We dispensed the first Hoya i.d. today...
Talk aboutWOW factor! Let me tell you the story:
RX: OD -3.50 -.25 x164
OS -5.25 -.25 x18
ADD +2.50
Pt. has optic neuritis in the OS since '98, her visual field test shows little to no vision in the periphery. Has switched between bifocals, trifocals and progressives off and on but without much satisfaction. Yet she loves the convenience of a PAL.
Since she has such limited vision in the left temporally, and really wanted to stay with pAL's I thought she should at least try the i.d. - again with the rep and the "dog-and-pony". I thought that she may be more comfortable in progressives if there were less distortion in the periphery. She was willing to at least try.
So she picks them up today and tries them on - TOTALLY AMAZED! She immediately comments on the clarity of vision to the edge of the lenses.
She's looking around the room, and her eyes get wide and she says she's getting goosebumps and shows me her arm!!!!!!! She said it felt like she wasn't actually wearing a progressive at all! Heck, I got goosebumps too!
I was astonished. Talk about the WOW factor. Never seen anything like it - but don't get me wrong, this is the first totally freeform product I have dispensed.
I gotta say though - this is the way to go!
Disclaimer: This statement is not intended to imply that the aforementioned lens cured a pre-existing pathology.
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