Starting about 25 years ago my near vision started to go. Slowly at first, then more rapidly over about a 5 year period. Neighbor/friend is an ophthalmologist and she kept close tabs on my vision. It was mainly due to aging, as expected.
I see her once a year, and for the past 3-4 years my prescription has barely changed, mainly refinements to my distance vision. I’ve worn progressives from the start, and have learned that it’s important to have “tall” lenses so that the transition isn’t too “quick,” for lack of a better description. When “thin” styles were all the rage I tried a set and quickly realized these would not work for me. That latest pair of glasses I ordered and returned to Zennie has disappeared into a black hole. They said 14 days to “review” but I haven’t heard a peep. -D > On Jun 15, 2024, at 7:55 PM, mitch--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > On 2024-06-15 22:39, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: >> Is “monovision” like when they do LASIK and one eye does close and the other >> dies distance? >> That always seemed weird to me. > > Yes. > I believe it's intended for people who don't like to wear glasses because > they value vanity over seeing properly. Most people get used to it over time. > The guy I'm talking about invested in two pair of glasses with high end Carl > Zeiss lenses to undo the effects of monovision. But 20 years later he does go > without glasses some of the time. > Back when it happened, there was a lot of "if you want to go with us, hop in > the damn car already" "wait a minute, I just realized I'm wearing my computer > glasses. I have to go back in the house and change". His first eye was 20/15 > post surgery. If they'd tried to do the same to the other eye he would have > been happy, even if it came out 20/30. > > Now back to me. My non dominate eye is easily correctable to 20/20, almost > good enough for the 20/15 line on the chart. Trying to do a refractive exam > on my dominate eye drives me nuts because it never really gets sharp, except > momentarily it almost gets good before going bad again. It's not horrible, > but I just closed my right eye while typing this and the screen went fuzzy. > All the sharpness is coming from my left eye. > When I wake up in the morning my vision is blurry and then gradually clears > up. I finally figured it out just now, it clears up when my left eye takes > over. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
