Seniors

from close reading to driving distance. You should plan on needing glasses for either reading or driving. I chose to need glasses for reading, because although I read a heck of a lot more than I drive, I like being able to see people’s features and expressions from a distance because I have poor facial recognition abilities. This means I need glasses for reading and food prep.

Since I’ve been wearing glasses since age 12, I’m most comfortable with wearing progressive lens glasses all day and not having to put them on when doing close tasks, and searching for them all over the house. I can see things on my floor and make out the pictures on my walls from across the room, and in general feel that my vision is now about what it was in my 30’s.

I really don’t understand your issue any further than this. Perhaps you have astigmatism and will always need glasses to correct that. My neighbor had that issue. Perhaps you’re not understanding his terminology, e.g. “ corrected for distance”. If your ophthalmologist will be doing your surgery, make another appointment to tease out this issue. If a surgeon will be doing the surgery, bring your questions to her/him.