I have a prescription for progressives in case I try that option. The opthalmologist said that it won't solve the fundamental problem of me shifting my position relative to what I'm looking at, not unless I'm extremely limited in how I move.
At distance A, I need to be looking through one specific bit of the lens. At distance C, I need a different bit. I might be able to adapt to that, but it's likely to be a barrier for me using them up until the point when I can't do without them. If I'm sitting in the living room, I shift position relative to what I'm reading at least twice every five minutes.
Unfortunately, the moving around is a pain and mobility related thing that is only going to become more necessary as I get older.
The ophthalmologist says there's nothing to be done about it. If I vary my position by a few inches, it changes which part of the glasses will work because each bit is optimized for seeing things within a particular six inch range.
My current reading glasses are optimized for me holding a book in front of me with my arms at a 90 degree angle. If the book is in my lap, I get sick trying to read with the glasses on.
I suspect this just means me doing more laptop reading and more audiobooks. I've been trending that way since the laptop is big enough to read on but also something I don't have to support with my upper body.
Hm. I wonder if I could put ebooks on the TV screen via our AppleTV? It might be an option to synch my laptop to that screen for reading at a distance that's not going to be altered perceptibly by me shifting position constantly. It's a thing I could do while I'm at home alone if I could figure out the technological requirements.
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Date: 2019-01-22 07:04 pm (UTC)At distance A, I need to be looking through one specific bit of the lens. At distance C, I need a different bit. I might be able to adapt to that, but it's likely to be a barrier for me using them up until the point when I can't do without them. If I'm sitting in the living room, I shift position relative to what I'm reading at least twice every five minutes.
Unfortunately, the moving around is a pain and mobility related thing that is only going to become more necessary as I get older.
The ophthalmologist says there's nothing to be done about it. If I vary my position by a few inches, it changes which part of the glasses will work because each bit is optimized for seeing things within a particular six inch range.
My current reading glasses are optimized for me holding a book in front of me with my arms at a 90 degree angle. If the book is in my lap, I get sick trying to read with the glasses on.
I suspect this just means me doing more laptop reading and more audiobooks. I've been trending that way since the laptop is big enough to read on but also something I don't have to support with my upper body.
Hm. I wonder if I could put ebooks on the TV screen via our AppleTV? It might be an option to synch my laptop to that screen for reading at a distance that's not going to be altered perceptibly by me shifting position constantly. It's a thing I could do while I'm at home alone if I could figure out the technological requirements.