A tip for those trying one-sided bifocals for the first time. (I have been using them for years now). You need to consider which side to put the bifocal on. This is important IMHO. I prefer to put the minimal size bifocal they make, on my NON-dominant eye. My theory is that when walking around, hiking or general use, I want to have it seem as close to no bifocals as possible. The whole reason I am doing this is to avoid the headaches I get from eyestrain when wearing full bifocals hiking over rough ground. Then when I need to look at my watch or GPS or map or compass, I have to make a bit of effort to get the magnification. Certainly not as much effort as digging out and swapping glasses. Sometimes I even close the non-bifocal eye for close map work, sometimes its just a quick glance. Obviously I am not going to read a novel this way. :-)
Some people might have different needs, but its something to consider either way. My determination of dominant eye is the trick of holding your thumb up in front of you, placing it over something in the mid distance. Then takes turns blinking your eyes. Dominant eye open keeps the thumb in place. Non-dominant eye makes the thumb jump. I would think that effect would be significant walking around. Just a theory though. Works for me! On Jul 21, 7:18 pm, JACY <[email protected]> wrote: > This is very interesting. I never heard of the one eye option. I am > going into Nursing School in September and have tried bifocals and > progressives but can't get used to them so I make do by lifting up my > glasses for close work but I imagine patients wouldn't take too kindly > to seeing a nurse holding her watch one inch from her eyes while > taking their pulse. lol. I would think that a nurse would be one of > those people needing to walk and do close work. :) Thanks, will > investigate further. Let us know how your order works out. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Check us out at the oft-updated http://glassyeyes.blogspot.com! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlassyEyes" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/glassyeyes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
