One optometrist would absolutely not fill my prescription - he didn't
think it was "a good idea". My wife also had a problem with some glasses
she bought (wavy distortions) and he absolutely would not believe her, nor
would he look through the lens himself. Alas, he died a week later and we
got everything straightened out.

A harsh, but effective, way to clear up a customer service problem... :-)

Well, I'm typing this whilst looking through my new "progressive" lenses.
So far, I am VERY impressed. I have both sharpened my distance vision (the
doc "tweaked" that prescription a notch for me) *and* I can now see up
close.

No nausea or vertigo noted. Going up and down steps is fine. The only
unusual thing I've noted is this:

When sitting at my desk (or a table -- something with a straight edge for
reference), if I look down through the "close" vision part of the lenses
whilst turning my head from side to side, I can make the table "rock" up and
down, back and forth. It's rather disconcerting (and sorta fun, in small
doses), but the effect goes away when I focus through the "distance" part of
the lens -- so I don't anticipate that this will cause me any undo problems.

Thus -- other than my lenses being FAR too thick (like, half again thicker
than my former lenses, supposedly due to the "frameless" style Mary selected
for me) I like 'em a lot!

Thanks to everyone for the input -- it's been very educational.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"
"Jose" wrote in message
. net...
Just thought I'd chime in with what I do... I am nearsighted, astigmatic,
and now presbyopic (the old man's eye problem

I have a single vision (distance) lens in my left eye (I fly from the left
seat) and a bifocal in the right eye, with the line 2 mm lower than usual,
to read my charts with. This has worked well for a few years, but now I
may need to move the line up so I can read my instrument panel. The
bifocal is just a +1 or so - whatever the least amount they can put in is.
I tried higher amounts but they don't work for me since I don't like the
different sized views I get from each lens (the bifocal part gives a
bigger image).


Jose
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