[eyeballs] Thinking of going back to contact lenses ... but there's been a middle-age change since then.

[RAMd®d]

Nearsighted people lose the ability to read close with single-vision (and later, multi-vison) lenses when presbyopia kicks their tail.

That's the ability of the lens in your eye to focus. Nearsighted people can just lift or remove their glasses (barring bad astigmatism) and read.

If presbyopia isn't too bad, strong light will may let you read with single vision correction as your pupil will stop down and give you a little range.

Some progressive lenses have worked for me, some have not. I gave up contacts years ago as they couldn't correct my astigmatism.

Lasik did.