New glasses

[PWC]

Current glasses took 2 trips to the optician to get lens' ground to the prescription. Two years now and I'm using my readers with the computer. Tried progressives...didn't work. I guess it's time to have my eyes checked again.

[Phloating Phlasher]

Get your glasses checked for fit & grind. This was what it took me 6 visits to get sorted out!

[Mark in Ottawa]

When I had cataract surgery I had the option of having one eye set for distance and the other eye set for reading. This is now a common arrangement and I was assured that after a few days my brain would adapt and that I wouldn't need glasses for either purpose. I decided that my brain was likely independent of the doctor's experience and opted to have both eyes set for reading since I read or use computers more than I drive. I'm actually very happy with that decision but found that I needed to get bifocals for driving since I needed the reading area on the lens in order to easily and quickly read the dials on the dashboard.

[Oyaji]

Mark I did just the opposite. In my post above, I should have mentioned that with my cataract surgery I opted for only requiring glasses for reading and close-up work. For the vast majority of the time (probably 80% or better) and I love the freedom of not having to wear glasses for operating a motor vehicle and other outdoor activities. I was even able to pass the vision test at the DMV and have the eyeglass restriction removed from my driver's license. While I no longer carry glasses on my person, I do have a set of reading glasses on my workbench and nightstand.

[Allen]

My wife had to have cataract surgery for both eyes about 8 years ago. She started losing her vision and went to the doctor. We were both surprised when he said she had cataracts since we have always associated cataracts with cloudy looking eyes. She had and has very beautiful brown clear eyes.

She elected for the near sighted lenses since she uses her tablet/laptop constantly along with texting messages. The eye surgeon assured her she could still see OK at distances and would only need to wear contacts or glasses when driving. That was a lie. After the surgery she can see OK up close and no longer has to wear reading glasses but sitting only 15' from the TV she has to wear glasses now and drives very little but sees OK when she does with the glasses (not needed before).

Overall, even though not as promised and originally displeased, she is OK with (or lives with) the results. W/O the surgery her eyesight would have only gotten worse so she had to do something.

Point being you can have cataracts and not know it.

[Allen]

From a woman.