Comments | rose_cat: Little bit of this, little bit of that.

rose_cat

Little bit of this, little bit of that.

Jun 12, 2012 19:36

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rose_cat June 15 2012, 09:10:49 UTC

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner; your reply was exactly what I needed at the time.

Yes, varifocals = multifocals = progressives. (But not bifocals.)

And I want to thank you for responding when you did and for asking that question. Not that you did those specifically to help, but I was frustrated and upset to tears by then. (The fact that it was 3 AM here and I couldn't sleep wasn't helping.) After posting, I'd taken off the glasses to try to adjust the earpieces -- they're much too tight and that in itself was giving me a headache -- and, when I put the old glasses back on, had a weird dual sensation of "shit, old prescription" and "hey, I can see again!" Which told me that something really was wrong with the glasses, which sent my exhausted brain into a tailspin of catastrophizing. (And I couldn't reshape the stupid earpieces either ( ... )

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rose_cat June 15 2012, 09:36:29 UTC

Yeah, that's a good point about switching back-and-forth. I'd rather not have to do that if I can make this work.

I've been advised to have two pairs of glasses made so as to have a spare. I'd love to have the money (I'd love to have it for lots of things!), but my sunglasses will just have to be the spares. (Which I've done before.)

I hope it all works out with your glasses :)

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grail76 June 13 2012, 12:55:46 UTC

I have a single vision distance set I use to drive and a bifocal set I use at the office, etc. Didn't like having to tilt my head to see what I wanted in focus.

rose_cat June 15 2012, 09:19:00 UTC

Yeah, I'm not sure I'll like it either. But I'll have a better chance to find out, once I've solved the other problems (see my answer to mrs tribble above).

I am wondering how sorry I'll be that I got progressives in the sunglasses, since those are what I almost always drive with. Well, I can always do something different next time.

(By the way, hi :D Here via randompix?)

rose_cat June 15 2012, 09:44:42 UTC

Aaaand I see you friended me (I didn't get the email notification. Damn LJ.) Thank you, and PM incoming!

grail76 June 15 2012, 11:19:33 UTC

Yes, via Randompix :)

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aviv_b June 13 2012, 13:39:44 UTC

I have mutlifocals and don't find them hard to use. Then again, I don't drive very often so I''m pretty much mid and close distance oriented.

rose_cat June 15 2012, 09:20:33 UTC

Well, it helps when you're used to them. (Which I might manage to be when other things are fixed -- see my reply to mrs tribble above.)

I'm still not sure how it'll affect my driving. B manages OK, though.