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Try to get clear vision past 20ft.

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Bobk
Bobk

I am 68 years old and have been wearing glasses for about 40 years.

I get an eye exam by an ophthalmologist once a year. The glasses i'm currently wearing are two years old and are progressive lenses. My near vision and reading are fine and I can see clearly to about 20ft. Beyond 20 ft. every thing begins to blur. It is difficult to drive and read traffic and street signs until I an right up on them. I have explained this problem to my doctor and to a couple of optometrists in an attempt to correct the problem with confusing answers and little help. I have tried to get single vision sunglasses with my current prescription by they also do not provide clear vision beyond 20 ft. The best answer I got was that the standard vision test is set to 20 ft and does not take into account anything beyond 20 ft. This may explain why my sunglasses did not fix the issue. So their telling me that nobody with glasses can see clearly beyond 20 ft. ???

There must be a million other with this same problem. Has anyone found a fix for this ?

Help !

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  • Marina_Dee
    Marina_Dee Bobk

    Posted

    Sounds very odd. I dont know where you are in the world but I think you are talking about Varifocals which is what progressive lenses are called in UK.I have had varifocal glasses for many years and I drive and I can see beyond 20 feet with them. In fact you should not be driving if you cant see beyond 20ft..

    Could it be something to do with your particular lens prescription that cant be changed?. Or a particular eye condition you have?

  • Bobk
    Bobk

    Posted

    I'm really disappointed that no one seems to have and explanation or a fix for my problem. Some one must know ????

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