need help re reading glasses

[mjm1979]

I'd like some advice on how to work reading glasses into practicing medicine... I have to wear them when pulling meds and when filling out all my paperwork (Assessment/med sheets etc.) I'm finishing up my first quarter of schooling and have tons of paperwork to fill out while I'm at my clinical site and then to pull meds I also need to wear my glasses to read the MAR and the drug boxes... I'm constantly pulling off/putting on my glasses... Laying them here, laying them there... it's a pain. Even tho they're a low strength, they still make me dizzy if I wear them up all the time... If I wear them down on my nose all the time they just make my sweating issue (nursing home) worse... My clinical instructor got on me last week and said I need to wear them on a chain around my neck... how does this work with putting on/pulling off stethoscope around the neck... I don't want to break the glasses or get them tangled all the time.... Any advice??? Thanks!!

[Myxel67]

As Bluemesa said, monovision contacts work well unless you have very sensitive eyes. You wear only one contact, usually in the dominant eye. I wore these for a while. Come to think of it, I might try them again. I've been through bifocal w/plain upper half of lenses, also progressives with slight correction in 1 eye for far--first time walking downstairs in progressives is really a trip!

Hope you find what works for you.

[Emmjay]

Hi....one other thing you could try is called 'mono vision' using contact lenses. Not sure if you do or don't wear contacts. I've worn them for years for nearsightedness.....but as I'm forty sumpthin now.......I can no longer see up close with my contacts in. With mono vision, you have one lens that is a little bit less than regular strength for distance, and one lens that is even less than that. They say what happens is your dominant eye sees with the distance lens........and your non dominant eye is able to see up close with the other lens. It has worked pretty well for me.......just a thought!!!!!!!

[biker nurse]

I agree I had the same problem told my eye dr got no line bifocals

The best thing i ever did

[Hoozdo, ADN]

I agree I had the same problem told my eye dr got no line bifocals

The best thing i ever did

The best thing I ever did is get the no line bifocals with Transition lenses.......that way they are sunglasses too!

In addition, they are good eye protection at work.

[mjm1979]

Everyone, thanks for your responses... I had RK surgery years ago and also I can't wear contact lenses do to an allergy to them... I may check out having some clear lenses made with bifocals in them. The glasses I was

using were cute little rimless ones and not very sturdy, so I picked up a pair

of more sturdy plastic ones with no nose pieces. They also are not the shiny, smooth frames. They have more of a matte finish, so I figured if I wore them on my head maybe they won't be so prone to slide off. Actually I've had luck either wearing them on my head or even just folding them up and putting them in my breast pocket. They are the weakest strength and seem weaker than the ones I have, so I can actually even wear them around more and not get dizzy... so far they're working out. I may check into a pin for my top so that if I bend over I don't have to worry about them falling out of my pocket... thanks for all of your help!! I greatly appreciate it!