My aging eyeballs!

[RonFrank]

I am at an age where over the past couple years, my eyes have hardened, and I am becoming farsighted. This happens to most (all?) folks, and is just something goes along with the AGE virus. :11:

I had to burn some $$ by end of year, and had not had an eye exam in over a year, so I did so. The Doc suggested that I try contacts that can correct this issue. The problem is worst when wearing contacts, not so much when wearing glasses.

I dive with my contacts as it's hard to get a good mask seal if wearing glasses.

The Doc explained that these contacts focus the dominant eye far, and the other near. I was skeptical, and more so when he indicated that some people have a hard time with these types of lenses.

I am now a true believer. I put these things in place, and wow, I can see near, I can see far! No more reading glasses. I'm not sure if this will help when doing photography as I use my dominant eye to focus (I may change that if it helps). But I can now read my gauges again WITHOUT the funky mask diopters!

Based on what the Doc indicated this may not be a solution for everyone. But if you are wearing contacts, and have issues viewing non important stuff like depth, BT, PSI, etc., you may want to RUN to your local Eyeball specialist, and get a trial pair of these babies!

They sure are working for me, and now when I'm in a dim restaurant, I can order without my wife having to read the menu for me like I was 4 years old as well!

 

[Rick Inman]

Yup, I dive my contacts the same way.

I tried several methods to be able to read my gages with my nearsightedness corrected, including those bifocal things stuck inside my mask. But when I finally went to the mono-optical correction, all became right with the world.

If took me about a month to get my eyes trained to focus the right eye for distance and the left for close, but now I can see far away and read up close without reading classes.

And of course, I can read my gages clearly again, which is the real point. This is an example of where I made a change just for diving that now benefits me out of the water as well.

I'm thinking about getting laser-ed this way.

 

[Charlie99]

.....these contacts focus the dominant eye far, and the other near.

.......when doing photography as I use my dominant eye to focus (I may change that if it helps).

Or maybe you get a special set contacts for UW use where the contacts focus the dominant eye near, and the other far.

 

[robint]

I am at an age where over the past couple years, my eyes have hardened, and I am becoming farsighted. This happens to most (all?) folks, and is just something goes along with the AGE virus. :11:

I had to burn some $$ by end of year, and had not had an eye exam in over a year, so I did so. The Doc suggested that I try contacts that can correct this issue. The problem is worst when wearing contacts, not so much when wearing glasses.

I dive with my contacts as it's hard to get a good mask seal if wearing glasses.

The Doc explained that these contacts focus the dominant eye far, and the other near. I was skeptical, and more so when he indicated that some people have a hard time with these types of lenses.

I am now a true believer. I put these things in place, and wow, I can see near, I can see far! No more reading glasses. I'm not sure if this will help when doing photography as I use my dominant eye to focus (I may change that if it helps). But I can now read my gauges again WITHOUT the funky mask diopters!

Based on what the Doc indicated this may not be a solution for everyone. But if you are wearing contacts, and have issues viewing non important stuff like depth, BT, PSI, etc., you may want to RUN to your local Eyeball specialist, and get a trial pair of these babies!

They sure are working for me, and now when I'm in a dim restaurant, I can order without my wife having to read the menu for me like I was 4 years old as well!

holy schnikes! I had no idea there was a cure for my nightmare. I may have to talk to my dr. about this. I can still dive and read my gauges but crap it is getting harder and harder. I have to use reading glasses right now, not too bad but still, uggghhh.
thanks for posting this!

 

[diver 85]

I am at an age where over the past couple years, my eyes have hardened, and I am becoming farsighted. This happens to most (all?) folks, and is just something goes along with the AGE virus. :11:

I had to burn some $$ by end of year, and had not had an eye exam in over a year, so I did so. The Doc suggested that I try contacts that can correct this issue. The problem is worst when wearing contacts, not so much when wearing glasses.

I dive with my contacts as it's hard to get a good mask seal if wearing glasses.

The Doc explained that these contacts focus the dominant eye far, and the other near. I was skeptical, and more so when he indicated that some people have a hard time with these types of lenses.

I am now a true believer. I put these things in place, and wow, I can see near, I can see far! No more reading glasses. I'm not sure if this will help when doing photography as I use my dominant eye to focus (I may change that if it helps). But I can now read my gauges again WITHOUT the funky mask diopters!

Based on what the Doc indicated this may not be a solution for everyone. But if you are wearing contacts, and have issues viewing non important stuff like depth, BT, PSI, etc., you may want to RUN to your local Eyeball specialist, and get a trial pair of these babies!

They sure are working for me, and now when I'm in a dim restaurant, I can order without my wife having to read the menu for me like I was 4 years old as well!

The problem you are describing is probably not really farsightedness(hyperopia) but in reality presbyopia(loss of accomodation @ near only therefore needing a different Rx for near verses far)...This happens to everyone over the age of 40, it's a natural aging process...The method of correction that you described is called monovision & it's been around for a while... LBJ was the 1st prominant person to wear them..( btw, I've been fitting 'them' for over 33 years now) As you can see , this fitting method works, not on everyone though ie some can not adjust to the 'new' way the brain has to work...In those cases we try to fit them in bifocal CTLs..

Interestingly enough, I can remember when not all CTL gurus(in the 70's) agreed with the fitting of them-----forever, we eyedoctors were taught to 'restore & preserve' binocular vision @ all cost--all of a sudden there were a bunch of guys running around breaking down this theory.....but as you can see, it works & prevailed.......good luck with them in the future....................GEAUX TIGERS......

 

[RonFrank]

but as you can see, it works & prevailed.......good luck with them in the future....................GEAUX TIGERS......

Thanks for the more detailed explaination of my layman experience!

I am lucky. The doc indicated that it may take some time to adjust, but I guess my brain figured it out quickly. I just put them in, and they work. I can see both near and far with either eye which surprised me.

 

[TSandM]

Too bad I can't even consider wearing contacts. It would be a lot easier than looking for my glasses all the time, and putting bifocals in my dive masks . . .

 

[fairybasslet]

I'm confused. What kind of contacts are these? Is there a name?

 

[littlejohn]

Good timming. Just got the card in the mail today telling me its for my yearly exam

What is the cost?
Test and CTL's?

 

[CBulla]

I got tired of contacts and got Lasic. Life is much better now