UPDATE PG. 3 Eye glass wearers/bifocal/single script lens question

[Maddog20/20]

Phase 1 complete.

1) getting a pair of glasses (Nike) with single script and very small bifocal section down low.  These will be for shooting sessions and other sporting activity.  My current guy is having me see another in his practice that specializes in Sclera contacts (he specializes in gas permeable/hybrid).  My fallback will be gas permeable if Sclera doesn’t feel good.  He did say in my case if Sclera works for me it would give best results. One of the most gracious medical professionals I’ve worked with for sure.

That guy sounds great!  I agree with him that if you can find a comfortable scleral, your vision will be better than a garden variety gas permeable.


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[fisherick]

I"ll only wear single vision glasses for distance while hunting. If I could wear contacts I would use them for hunting especially when its cold.

[Ray Lyon]

Well the process is moving forward. A few days ago the first try at the Sclera lens came in.  I got the lens in (which is tricky because it is like a big ol saucer.  I had to wait in the interim waiting room with view of outside woods for twenty minutes while my eye settled in with the new lens.  Even from the start the world looked different (my glasses were off so my left eye was not corrected but it’s a pretty mild and straight forward correction). I was seeing details of tree branches instead of shapes of trees.  When I went back in exam room the doctor was pretty pleased with fit but she wanted a remake so it would fit a little better.  She said that would probably correct my vision even more and provide a little more comfort (and it was already very comfortable).  The best news—-I was already at 20/30 with the first tryin lense.  I wore it today cross country skiing and then with readers to play cribbage and then after 6 hours in down to the indoor shooting range.  My first shot at ten yards was 5 inches to the right (right eye dominance and that’s the bad eye). It’s crazy to think that’s how much ‘off’ I am because of the 20/80 vision I have with the best glasses can correct me.  Then I was getting this

Still slightly right but my shot was more natural feeling and quicker because I was not playing games with my sight picture. I get 90 days no additional cost for lenses from lab until doctor feels it is right.  So if nothing else I already have a free backup.  This is such an amazing feeling and doctor feels I should get up to 16 hours of comfort wear per day, so a long hunting day is no longer an issue. 
 I really need to thank Maddog20/20  for his advice and encouragement as I’m so pleased I went down this trail.  And of course my other doctor in the practice came out while I was in interim waiting area and talked with me and asked how it was feeling so far. Genuinely interested in getting best vision and he gave me two thumbs up when I was leaving and heard the good news.  With practice I’m sure the insertion will go smoothly but other than that little nuance I’m pleased as punch.