She said the only time she wears reading glasses is when she is reading in bed - the way her head is positioned for reading then is slightly out of alignment when looking at a book wearing multifocals so it is more comfortable to wear reading glasses then. Couldn't really explain that properly, I hope you understand what I mean!
I would like to have bifocals but I think I can't.
Do you know why?
I asked my optometrist what I will need when my vision changes in a few years' time and she said two pairs of glasses. :-\
My doc says that my strabismus-related problems (the misalignment varies with the vertical position of the eyes) combined with the astigmatism and the hyperopia would make it difficult.
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So your strabismus affects you most when looking up or down?
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My Dad has his first pair of bifocals since half a year I think. They are progressive ones, think that is almost standard here now. Can't recall seeing people with lined ones for years.
He's 80, and not keen on changes. It did take him a few months to adjust. He hated how the lines would all appear curved. But, after those months, he has no problems with them at all. And, he is wearing his glasses all the time.
That's a bit different from a man having dozens of reading glasses all over the house, in different strengths, depending on what he was doing. He never was out of reach of a reading glass.
I'm pondering on bifocals too. Starting my collection of reading glasses, but I hate to have to change in having glasses on or not. And, age is affecting the distance now too. Till five years ago the only blurry sight I knew was migraine, something in my eye, or fog induced.
I hate not seeing all the way I used to. It dizzies me, not seeing sharp. And the darker season makes it all harder.
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I think my mum has the progressive sort of bifocals. I think it took her a while to get used to them. I will ask her more about it tomorrow.
Thank you, renaeden, I appreciate feedback! 8)
I asked mum today what she has. She said her glasses are called multifocals and she wears them all the time. She had no trouble adapting to them either. She said the only time she wears reading glasses is when she is reading in bed - the way her head is positioned for reading then is slightly out of alignment when looking at a book wearing multifocals so it is more comfortable to wear reading glasses then. Couldn't really explain that properly, I hope you understand what I mean!
Yes, that makes sense, I know that tilting the head can change the way bifocals work. 8)
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My Dad has his first pair of bifocals since half a year I think. They are progressive ones, think that is almost standard here now. Can't recall seeing people with lined ones for years.
He's 80, and not keen on changes. It did take him a few months to adjust. He hated how the lines would all appear curved. But, after those months, he has no problems with them at all. And, he is wearing his glasses all the time.
That's a bit different from a man having dozens of reading glasses all over the house, in different strengths, depending on what he was doing. He never was out of reach of a reading glass.
I'm pondering on bifocals too. Starting my collection of reading glasses, but I hate to have to change in having glasses on or not. And, age is affecting the distance now too. Till five years ago the only blurry sight I knew was migraine, something in my eye, or fog induced.
I hate not seeing all the way I used to. It dizzies me, not seeing sharp. And the darker season makes it all harder.
I've been near-sighted since I can remember, got my first pair of glasses when I was
6 or 7 years old. I might just decide to keep them as they are and get reading glasses,
or just continue taking them off when I want to see close up. :nerdy:
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I can remember having glasses when I was 4, don't know if I did before then. Another thing to ask my mum! Then I went through a stage of not having to wear glasses at all at between the ages of 8 and 13. Kind of weird. From the age of 16 I wore contacts mostly until I was 28, then I needed prismatic lenses and I tried Irlens too. Have had those since then.
I wear mine for everything, even close up stuff. I am short-sighted in one eye and long-sighted in the other so my vision is just too weird without glasses.
Do you remember getting tested when you were 7?
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I can remember having glasses when I was 4, don't know if I did before then. Another thing to ask my mum! Then I went through a stage of not having to wear glasses at all at between the ages of 8 and 13. Kind of weird. From the age of 16 I wore contacts mostly until I was 28, then I needed prismatic lenses and I tried Irlens too. Have had those since then.
I wear mine for everything, even close up stuff. I am short-sighted in one eye and long-sighted in the other so my vision is just too weird without glasses.
Do you remember getting tested when you were 7?
I don't really remember the test, probably because I've had so many of them, but I do
remember riding home in the car the day I got that first pair of glasses and marveling
at the details I could see ... every brick in a brick wall and every leaf in the ivy that was
climbing the brick wall! It was exciting to see what I hadn't realized I'd been missing. :)
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My Dad has his first pair of bifocals since half a year I think. They are progressive ones, think that is almost standard here now. Can't recall seeing people with lined ones for years.
He's 80, and not keen on changes. It did take him a few months to adjust. He hated how the lines would all appear curved. But, after those months, he has no problems with them at all. And, he is wearing his glasses all the time.
That's a bit different from a man having dozens of reading glasses all over the house, in different strengths, depending on what he was doing. He never was out of reach of a reading glass.
I'm pondering on bifocals too. Starting my collection of reading glasses, but I hate to have to change in having glasses on or not. And, age is affecting the distance now too. Till five years ago the only blurry sight I knew was migraine, something in my eye, or fog induced.
I hate not seeing all the way I used to. It dizzies me, not seeing sharp. And the darker season makes it all harder.
I've been near-sighted since I can remember, got my first pair of glasses when I was
6 or 7 years old. I might just decide to keep them as they are and get reading glasses,
or just continue taking them off when I want to see close up. :nerdy:
My Mum had glasses at a very early age, certainly for back then, she can't have been older than 4, very nearsighted. In her family the need for reading glasses comes early. And, she must be wearing bifocals for over 30 years now. She always had to adapt to new glasses, but, took her longer when she got bifocals. But, she has never regretted getting bifocals.
The plus side of more glasses is that you can specify very precise what aid you want to have to see. The plus side of one pair of glasses is that you won't lose the ones you are not wearing. And, your brain is a powerful tool, it will get all twisted lines that the progressive bifocals may make you see, straight within a fairly short amount of time. (will be cool to experience and ponder on, as a medical geek too) /linear bifocals may not have that problem, I don't know.
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I don't really remember the test, probably because I've had so many of them, but I do
remember riding home in the car the day I got that first pair of glasses and marveling
at the details I could see ... every brick in a brick wall and every leaf in the ivy that was climbing the brick wall! It was exciting to see what I hadn't realized I'd been missing. :)
Yes exactly this when I was 13. Can remember saying to mum that I could see leaves on trees again, heh. She remembers that I said it too.
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I don't really remember the test, probably because I've had so many of them, but I do
remember riding home in the car the day I got that first pair of glasses and marveling
at the details I could see ... every brick in a brick wall and every leaf in the ivy that was climbing the brick wall! It was exciting to see what I hadn't realized I'd been missing. :)
Yes exactly this when I was 13. Can remember saying to mum that I could see leaves on trees again, heh. She remembers that I said it too.
Isn't it great? I still notice improvement in my vision when I get a new pair of glasses.
Apparently my eyes are still getting weaker as I age. That's OK, I like glasses! :nerdy:
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Yes, as we age the lens in each eye becomes less flexible for focusing. Usually becomes noticeable in the mid-40s.
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Yes, as we age the lens in each eye becomes less flexible for focusing. Usually becomes noticeable in the mid-40s.
Exactly! My eyes have been going out of focus between near and far distances for
about five years now, to the point that I have to take my glasses off when I EAT
so I can see my food clearly! I'm fascinated by these changes in my vision. :nerdy:
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So your strabismus affects you most when looking up or down?
More when looking down. It's called the "A syndrome".
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I had my cataract surgeries in 1999. Didn't need glasses until this past year. Before my surgeries I was wearing the strongest prescription possible. They had to special order my lens implants because they are so strong. My vision was spectacular after the cataract surgeries.
I can remember seeing the man in the moon for the first time in 5th grade. Bear in mind that I also needed glasses from about second grade. My parents didn't believe I needed glasses and were quite surprised to see how thick my original pair were.
Evidently my maternal great-grandmother also had extremely bad eyes from a young age. Mine is from the eye muscle lengthening the eyeball and moving the focal point.
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Had glasses since around 1st grade, I remember having a bitch of a teacher that wore those old horn-rimmed glasses, she noticed I couldn't see the board clearly (I really didn't notice, it seemed to be a gradual thing), she screamed at me for not saying anything and sat me directly in front of the board, all the kids laughed at me the whole day. How I hated that woman.(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/danny0023/smilies/voodoodoll-smiley.gif)
Near-sighted also, I normally just take them off for now, will probably go with a second pair for close-up when that fails to work. Dr. said that might be my best bet, I have a hell of a time just adjusting to a regular prescription change.
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So your strabismus affects you most when looking up or down?
More when looking down. It's called the "A syndrome".
Mine is in the shape of a V. My ophthalmologist called it "AV Syndrome". Isn't that interesting how you are A and I am V, heh.
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Had glasses since around 1st grade, I remember having a bitch of a teacher that wore those old horn-rimmed glasses, she noticed I couldn't see the board clearly (I really didn't notice, it seemed to be a gradual thing), she screamed at me for not saying anything and sat me directly in front of the board, all the kids laughed at me the whole day. How I hated that woman.(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/danny0023/smilies/voodoodoll-smiley.gif)
Near-sighted also, I normally just take them off for now, will probably go with a second pair for close-up when that fails to work. Dr. said that might be my best bet, I have a hell of a time just adjusting to a regular prescription change.
I'm glad I'm not the only one still doing that! For now I suppose it's good enough. :laugh:
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So your strabismus affects you most when looking up or down?
More when looking down. It's called the "A syndrome".
Mine is in the shape of a V. My ophthalmologist called it "AV Syndrome". Isn't that interesting how you are A and I am V, heh.
It is funny, yes. :)
That A is what they have been trying to fix, among other things. Apparently one of the lateral muscles in my left eye is halfway torn off. :zombiefuck:
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So your strabismus affects you most when looking up or down?
More when looking down. It's called the "A syndrome".
Mine is in the shape of a V. My ophthalmologist called it "AV Syndrome". Isn't that interesting how you are A and I am V, heh.
It is funny, yes. :)
That A is what they have been trying to fix, among other things. Apparently one of the lateral muscles in my left eye is halfway torn off. :zombiefuck:
Is that as painful as it sounds? And how did it happen? :zombiefuck:
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So your strabismus affects you most when looking up or down?
More when looking down. It's called the "A syndrome".
Mine is in the shape of a V. My ophthalmologist called it "AV Syndrome". Isn't that interesting how you are A and I am V, heh.
It is funny, yes. :)
That A is what they have been trying to fix, among other things. Apparently one of the lateral muscles in my left eye is halfway torn off. :zombiefuck:
Is that as painful as it sounds? And how did it happen? :zombiefuck:
He got smacked in the eye by a boob from watching one of those Swedish films in 3D?
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So your strabismus affects you most when looking up or down?
More when looking down. It's called the "A syndrome".
Mine is in the shape of a V. My ophthalmologist called it "AV Syndrome". Isn't that interesting how you are A and I am V, heh.
It is funny, yes. :)
That A is what they have been trying to fix, among other things. Apparently one of the lateral muscles in my left eye is halfway torn off. :zombiefuck:
I didn't know that could be fixed. Did you find out about the torn muscle recently - after your operation? And yeah, it does sound painful.
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So your strabismus affects you most when looking up or down?
More when looking down. It's called the "A syndrome".
Mine is in the shape of a V. My ophthalmologist called it "AV Syndrome". Isn't that interesting how you are A and I am V, heh.
It is funny, yes. :)
That A is what they have been trying to fix, among other things. Apparently one of the lateral muscles in my left eye is halfway torn off. :zombiefuck:
Is that as painful as it sounds? And how did it happen? :zombiefuck:
It's not painful--usually--but it explains some of the problems with eye movement I've been experiencing in later years. I have limited eye mobility in that direction (up and to the right).
The doc didn't explain how it happened but said it's been known to happen with people who have been operated multiple times.
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So your strabismus affects you most when looking up or down?
More when looking down. It's called the "A syndrome".
Mine is in the shape of a V. My ophthalmologist called it "AV Syndrome". Isn't that interesting how you are A and I am V, heh.
It is funny, yes. :)
That A is what they have been trying to fix, among other things. Apparently one of the lateral muscles in my left eye is halfway torn off. :zombiefuck:
Is that as painful as it sounds? And how did it happen? :zombiefuck:
It's not painful--usually--but it explains some of the problems with eye movement I've been experiencing in later years. I have limited eye mobility in that direction (up and to the right).
The doc didn't explain how it happened but said it's been known to happen with people who have been operated multiple times.
Is that muscle likely to heal back together on its own? :orly:
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So your strabismus affects you most when looking up or down?
More when looking down. It's called the "A syndrome".
Mine is in the shape of a V. My ophthalmologist called it "AV Syndrome". Isn't that interesting how you are A and I am V, heh.
It is funny, yes. :)
That A is what they have been trying to fix, among other things. Apparently one of the lateral muscles in my left eye is halfway torn off. :zombiefuck:
I didn't know that could be fixed. Did you find out about the torn muscle recently - after your operation? And yeah, it does sound painful.
Yes, I found out about it after the last operation.
They can fix lots of things these days. They map how the muscles interact when you move your eyes and make changes to the muscles accordingly. When they first tried it 20 years ago, they moved some of the lateral muscles to counteract the A syndrome. While it did help, what happened also was that when I looked down, both eyes would rotate slightly (left clockwise and right anticlockwise) and my brain would think the world tilted, in opposite directions depending on which eye I used.
My doc tells me that today they can fix that sort of thing, but 20 years ago the surgeons didn't fully know about or understand the problem.
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So your strabismus affects you most when looking up or down?
More when looking down. It's called the "A syndrome".
Mine is in the shape of a V. My ophthalmologist called it "AV Syndrome". Isn't that interesting how you are A and I am V, heh.
It is funny, yes. :)
That A is what they have been trying to fix, among other things. Apparently one of the lateral muscles in my left eye is halfway torn off. :zombiefuck:
Is that as painful as it sounds? And how did it happen? :zombiefuck:
It's not painful--usually--but it explains some of the problems with eye movement I've been experiencing in later years. I have limited eye mobility in that direction (up and to the right).
The doc didn't explain how it happened but said it's been known to happen with people who have been operated multiple times.
Is that muscle likely to heal back together on its own? :orly:
Not fully, no. It requires surgery. And now that I think about it, I need to call them to see when they plan to do it.
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So your strabismus affects you most when looking up or down?
More when looking down. It's called the "A syndrome".
Mine is in the shape of a V. My ophthalmologist called it "AV Syndrome". Isn't that interesting how you are A and I am V, heh.
It is funny, yes. :)
That A is what they have been trying to fix, among other things. Apparently one of the lateral muscles in my left eye is halfway torn off. :zombiefuck:
Is that as painful as it sounds? And how did it happen? :zombiefuck:
It's not painful--usually--but it explains some of the problems with eye movement I've been experiencing in later years. I have limited eye mobility in that direction (up and to the right).
The doc didn't explain how it happened but said it's been known to happen with people who have been operated multiple times.
Is that muscle likely to heal back together on its own? :orly:
Not fully, no. It requires surgery. And now that I think about it, I need to call them to see when they plan to do it.
Is there anything they can do this time to prevent another tear from happening later? :orly:
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So your strabismus affects you most when looking up or down?
More when looking down. It's called the "A syndrome".
Mine is in the shape of a V. My ophthalmologist called it "AV Syndrome". Isn't that interesting how you are A and I am V, heh.
It is funny, yes. :)
That A is what they have been trying to fix, among other things. Apparently one of the lateral muscles in my left eye is halfway torn off. :zombiefuck:
Is that as painful as it sounds? And how did it happen? :zombiefuck:
It's not painful--usually--but it explains some of the problems with eye movement I've been experiencing in later years. I have limited eye mobility in that direction (up and to the right).
The doc didn't explain how it happened but said it's been known to happen with people who have been operated multiple times.
Is that muscle likely to heal back together on its own? :orly:
Not fully, no. It requires surgery. And now that I think about it, I need to call them to see when they plan to do it.
Is there anything they can do this time to prevent another tear from happening later? :orly:
Yes, by removing scar tissue and such, they can give back some of the movement and avoid straining muscles unnecessarily.
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So your strabismus affects you most when looking up or down?
More when looking down. It's called the "A syndrome".
Mine is in the shape of a V. My ophthalmologist called it "AV Syndrome". Isn't that interesting how you are A and I am V, heh.
It is funny, yes. :)
That A is what they have been trying to fix, among other things. Apparently one of the lateral muscles in my left eye is halfway torn off. :zombiefuck:
Is that as painful as it sounds? And how did it happen? :zombiefuck:
It's not painful--usually--but it explains some of the problems with eye movement I've been experiencing in later years. I have limited eye mobility in that direction (up and to the right).
The doc didn't explain how it happened but said it's been known to happen with people who have been operated multiple times.
Is that muscle likely to heal back together on its own? :orly:
Not fully, no. It requires surgery. And now that I think about it, I need to call them to see when they plan to do it.
Is there anything they can do this time to prevent another tear from happening later? :orly:
Yes, by removing scar tissue and such, they can give back some of the movement and avoid straining muscles unnecessarily.
I hope it works! How many eye surgeries have you had? :orly:
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I think I've had six now.
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It's not painful--usually--but it explains some of the problems with eye movement I've been experiencing in later years. I have limited eye mobility in that direction (up and to the right).
The doc didn't explain how it happened but said it's been known to happen with people who have been operated multiple times.
We have to get together to compare our eye movement, heh. I have problems looking to the left. My left eye just doesn't want to move far. I think I have full movement in my right eye.
And I have had six operations too. Three on each eye. The last one I remember was when I was five. My mum was told I couldn't have any more operations because of scar tissue but I guess they can get around that now. The last time I saw an ophthalmologist was when I was 18 and that was just a basic check-up.
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Six operations apiece, wow, all because of strabismus? :zombiefuck:
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It's not painful--usually--but it explains some of the problems with eye movement I've been experiencing in later years. I have limited eye mobility in that direction (up and to the right).
The doc didn't explain how it happened but said it's been known to happen with people who have been operated multiple times.
We have to get together to compare our eye movement, heh. I have problems looking to the left. My left eye just doesn't want to move far. I think I have full movement in my right eye.
And I have had six operations too. Three on each eye. The last one I remember was when I was five.
We must be twins, separated at birth :laugh:
You haven't had surgery since you were a kid? Lots of things they can do now that they couldn't do then, you know.
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Six operations apiece, wow, all because of strabismus? :zombiefuck:
Pretty cool, eh?
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Well in my case they stuffed it up the first time. They moved both eyes out too far. So I had to have more operations to realign them and they never got it right. :-\
You haven't had surgery since you were a kid? Lots of things they can do now that they couldn't do then, you know.
Yeah, I never realised that until you posted about getting yours fixed. I am still wary about it though. I remember your recovery was quite long and painful. Plus the cost, etc. And whether what I have is good enough or will it get worse? I don't know.
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I was among the first to have strabismus surgery where I lived in Finland, I think. My mum tells me that for the two first operations we had to travel far because only two or three hospitals offered the type of surgery.
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When was that? I think my first surgery was in 1979 and it was in the city's private hospital.
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I think 1967 or 1968.
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Wow just over 10 years before me. Did you have the surgery as a baby? Not trying to pick your age, just wondering at what age they decided surgery would be an option for you. I think that type of surgery was kind of new here in Australia (definitely to the isolated part where I am) when I had it. May explain why it didn't go so well.
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I think I was around three years old, the first time. The second came soon after that.
And I'm 46, btw. I'll be 47 in the beginning of next year. :P
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I think I was around three years old, the first time. The second came soon after that.
And I'm 46, btw. I'll be 47 in the beginning of next year. :P
Renaeden was totally trying to figure out your age. :police:
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I wasn't! Odeon is younger than I thought he was.
I think I was 18 months old when I first had surgery. I think they were hoping to fix it early so I didn't develop amblyopia - which I did anyway.
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I'm a grumpy old man at heart.
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I'm a grumpy old man at heart.
Not me. I was a prick as a youngster but I have mellowed.
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I wasn't! Odeon is younger than I thought he was.
I think I was 18 months old when I first had surgery. I think they were hoping to fix it early so I didn't develop amblyopia - which I did anyway.
That can be read soooo wrong. :lol:
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I wasn't! Odeon is younger than I thought he was.
That can be read soooo wrong. :lol:
I have a G-rated mind so I don't see how. :P
In regards to the AV Syndrome, I am guessing that the A would be more important to fix because in our daily lives we look down (at books, computer, etc) a lot more than we look up. Plus my V's angle may not be too wide (looks bad when I see it in the mirror though).
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I wasn't! Odeon is younger than I thought he was.
I think I was 18 months old when I first had surgery. I think they were hoping to fix it early so I didn't develop amblyopia - which I did anyway.
Awww, you were just a baby, so young for eye surgery! :bonnet:
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I wasn't! Odeon is younger than I thought he was.
I think I was 18 months old when I first had surgery. I think they were hoping to fix it early so I didn't develop amblyopia - which I did anyway.
Awww, you were just a baby, so young for eye surgery! :bonnet:
I think it is quite common for strabismus surgery to be done very early these days. The earlier the better I think, so that the child does not permanently lose three dimensional vision.
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I wasn't! Odeon is younger than I thought he was.
I think I was 18 months old when I first had surgery. I think they were hoping to fix it early so I didn't develop amblyopia - which I did anyway.
Awww, you were just a baby, so young for eye surgery! :bonnet:
I think it is quite common for strabismus surgery to be done very early these days. The earlier the better I think, so that the child does not permanently lose three dimensional vision.
Yes it is. My first surgery, at around 3, was too late.
Of course, back then they didn't know they could salvage stereo vision. The point was mainly to save vision in both eyes because if you had a severe enough case, you'd only use one eye and the other would never develop fully.
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Yes, that happened to me anyway, probably because it wasn't fixed properly the first time around and by the time they had finished botching it up ( ;) ) I was 5 and I had amblyopia so bad I had to wear an eyepatch to stop me from losing sight in my left eye. The amblyopia now is perhaps not as bad as it might have been but I can't read if I use only my left eye - I get to the end of a line and can't trace to the next line I am supposed to be reading.
Is it the same for you?
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My right eye is the bad one. I can read and watch TV with it, but like you I have difficulty tracking correctly. It's a pain but it's usable.
I wore patches several times, for the same reasons as you. I think the first was before my first surgery. I got my first glasses when I was 3, probably because while I knew how to read I couldn't focus on anything close to me.
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My right eye is the bad one. I can read and watch TV with it, but like you I have difficulty tracking correctly. It's a pain but it's usable.
I wore patches several times, for the same reasons as you. I think the first was before my first surgery. I got my first glasses when I was 3, probably because while I knew how to read I couldn't focus on anything close to me.
My right eye is the bad one too.
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My right eye is the bad one. I can read and watch TV with it, but like you I have difficulty tracking correctly. It's a pain but it's usable.
I wore patches several times, for the same reasons as you. I think the first was before my first surgery. I got my first glasses when I was 3, probably because while I knew how to read I couldn't focus on anything close to me.
My right eye is the bad one too.
My left eye is the weaker one. Now I feel so left out. :emosad:
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My right eye is the bad one. I can read and watch TV with it, but like you I have difficulty tracking correctly. It's a pain but it's usable.
I wore patches several times, for the same reasons as you. I think the first was before my first surgery. I got my first glasses when I was 3, probably because while I knew how to read I couldn't focus on anything close to me.
My right eye is the bad one too.
My left eye is the weaker one. Now I feel so left out. :emosad:
Duh! It's inverse. I live on the left coast, you on the right coast. :facepalm2:
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My right eye is the bad one. I can read and watch TV with it, but like you I have difficulty tracking correctly. It's a pain but it's usable.
I wore patches several times, for the same reasons as you. I think the first was before my first surgery. I got my first glasses when I was 3, probably because while I knew how to read I couldn't focus on anything close to me.
My right eye is the bad one too.
My left eye is the weaker one. Now I feel so left out. :emosad:
Duh! It's inverse. I live on the left coast, you on the right coast. :facepalm2:
I certainly do live on the right coast, and you live on the wrong coast! :hahaha:
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My right eye is the bad one. I can read and watch TV with it, but like you I have difficulty tracking correctly. It's a pain but it's usable.
I wore patches several times, for the same reasons as you. I think the first was before my first surgery. I got my first glasses when I was 3, probably because while I knew how to read I couldn't focus on anything close to me.
My right eye is the bad one too.
My left eye is the weaker one. Now I feel so left out. :emosad:
Duh! It's inverse. I live on the left coast, you on the right coast. :facepalm2:
I certainly do live on the right coast, and you live on the wrong coast! :hahaha:
would say that the left coast is a dangerous place to be.....but then again, they had another earthquake in Charleston today
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How big was it? I didn't find a news article but I did find a reference to an 1886 quake.
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How big was it? I didn't find a news article but I did find a reference to an 1886 quake.
went to the local news site couldnt find a link.
it was one of the stories on the evening news, today. I believe it was around a 3. Second one recently.
no smirking, please. I know those are nothing compared to yours
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My right eye is the bad one. I can read and watch TV with it, but like you I have difficulty tracking correctly. It's a pain but it's usable.
I wore patches several times, for the same reasons as you. I think the first was before my first surgery. I got my first glasses when I was 3, probably because while I knew how to read I couldn't focus on anything close to me.
My right eye is the bad one too.
My left eye is the weaker one. Now I feel so left out. :emosad:
Duh! It's inverse. I live on the left coast, you on the right coast. :facepalm2:
I certainly do live on the right coast, and you live on the wrong coast! :hahaha:
would say that the left coast is a dangerous place to be.....but then again, they had another earthquake in Charleston today
Again, a thread has turned to sex. The earthquake today in Charleston was caused by a massive orgy.
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My right eye is the bad one. I can read and watch TV with it, but like you I have difficulty tracking correctly. It's a pain but it's usable.
I wore patches several times, for the same reasons as you. I think the first was before my first surgery. I got my first glasses when I was 3, probably because while I knew how to read I couldn't focus on anything close to me.
My right eye is the bad one too.
My left eye is the weaker one. Now I feel so left out. :emosad:
Duh! It's inverse. I live on the left coast, you on the right coast. :facepalm2:
I certainly do live on the right coast, and you live on the wrong coast! :hahaha:
would say that the left coast is a dangerous place to be.....but then again, they had another earthquake in Charleston today
Again, a thread has turned to sex. The earthquake today in Charleston was caused by a massive orgy.
hmmm, I was wondering where everyone was today
shucks I miss out again
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My right eye is the bad one. I can read and watch TV with it, but like you I have difficulty tracking correctly. It's a pain but it's usable.
I wore patches several times, for the same reasons as you. I think the first was before my first surgery. I got my first glasses when I was 3, probably because while I knew how to read I couldn't focus on anything close to me.
I remember the patches drove me nuts and I kept walking into things without meaning to. You could read at 3? That is awesome.
My right eye is the bad one too.
Do you know how or why this happened? Curious.
Don't worry, cbc, it is the left for me also but I am in the southern hemisphere. :green:
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My right eye is the bad one. I can read and watch TV with it, but like you I have difficulty tracking correctly. It's a pain but it's usable.
I wore patches several times, for the same reasons as you. I think the first was before my first surgery. I got my first glasses when I was 3, probably because while I knew how to read I couldn't focus on anything close to me.
I remember the patches drove me nuts and I kept walking into things without meaning to. You could read at 3? That is awesome.
I can't remember much about wearing the patches. The glasses I remember more about--I kept breaking them in various ways without meaning to
Yeah, I learned to read at 3. Apparently I did it by studying neon signs on buildings while waiting in my parents' car. Probably the only kind of text I could see clearly before I got my first pair of glasses. :laugh:
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I know I could write both mine and my sister's names before I started school. My sister had a lot of trouble learning how to write her name and ended up having therapy for motor skills and stuff. I think with reading I learnt along with everyone else but once I got the knack of it I started reading adult books because that is what we had at home.
As for glasses, apparently they fell off while I was jumping on the trampoline and I jumped on them. I also dropped them down the toilet. :D
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On the subject of glasses who wears just reading glasses and what is your strategy with them? I have tons of pairs scattered all over so they are always at hand.
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On the subject of glasses who wears just reading glasses and what is your strategy with them? I have tons of pairs scattered all over so they are always at hand.
That's THE strategy I fear.
Have you got them at different strengths for different occasions too? I've now got two strengths laying around. My Dad had three strengths. One batch for reading, mainly scattered around the kitchen and his office, other batch for the computer, scattered around in the office, and a batch for tinkering and gardening, mainly in the shed.
I hate it how I sometimes forget to take them off, and then I get totally annoyed at not seeing a thing.
Seriously pondering on progressive bifocals to replace this strategy.
Or I could follow my aunts example...... She had outfits, with matching bags, and matching readingglasses. :autism:
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I have a couple different strengths but mainly due to some are older
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My reading glasses are too expensive to be made in sufficient numbers. My strategy is to know where they are. :P
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My reading glasses are too expensive to be made in sufficient numbers. My strategy is to know where they are. :P
I have to be sure I don't misplace my regular glasses, as I have trouble finding them! :tard:
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My reading glasses are too expensive to be made in sufficient numbers. My strategy is to know where they are. :P
I have to be sure I don't misplace my regular glasses, as I have trouble finding them! :tard:
Misplace on your forehead? :zoinks:
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My reading glasses are too expensive to be made in sufficient numbers. My strategy is to know where they are. :P
I have to be sure I don't misplace my regular glasses, as I have trouble finding them! :tard:
Misplace on your forehead? :zoinks:
Not yet, that'll happen eventually. I do tend to put them down absent-mindedly! :prude:
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My reading glasses are too expensive to be made in sufficient numbers. My strategy is to know where they are. :P
I have to be sure I don't misplace my regular glasses, as I have trouble finding them! :tard:
Misplace on your forehead? :zoinks:
Not yet, that'll happen eventually. I do tend to put them down absent-mindedly! :prude:
Luckily I can't do that. I would if I could.
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My reading glasses are too expensive to be made in sufficient numbers. My strategy is to know where they are. :P
Are your eyes different in + strength?
There are those who are lucky that can buy $10 pairs at the chemist and have them work just fine. I will not be one of those lucky ones. ;)
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My reading glasses are too expensive to be made in sufficient numbers. My strategy is to know where they are. :P
Are your eyes different in + strength?
There are those who are lucky that can buy $10 pairs at the chemist and have them work just fine. I will not be one of those lucky ones. ;)
They are different in + strength, yes, but my eyes are also astigmatic.
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Turns out I also have a slight astigmatism. And my right eye, once "stronger" in terms of visual acuity,
has become the weaker eye. Looks like it needs tough love to make it strong again! :pirate:
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Turns out I also have a slight astigmatism. And my right eye, once "stronger" in terms of visual acuity,
has become the weaker eye. Looks like it needs tough love to make it strong again! :pirate:
My right is also the weaker one, their is a difference of at least 1/8" between the two lenses if you look at the edge.
I juggle between two pairs of glasses now...and have to have both made, nothing in the drugstore is going to work here either.
Have to go for new ones soon. :P
By the time I get the polycarbonate transition lenses so I don't look like I'm looking through the bottom of coke bottles and for my problems with bright light I basically need to rob a bank.
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I have three pairs of glasses these days. There are the bifocals, there are the terminal glasses and there are the reading glasses. :GA:
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I have three pairs of glasses these days. There are the bifocals, there are the terminal glasses and there are the reading glasses. :GA:
For the amount of computer work I do I should be getting those also, but haven't as of yet. :P
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It's expensive to grow older. :P
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"terminal glasses" sounds ominous.
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"terminal glasses" sounds ominous.
They die after use. :zoinks:
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It's expensive to grow older. :P
Old teeth are especially costly. :tard:
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It's expensive to grow older. :P
Old teeth are especially costly. :tard:
Try three pairs of glasses. :(
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It's expensive to grow older. :P
Old teeth are especially costly. :tard:
Try three pairs of glasses. :(
Bloody hell, I have all this to look forward to.
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It's expensive to grow older. :P
Old teeth are especially costly. :tard:
Try three pairs of glasses. :(
Bloody hell, I have all this to look forward to.
Take care of your teeth, maybe you won't have as many issues as I have. :hug:
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I do, as much as I can anyway. I go to the dentist twice a year - once for a check up and once for a scale and clean. It is not up there on my list of pleasant things to do but I would rather do that than go when it's an emergency or something becauseI have neglected my teeth. The only thing I am lazy about is flossing.
Have you got a date set for when you get braces?
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I do, as much as I can anyway. I go to the dentist twice a year - once for a check up and once for a scale and clean. It is not up there on my list of pleasant things to do but I would rather do that than go when it's an emergency or something becauseI have neglected my teeth. The only thing I am lazy about is flossing.
Have you got a date set for when you get braces?
Not yet, as usual I am procrastinating. :-[ I need a regular cleaning, then a deep cleaning below the gumline,
then the extraction of two stumps of broken teeth, and then I can get the braces. Gotta get moving! :trollskull:
Flossing is a pain, but it's worth the bother. Decay between teeth rots them two at a time. :(
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It's expensive to grow older. :P
Old teeth are especially costly. :tard:
Try three pairs of glasses. :(
I get by fine with two pairs.
I have one with my astigmatism corrected, very dark amber for driving shades and one pair of super light polycarbonate, heavily coated for glare reduction "no-line" bi-focals for constant use.
Just in case I break my normal day users, I do keep a pair of fairly high quality "drug store" generic, strongly dioptered "granpa glasses" in my car so I can see up close after a disaster happens to kill my expensive as fuck glasses. That has happened twice at work.
So, I guess I DO need three pair.
:yikes:
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It's expensive to grow older. :P
Old teeth are especially costly. :tard:
Try three pairs of glasses. :(
I get by fine with two pairs.
I have one with my astigmatism corrected, very dark amber for driving shades and one pair of super light polycarbonate, heavily coated for glare reduction "no-line" bi-focals for constant use.
Just in case I break my normal day users, I do keep a pair of fairly high quality "drug store" generic, strongly dioptered "granpa glasses" in my car so I can see up close after a disaster happens to kill my expensive as fuck glasses. That has happened twice at work.
So, I guess I DO need three pair.
:yikes:
I get by using two pairs but to read properly and without eye strain and eventual headache, that third pair is vital.
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I have one pair for close up and reading and another with a slightly longer focal range for working on monitors and laptops.
Instead of bifocals I just have narrow lenses and sit them on the end of my nose so I can look over them.
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My eyesight is poor, which is why I also need the bifocals. No fun having to switch pairs if you just need to read the mobile screen.
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I'm pretty damn nearsighted, have been since early childhood. I've worn glasses for distance
since I was seven years old. Now I will need correction to see close up, and when I have to
see something truly small, I'll probably still have to take the damn things off anyway. :P
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With proper correction of my astigmatism, my vision tests at 20/10, but that relates to twenty feet away. NO problem at all for me. In fact I sometimes forget my glasses, because, generally, I can see just fine, but not up close AND the farther away a subject is the more my astigmatism makes it double and quadruple (etc.) the images I am trying to decipher.
I can not see well "up close" (meaning like reading the mail or a newspaper) any better than any other old man, I need my bifocals and then I can read tiny shit that some can not. Forget trying to see up close without my fancy bifocals.
:hahaha:
I do recommend the "No Line" type. I do not have to switch glasses from infinity distance (photographic term) to within way up close to see tiny scripts.
They are not cheap, with all the additional coatings (various heavy metals, such as fine camera lenses use to reduce glare and anomalous refraction artifacts). In fact they are the most expensive glasses available.
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With proper correction of my astigmatism, my vision tests at 20/10, but that relates to twenty feet away.
I can not see well "up close" (meaning like reading the mail or a newspaper) any better than any other old man, I need my bifocals and then I can read tiny shit that some can not. Forget trying to see up close without my fancy bifocals.
:hahaha:
I do recommend the "No Line" type. I do not have to switch glasses from infinity distance (photographic term) to within way up close to see tiny scripts.
My brother has the progressive (no line) bifocals. He still has to perch them on his nose
and peer above or below them to see really tiny stuff up close. Our father had to do the same. :checkout:
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With proper correction of my astigmatism, my vision tests at 20/10, but that relates to twenty feet away.
I can not see well "up close" (meaning like reading the mail or a newspaper) any better than any other old man, I need my bifocals and then I can read tiny shit that some can not. Forget trying to see up close without my fancy bifocals.
:hahaha:
I do recommend the "No Line" type. I do not have to switch glasses from infinity distance (photographic term) to within way up close to see tiny scripts.
My brother has the progressive (no line) bifocals. He still has to perch them on his nose
and peer above or below them to see really tiny stuff up close. Our father had to do the same. :checkout:
Can not imagine why. That sounds like when I tried my first set of bifocals, which were lined, typical cheaply made bi-focals.
Maybe they have not gotten used to them or the technician did not properly align the center of the lenses with their pupils- VERY important.
I often use a "fifteen X" jewelers loupe (as is mostly used to inspect gemstones) to assess rare coins that I collect. I have no problem using the magnifier right against my bifocals. Mine fit perfectly, work perfectly and I DO recommend them. They are not cheap, though.