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  1. I had mine done in 2000. They could not get the left eye as sharp as the right eye, but it worked out better that way. They called it monocular vision. I did need reading glasses, but only for the smallest of print. Ten years later and my vision is about the same at distance, but the print seems to be shrinking. 🙂

    Joyce and I both get our computer and reading glasses at the Dollar store. And they only cost a dollar. 😉
    They are low power, about 1.5 magnification, and they do the trick. We also use them for reading.

    I guess I one of the lucky ones since they told me it would not last too long because of my age. I can still see and identify a small bird several hundred yards away and read road signs just a far. Hope you have the same results.

  2. Dane, I think you were one of the lucky ones.

    Well, the new glasses make a pleasing difference for road signs and distance clarity. One is a -.75 and the other is a -1.00, so I don’t need them for driving, but I noticed today that the writing on a stop sign from a block away is clear with the glasses on. I know it’s a stop sign without the glasses.

    The close in reading is fine as well. That’s a +2.00, and I can do Dollar Store type reading glasses for that. In fact, I have several pair at various locations just for convenience.

    It’s the middle distance I lose with these new glasses — from two to three feet. The computer range — or, for hubby and people like him, the sheet music range. If I’m sitting normally or leaning forward in the chair, I can see the screen fine, but I have to tilt my head up. If I lean back in my chair, which I do often, everything blurs. So I use my old glasses for the Mac Mini. It’s easy enough to leave them at the computer and swap.

    I suspect much of my problem is the sharp line on the bifocals — I had progressives before, and I didn’t get that sudden blurry area as I glanced down at the ground in front of me. It may just require an adjustment period, or it may be problem. I’ll give it a few days. It’s odd wearing glasses again. While I don’t need them to get by, I do enjoy being able to look out the window and see distinct edges on the garage shingles instead of a dullness where the edges are or individual leaves on a tree(for example). It’s not a big thing, but it’s noticeable. It’s like a haze being lifted.