I think I’ll get some. I have reading glasses, but they are never handy when I need them. I noticed some threads here about eye specialists. I will try one of these.
I just wondered if anyone has had any experience with them. Are they a pain or what? Most posters here are probably too young to need them. Tell me what granny said.
[quote=“Richardm”]I think I’ll get some. I have reading glasses, but they are never handy when I need them. I noticed some threads here about eye specialists. I will try one of these.
I just wondered if anyone has had any experience with them. Are they a pain or what? Most posters here are probably too young to need them. Tell me what granny said.[/quote]
My father wanted these some time back. He got varifocals instead, which I believe have replaced bifocals.
Thanks. I never heard of those. I’ll check it out.
Have been wearing bifocals since I was 35. They took about a week to get used to. Work nicely, once you adjust to them. I cannot wear the “no line” kind, but the “traditional” style works fine. Don’t know about where you are, but I had to travel to somewhere a little more “civilized” than Jinhua to get my last set made (I went to Ningbo, but Hangzhou has them, too).
The optometrist insisted that he could not make the bifocal lenses “half round,” but would instead put a big round bifocal lens in each side (which would have turned the glasses into reading glasses). Lucky for me my wife was with me, because she is a native of Taiwan and persuaded him to make them correctly.
Just my advice, but I suggest you take a native speaker with you, one that clearly understands the concept of bifocals, and be prepared to stumble into things a bit for the first week. Also be prepared to always have the right pair of glasses with you. Very handy.
I have worn “varifocals” for about 10 years. I am long sighted with severe astigmatism in one eye. The lenses cost a bomb. The first pair that I bought in Taiwan had a very narrow “distant” zone that was a pain when driving a car. I have since found that the distant band is normally wider in Australian made specticles. They work fine but your eyes quickly become lazy and you are almost totally blind without your glasses. My digital alarm clock is about 3 metres away, with large characters so I can read it at night. It is on my wife’s side of the bed as she is short sighted.
I got bifocals this week from a place by the Shilin Night Market. It’s really nice to be able to read again and not that hard to get used to. One good thing is that when I look down, things look bigger than they actually are.
Get some for your girlfriend
I was amazed when I came here that virtually everyone wears glasses or contacts. Now I have been here 3 years & I too need to wear them (for reading)…
I am left wondering wether this is just the normal ravages of time catching up with me or is there something about Taiwan living that
affects the eye sight …