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new glasses, take 1
At the end of last week I got a call saying my new glasses were in. (That was faster than I expected.) Monday morning I picked them up. The frames fit well; the side-pieces are a little more delicate than I had realized, and this is probably only noticable with lenses as thick as mine in the frame, but I think that will be ok. It was immediately obvious that the distance correction was better, and using the bifocals to read something in the office felt "different" but not "wrong".
Monday I had a little trouble with using the computer initially; I ended up adjusting the position of my monitor slightly, which helped. I know from past experience that it takes me a week or so to adjust to new glasses, so I just plugged away.
This afternoon I finally realized what was wrong about the bifocals (other than the focal distance having subtly changed); the placement of the left bifocal, relative to my eye, is a little different than on the old pair of glasses. I don't have quite as much bifocal-covered space to the left side of the field as before, and apparently it matters. Lens curvature prevents me from really comparing them "head to head", but getting them as close as I can I can see the difference. The bifocal looks fine in the lens; it's not obviously crooked or off-center or the like. But it's not quite right for my eyes, so Monday morning I will go back to see what they can do about it. (And I have learned to take a new measurement now: bridge to far edge of bifocal.)
I was going to keep wearing the new glasses over the weekend anyway (won't be using the computer on Shabbat, for starters...), but after doing all this comparing of lenses the new ones were dirty, so I washed them -- and the left lens fell out. Argh! I cannot get it to fit snugly in the frame; I thought I had it in at one point, but it slipped while I was putting the glasses on my face. I wonder what that's about. I inspected the frame with a magnifying glass and I can't see any hairline cracks. (I'm not going to try forcing things and risk creating one.) So now I'm back to the old glasses, and I can't do anything about it until Monday. And the distance vision isn't quite as clear. Bummer.
Monday I had a little trouble with using the computer initially; I ended up adjusting the position of my monitor slightly, which helped. I know from past experience that it takes me a week or so to adjust to new glasses, so I just plugged away.
This afternoon I finally realized what was wrong about the bifocals (other than the focal distance having subtly changed); the placement of the left bifocal, relative to my eye, is a little different than on the old pair of glasses. I don't have quite as much bifocal-covered space to the left side of the field as before, and apparently it matters. Lens curvature prevents me from really comparing them "head to head", but getting them as close as I can I can see the difference. The bifocal looks fine in the lens; it's not obviously crooked or off-center or the like. But it's not quite right for my eyes, so Monday morning I will go back to see what they can do about it. (And I have learned to take a new measurement now: bridge to far edge of bifocal.)
I was going to keep wearing the new glasses over the weekend anyway (won't be using the computer on Shabbat, for starters...), but after doing all this comparing of lenses the new ones were dirty, so I washed them -- and the left lens fell out. Argh! I cannot get it to fit snugly in the frame; I thought I had it in at one point, but it slipped while I was putting the glasses on my face. I wonder what that's about. I inspected the frame with a magnifying glass and I can't see any hairline cracks. (I'm not going to try forcing things and risk creating one.) So now I'm back to the old glasses, and I can't do anything about it until Monday. And the distance vision isn't quite as clear. Bummer.