I'm 55, and for the past couple of years I've been holding books, tablets and phones further and further away, as I struggled to focus on text. When driving, the instruments were a bit of a blur. Boat building's out of the question as my near vision was totally shot, So I've succumbed to the inevitable, and - a few days ago - picked up my first varifocals.
I suspect more than a few of a Mayhem demographic have been down this route!
The good: I can read close to. I can see my speedo. The glasses weigh next-to-nothing. This is fantastic!
The bad: I feel nauseous, pretty much all the time. There's a distortion to the right and left of centre where the world simply
tilts down. This is ok if I don't move my head, but I'm finding when shopping, for example, my hands reach out and
just miss what I'm aiming for. Walking is ok, if I assume the floor is as far away as I suspect it to be, and not where my eyes tell me it is. I can make tables and flat surfaces
undulate like some weird drug trip, by turning my head left and right - kind of fun at the kitchen table, when done in small doses, but at the moment I'm building raised beds in the garden, and am totally reliant on the level for every brick and stone.
And the ugly: Specsavers '£69' deal inevitably turned into £400 Real Money when I completed the purchase.
Please tell me the nausea goes once I get used to them? I need to be boat-building in the soon-to-arrive boat shed!
Andy