> 1) I believe that both Ciba and Vistakon have multifocals in the works.
> 2) Have you ever considered trying GP lenses?

> "Dr Judy" <mpac...[at]rogers.com> wrote in message
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> Getting good distance and good near with a MF contact lens requires a
> little compromise. *Did your doctor try modified mono vision, using
> the multifocal in both eyes but optimizing one for distance and one
> for near? * I find good success with the B&Lwhen fitting older
> presbyopes by using a low add in the dominant eye and a high add in
> the near eye. *Worth a try.
> Dr Judy
> -----------------
> Hi Dr. Judy,
> Is the high add really high enough for older presbyopes?
> I am 56, myopic and presbyopic. I tried the PV MFs once. I think both were
> high add, but did not give me good enough near vision from the add. We had
> to keep lowering the power of the myopia prescription on the left eye, so
> that I could finally read with them, but it was lowered so much, that it was
> not really much different from regular monovision, except less clear
> distance vision.
> I wish they would come out with more types of Si-hy multifocals. Does anyone
> here know, if anything new will be coming out in the near future?

> I have been wearing Focus Progressives for about 5 years. *I wore no
> prescription glasses before that but used reading glasses as necessary. *I
> opted for contacts when the presbyopia was forcing me to have constant
> correction at about 59 years of age.
> I think it took me longer than average for my brain to sort out the clearest
> image from the simultaneous choices given it. *In about two weeks I could
> read everything close and far. I have a +1.75 left and +1.5 right
> correction, btw. *I noticed everything was improving and at about six weeks
> I was totally satisfied.
> I wanted to try Purevision and my eye doctor got me a pair of trial lenses.
> I had two immediate "wows" - one good and on bad.
> First, the near vision was even better than the Ciba Focus Progressives,
> but, secondly, distant was so bad, I could not read road signs over about
> 50' away. *After a follow up exam, he lowered each by one notch. +1.5 and
> +1.25. *This helped some, but the distant vision is still too blurry.
> So, my question is: *do they use such different methods of correction that
> my brain is having a difficult time adjusting or re-adjusting? *Like
> center-near on one and not the other, or aspheric design on one and
> concentric ring on the other?
> I guess I should wear them for a couple of weeks before I give up. *Right
> now, I only tried them one day, and went back to my Ciba lenses.
> TIA for any advice.
> marc

> Thanks for the input, but I don't want glasses. *I get almost as good as
> vision as with glasses with the CIBA's without scratched lenses, dirty
> lenses, misplaced glasses, sat on frames, etc. *I don't think I ever want
> the 'advantage' of glasses.
> I will stay with Focus Progressives and occasionally try other similar
> products to see how they work for me. *B&L didn't pass the test.
> "jack" <j...[at]yahoo.org> wrote in message
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> > "mvstx" <nos...[at]4me.com> wrote in message
> > news:LNj%k.10963$ZP4.5211[at]nlpi067.nbdc.sbc.com...
> > > I have been wearing Focus Progressives for about 5 years. *I wore no
> > > prescription glasses before that but used reading glasses as necessary.*I
> > > opted for contacts when the presbyopia was forcing me to have constant
> > > correction at about 59 years of age.
> > > I think it took me longer than average for my brain to sort out the
> > > clearest image from the simultaneous choices given it. *In about two
> > > weeks I could read everything close and far. I have a +1.75 left and +1.5
> > > right correction, btw. *I noticed everything was improving and at about
> > > six weeks I was totally satisfied.
> > > I wanted to try Purevision and my eye doctor got me a pair of trial
> > > lenses. I had two immediate "wows" - one good and on bad.
> > > First, the near vision was even better than the Ciba Focus Progressives,
> > > but, secondly, distant was so bad, I could not read road signs over about
> > > 50' away. *After a follow up exam, he lowered each by one notch. +1.5 and
> > > +1.25. *This helped some, but the distant vision is still too blurry..
> > > So, my question is: *do they use such different methods of correction
> > > that my brain is having a difficult time adjusting or re-adjusting? *Like
> > > center-near on one and not the other, or aspheric design on one and
> > > concentric ring on the other?
> > > I guess I should wear them for a couple of weeks before I give up. *Right
> > > now, I only tried them one day, and went back to my Ciba lenses.
> > > TIA for any advice.
> > If I had problems like that I would go for glasses!- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -

> "mvstx" <nospam[at]4me.com> wrote in message
> news:LNj%k.10963$ZP4.5211[at]nlpi067.nbdc.sbc.com...
> > I have been wearing Focus Progressives for about 5 years. I wore no
> > prescription glasses before that but used reading glasses as necessary. I
> > opted for contacts when the presbyopia was forcing me to have constant
> > correction at about 59 years of age.
> > > I think it took me longer than average for my brain to sort out the
> > clearest image from the simultaneous choices given it. In about two
> > weeks I could read everything close and far. I have a +1.75 left and +1.5
> > right correction, btw. I noticed everything was improving and at about
> > six weeks I was totally satisfied.
> > > I wanted to try Purevision and my eye doctor got me a pair of trial
> > lenses. I had two immediate "wows" - one good and on bad.
> > > First, the near vision was even better than the Ciba Focus Progressives,
> > but, secondly, distant was so bad, I could not read road signs over about
> > 50' away. After a follow up exam, he lowered each by one notch. +1.5 and
> > +1.25. This helped some, but the distant vision is still too blurry.
> > > So, my question is: do they use such different methods of correction
> > that my brain is having a difficult time adjusting or re-adjusting? Like
> > center-near on one and not the other, or aspheric design on one and
> > concentric ring on the other?
> > > I guess I should wear them for a couple of weeks before I give up. Right
> > now, I only tried them one day, and went back to my Ciba lenses.
> > > TIA for any advice.
> > If I had problems like that I would go for glasses!

> I have been wearing Focus Progressives for about 5 years. I wore no
> prescription glasses before that but used reading glasses as necessary. I
> opted for contacts when the presbyopia was forcing me to have constant
> correction at about 59 years of age.
> I think it took me longer than average for my brain to sort out the
> clearest image from the simultaneous choices given it. In about two weeks
> I could read everything close and far. I have a +1.75 left and +1.5 right
> correction, btw. I noticed everything was improving and at about six
> weeks I was totally satisfied.
> I wanted to try Purevision and my eye doctor got me a pair of trial
> lenses. I had two immediate "wows" - one good and on bad.
> First, the near vision was even better than the Ciba Focus Progressives,
> but, secondly, distant was so bad, I could not read road signs over about
> 50' away. After a follow up exam, he lowered each by one notch. +1.5 and
> +1.25. This helped some, but the distant vision is still too blurry.
> So, my question is: do they use such different methods of correction that
> my brain is having a difficult time adjusting or re-adjusting? Like
> center-near on one and not the other, or aspheric design on one and
> concentric ring on the other?
> I guess I should wear them for a couple of weeks before I give up. Right
> now, I only tried them one day, and went back to my Ciba lenses.
> TIA for any advice.
If I had problems like that I would go for glasses!

> One advantage the B&L had was that, what I call, the near-immediate
> distance was clearer. About 5 to 7 feet.

> The precise dioptric value of contacts is different on different eyes, and
> it's notoriously muzzy with aspheric designs. The only way to really tell
> what's best is to overrefract - eg measure for glasses with the contacts
> in place. Ideally, you'd measure zero. In practice, we often find a
> quarter- or half-diopter variance between glasses and contacts, and
> between one brand of contact to another.
> They're both center-near aspheric designs, so distance vision will vary
> with pupil size.
> Both lenses come with a range of adds, and some people exhibit different
> choices for distance when we change the near add value.
> What happens if you go to the drugstore and put on a pair of +150 or +175
> reading glasses? Is it blurry far away?
> -MT, OD
> "mvstx" <nospam[at]4me.com> wrote in message
> news:LNj%k.10963$ZP4.5211[at]nlpi067.nbdc.sbc.com...
> > I have been wearing Focus Progressives for about 5 years. I wore no
> > prescription glasses before that but used reading glasses as necessary. I
> > opted for contacts when the presbyopia was forcing me to have constant
> > correction at about 59 years of age.
> > > I think it took me longer than average for my brain to sort out the
> > clearest image from the simultaneous choices given it. In about two
> > weeks I could read everything close and far. I have a +1.75 left and +1.5
> > right correction, btw. I noticed everything was improving and at about
> > six weeks I was totally satisfied.
> > > I wanted to try Purevision and my eye doctor got me a pair of trial
> > lenses. I had two immediate "wows" - one good and on bad.
> > > First, the near vision was even better than the Ciba Focus Progressives,
> > but, secondly, distant was so bad, I could not read road signs over about
> > 50' away. After a follow up exam, he lowered each by one notch. +1.5 and
> > +1.25. This helped some, but the distant vision is still too blurry.
> > > So, my question is: do they use such different methods of correction
> > that my brain is having a difficult time adjusting or re-adjusting? Like
> > center-near on one and not the other, or aspheric design on one and
> > concentric ring on the other?
> > > I guess I should wear them for a couple of weeks before I give up. Right
> > now, I only tried them one day, and went back to my Ciba lenses.
> > > TIA for any advice.
> > > marc
> >