Bit of an odd story, but if you wear progressive contacts, you might be interested. Also important, I spend my days on computers.
I've worn contacts since they were hard plastic. The first set of progressive soft contacts I got were life changing. Been trying to get back to that ever since.
See, the contact lens tech screwed up and gave me two distance (D) lenses instead of a distance and a near (N). It was perfect. I could see brilliantly.
Every doctor since has "fixed" the "mistake". 1/x
Doogie says, "Are you sure it's 22"?" I'm like "Would be weird to be that specific otherwise, wouldn't it? Though I suppose if I step back on the treadmill, it could be 24".
Doogie thinks. "So, arm length?"
Me: Pretty much.
It seems that is about the point at which you pass from Near to Distance vision. He puts me back in double distance lenses.
I can see to work. And all it took was someone listening to what I'd been saying all along and thinking it through.
I 💚 Dr. Doogie. 3/3
@Cosmichomicide I have a similar issue… I have one that “shouldn’t” work right in one of my eyes, but my optician, also a friend, let me stay with the change.
But I moved away… will my new one let me stay with it?
@nopuppet_007 I legit think that eye doctors are wired towards either reading or driving and focus (har har) on that, not realizing that most people use computers a significant part of their day and maybe that should be factored in.
At least I know how to "explain" it now.
@Cosmichomicide
Gather they do the same for lazer eye surgery (set one eye distance, one eye near).
Afraid I rather just change my glasses ... so much easier.
But did go to varifocals which ment can see in the distance AND the speedo on the car when looking down 😆 .
But reading text on a phone ... cant be bothered, too much like hard work, especially if not with reading glasses ... dont stand a chance ... arms are not long enough 😂 .
As a result, I have a drawer full of useless expensive contacts that I only use when I'm not working, reading or really planning to see.
Every appointment I carry all the previous prescriptions in, including the one that worked. Every time I had been told that's not right, blah blah blah.
This time, as Doogie Howzer is gearing up to tell me how contacts work and how that won't work, I said that any solution that didn't include me being able to read a monitor screen at 22" was a failure. 2/x