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Originally Posted by Rita C
Do I need to get straight distance glasses for officiating? And use these for the part of my life that has more variety in distance viewing?
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Rita, you don't need the progressives for officiating, only you need them to check the book. You should tell your optometrist that you need a single vision Rx for officiating. Or, as others have suggested, single vision contacts would work. There are situations where people with astigmatism, like Texas Aggies has, can't wear contacts or would need torics. In laymen's terms, astigmatism means that your cornea is shaped like a football rather than a basketball.
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Originally Posted by blindzebra
One word....Lasik.
Best decision I ever made. I'm between 20/10 and 20/15 in my left eye and 20/15 and 20/20 in my right...my right had an astigmatism.
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Lasik won't help you when you get to the point that you need bifocals/progressives. As we get older (by the time most people are 50), our eyes lose the ability to focus as an item moves closer to your eyes. It's known as accommodation. Lasik can't do anything for that as it has nothing to do with reshaping the cornea. That's why we all need help reading as we get older.