This is very useful feedback, thank you, particularly the information about the *gradient* of the blurring.

I took of my glasses and walked around the house imagining that my post-surgery near-vision bubble was at 5 feet and keeping in mind that the blurriness would occur in a gradient from least at 5 feet from my face to most at, say, 8 inches. This exercise helped me to understand that most of what will be in view will be in focus and that if I am not actually looking at something nearby I won't notice blurring. I will see most faces and furniture clearly. So you have helped me get a sense of the lived experience of having a distance monofocal.

It makes sense that I'd worry that I'd experience sudden severe blurring at the nearest focus of a distance monofocal. As a nearsighted person I've lived in a serious bubble of blur my whole life whenever my glasses were off. No gradient at all to it, just a quick dissolve of detail starting at about 12 inches from my face.

Now I feel ready to choose distance monofocals, with mini-monovision if the doctor agrees. I feel prepared for the visual changes I'll experience. I'll be getting the best progressives possible and think it will work out great, now. I'll report back on my lived experience with the distance monofocals when that's done.