When you first get progressives you will find you have to turn your head a lot to keep your eyes within the viewing area of the lenses. You can’t keep your head still and shift your eyes to the side to see something clearly on your left, for instance. You need to turn your head in that direction. It becomes second nature within days if not hours. Not a big deal, IMHO.
They say you get used to them eventually, but I fucking hated the pair I tried. When I first tried them, I was like, "They gave me the wrong glasses. There's no fucking way they're supposed to be like this!" I think I toughed it out for a week hoping to hit the magic inflection point. I'd rather have multiple pairs that actually work for the use case. I'm sure it depends on how bad your eyes are, but if I'm not driving or reading/computing, it really doesn't matter if I can see or not, and basically everything I read is on a screen that lets me change the text size and distance anyway. So now I just keep a pair in the car and otherwise embrace the squint.
Woke up so congested I could barely breathe at 4:45 this morning. I'm already fully ready to call it a day....
Yeah, some generic daytime cold medicine cleared me up, so sounding like I'll be doing that with nighttime cold meds tonight before bed.
is it like looking at a domed fish tank bowl and searching for the spot that is ultra clear?
No. If the glasses are properly fitted when you get them, and that needs to be patiently done, you naturally look through the prescription part of the lens. The non-prescription part is difficult to locate with your eyes. For me, I need to try and strain to look through the "wrong" part of the lens and it's not fish bowly, just not as sharp as the center is. Locating the near and far zones is second nature with a few days if not hours.
I'm expect my left knee will be replaced within 5-6 years. Not bothered by the idea.
