<p>This came out of the tax thread regarding errors on taxes due to vision issues.</p>
<p>I have two pairs of terminal glasses. I leave one at home at my computer and one in the office.</p>
<p>I have a pair of prescription reading glasses used for books, papers, and the iPad.</p>
<p>I have a pair of bifocals that I leave in the car. When we go shopping, I wear them in the store so that I can read things in the store (labels, etc.).</p>
<p>I have two pairs of those cheap reading glasses that you can get at the supermarket that I leave around the house for reading stuff so that I don’t have to go running around looking for my prescription glasses.</p>
<p>I also have a pair of night prescription driving glasses in the car.</p>
<p>LOL, I have 5 pairs of prescription: 2 with bifocals, 1 without, 1 sunglass w/bifocals and 1 sunglass without. Of course I can never locate the exact glasses that I want except the one that is on my nose at every moment of the day. I just dread the day my prescription changes. At every given moment in my adult life that occured (birth of each child) it was $$ painful.</p>
<p>I am both nearsighted and farsighted. When I sit in front of a computer, I don’t need to wear any glasses. But I must have a pair for driving.</p>
<p>So, my daily wear is a transitional prescription pair. The minute I sit down in front of a computer, I take it off. When I get up to another location, I almost always forget to put the glasses on. The problem, I can’t see anymore and took a long time to find my glasses. </p>
<p>My solution - get many pairs of cheap glasses and put them at important locations. So, I figure I should have at least 5 spare pairs. if I count those safety glasses at work, I would probably have a total of 8 pairs. </p>
<p>In summer, I do have another prescription sun glasses for driving only. </p>
<p>UGH!! Bane of my existence! I have a pair of progressives that I wear everyday. But I take them off to work at the computer. I have a pair of distance glasses that I wear when I watch TV in bed (the progressives don’t do that angle well). I have a pair of reading glasses because I get dizzy moving my head slightly back and forth when I read. Progressives don’t do reading well, either. Eye doctor said that progressives are best for people who read magazines, and who sit up straight to watch TV. I HATE GROWING OLDER. At least in the eyes department.</p>
<p>About three years ago, I went to the eye doctor and was told I needed glasses. She told me progressive lenses would probably be best for me, so I picked out a pair of frames I liked and picked the glasses up a few days later. I really tried to wear them, but I couldn’t get use to the depth perception thing and they gave me headaches. I just decided to go without. When my DH and DD started teasing me a year or so ago that they would be happy to hold the menu from across the table so I could read it, I went out and bought a pair of readers. My distance vision is still excellent (I’ve always been far-sighted) but when I’m trying to read a book, paper, menu, etc., I either need the readers or have to read it at arm’s length. I have an appointment January 11 for another eye appointment. I know my vision has deteriorated a bit over the past three or four years but, as long as the readers seem to be doing the trick, I see no reason in purchasing anything else. Once, when I forgot my readers at home, I had to put on a pair of binocular magnifiers (usually reserved for splinter removal in my clinic) just to draw up one of my student’s insulin. Now I keep a pair of readers at school and one at home.</p>
<p>Wow- that’s a lot of glasses. I have one pair- the progressive trifocal. The top is for distance, the middle for computer work and the bottom for reading. At 500$ a pair, I could only afford one pair. I use the wrap around over the glasses sunglasses that look vaguely terminator-ish. But I actually don’t use sunglasses a lot since I have very tinted windows in the car.</p>
<p>I have 3 - one calibrated for the computer screen and two ‘long distance’ glasses - one regular and one sunglasses but both the same prescription. For reading books I use my fourth option - no glasses. They all use the same frame model.
I’ve avoided using bifocals since they seem weird and I don’t want to get into the ‘tilt-head’ mode.</p>
<p>I have one pair. I wear them all the time except when asleep and in the shower. I have had extremely bad eyesight since I was about 10 or 11 so am just used to wearing them all the time. I do have bifocals now. Tried the progressives but could not get used to them at all. Just have the regular bifocal with the visible line. My close up vision changes more rapidly than my distance nowadays, so just a few months after a change in the bifocals I am usually back to taking my glasses off to read and squint at directions on food packages. But they work fine for my laptop (though I probably do the tilt-head thing). </p>
<p>Has anyone ever tried playing table tennis wearing bifocals. I did once. it was ridiculous - I would move my head wrong and the ball would suddenly disappear.</p>
<p>My DH (46) saw the eye doctor last week and was told he is in the early stages of developing cataracts. The doctor told him this stems from his not wearing sunglasses. DH has worn glasses since he was young and he hated the old transition glasses. He won’t wear the clip-on sunglasses because he thinks he’ll just misplace them. We ordered new progressive transition (they’ve come a long way) lenses for him but, until they arrive, he is wearing the clip-ons to prevent any additional exposure to sun. Wear those sunglasses, people.</p>
<p>Just 2 - progressive bifocals and non progressive sunglasses. I can’t wear my regular glasses looking at a computer (most of my day) so I end up wearing them for mostly just for night driving. I don’t really need the glasses for reading yet, if I need to read something really small I use a magnifying glass.</p>
<p>My office is really bright and I am sensitive to bright lights, so I sometimes wear my sunglasses at my desk.</p>
<p>Splashmom, I had a pair of transition lenses but they didn’t get dark enough while driving because of the tinted glass. So I got prescription sunglasses that I end up wearing more than my regular glasses. Even though I look kind of weird when I wear them at the office.</p>
<p>I have about 10 pairs of readers that I keep all over the house and in my purse, plus two pairs of prescription glasses, one that looks good that I can see out of and one beat up pair that I sleep in, because I fall asleep to Jimmy Fallon. I wear bifocal contacts also, but need to wear readers with them but I can read perfectly without my contacts in, just can’t see anything else. And sunglasses too as my eyes are very sensitive to the sun. I have a lot of eyewear.</p>
<p>when I was doing electronic repair: 1 pair of trifocal. + headband + loupes.
Layed-off, then got lasik, so I have 1 good scratch resistant + dollar general, $1 glasses everywhere. I even keep the frames with broken legs because I never know where I left the pair I was using. With Lasik’ed eyes, you never have a reason to keep track of your lenses . Only when you need readers is when you need glasses and discover you need the blasted thing.</p>
<p>I have total 4 pairs of prescription glasses: two of them prescription sunglasses, a pair of non-progressive and a pair of progressive; two of them regular prescription glasses, a pair of prescription reading glasses and a pair of progressive glasses. I have a few pairs of non-prescription sunglasses. Even I have prescription glasses, I don’t wear them on a regular base, since generally I can still see pretty well. I am not used to wear glasses for most of my life. I really don’t like to wear glasses. Fortunately my nearsighted and farsighted are both mild.</p>
Thanks ucdad, this is what I have finally realized that I need. My glasses are calibrated for evening “indoor” stuff, and are no longer strong enough to watch TV with. Great for the computer, not acceptable for driving. I can read with no glasses, just hold the book closer (or in my case, the iPad…)
If I have glasses on and need to see something tiny, just take them off and that -5 nearsighted prescription suddenly becomes perfect vision…</p>
<p>Daily wear contacts, 1 pair progressive lenses, 1 pair distance-only, 1 pair distance-only prescription sunglasses, 1 pair regular sunglasses, multiple pairs of readers purchased from Costco. The readers are kept at home, in the car, at work, in my purse, etc. The ophthalmologist told me not to waste my money on prescription readers. Good thing, because I lose them/break them regularly. 4+infinite ;)</p>
<p>My MIL has had cataracts and an unusual form of macular degeneration that the doctors believe are linked to not wearing sunglasses at all.</p>
<p>I have three pairs I use regularly. Two progressive lens ones, I use them pretty much interchangeably, but one has the advantage of turning into sunglasses outside. I also have a pair of drugstore reading glasses I use for bedtime reading. I don’t wear glasses at all for computer work, but my previous pair of progressives were perfect in the middle for the computer, they were nearsighted on top and blank on the bottom. My current progressives have a prescription on the bottom. Usually my glasses are hanging around the computer where I take them off most often, but not always!</p>
<p>Two pairs of the same distance prescription–one clear, one sunglasses. Just use for watching TV, driving, etc. Have always been near-sided, still don’t need them for reading though really close up stuff like threading needles is starting to get difficult.</p>