On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:40:18 -0800 (PST), sueb >
wrote:

>On Mar 8, 10:32*pm, "Steve B" > wrote:
>> My vision is + 2.00 in one eye and 2.50 in the other. *Then add 2.00 to both
>> for close stuff. *Approaching Coke bottle proportions.
>>
>> I got some new bifocal contacts today, and Hoo Boy! *I'm typing without
>> glasses, and clear as a bell. *I have a crick in my neck, tho, from
>> habitually raising my head up to see through the bottom portion of the
>> bifocals.
>>
>> I would recommend them to anyone. *Can't wait to get out in the shop and try
>> them welding and metalworking.
>>
>> Steve
>
>Welcome to the club! I've worn bifocal contacts for about 15 years.
>My eye doctor says that my eyesight is actually improving now.
>
>Susan B.

Mine as well improved, so much that my prescription has not changed
even slightly in ten years. Trying to drive when I got them was an
interesting experience, not just for me but for everyone else on the
road that morning. It only took me a few hours to get used to looking
straight ahead through the progressives.