I'm mad as H E double toothpicks. I just picked up a set of progressive bifocals and I cannot image how folks see through these. Perhaps I'm just sensitive but they are horrible.
According to the good doctor, my distance was 20/20 but has a minor astigmasism (sp?) so she put the correction in the tops and the bottoms to the proper reader needed. Made sense to me.
As I drove home wearing them to check them out, the distance was no better with the specs. Worst thing I noticed was the tunnel vision. Unless I looked directly at my dash, everything outside of a small band was blurred (badly). I had to turn my head to read anything. I can't imagine flying with these. In addition, if I moved my head, what I saw was tilted. There is no way in God's green earth that I could fly in IMC and not get vertigo.
When I got home, I tried to read with them. Center vision was outstanding if I didn't mind looking at a 6 inch width on a sheet of paper.
I've been using stick on readers on my sun glasses and drug store readers with excellent results. I got the glasses mainly for work so I dont' have to fool with readers but the new specs won't cut it.
After reading other posts on prescription glasses I know it should not be this way.
I am planning to go back to the optical shop but how should this be handled? Should I go for lined bifocals and get the widest? I liked the ideal of a progessive but how in the world do you get rid of tunnel vision?
I've got a copy of the script and don't mind sending the POC (piece of cr.p) to one of the opticians listed in another post with a mark of where my pupils are on the current lens and get them to make a set of lenses?
Short of the trash can....suggestions?
According to the good doctor, my distance was 20/20 but has a minor astigmasism (sp?) so she put the correction in the tops and the bottoms to the proper reader needed. Made sense to me.
As I drove home wearing them to check them out, the distance was no better with the specs. Worst thing I noticed was the tunnel vision. Unless I looked directly at my dash, everything outside of a small band was blurred (badly). I had to turn my head to read anything. I can't imagine flying with these. In addition, if I moved my head, what I saw was tilted. There is no way in God's green earth that I could fly in IMC and not get vertigo.
When I got home, I tried to read with them. Center vision was outstanding if I didn't mind looking at a 6 inch width on a sheet of paper.
I've been using stick on readers on my sun glasses and drug store readers with excellent results. I got the glasses mainly for work so I dont' have to fool with readers but the new specs won't cut it.
After reading other posts on prescription glasses I know it should not be this way.
I am planning to go back to the optical shop but how should this be handled? Should I go for lined bifocals and get the widest? I liked the ideal of a progessive but how in the world do you get rid of tunnel vision?
I've got a copy of the script and don't mind sending the POC (piece of cr.p) to one of the opticians listed in another post with a mark of where my pupils are on the current lens and get them to make a set of lenses?
Short of the trash can....suggestions?