I have progressive lens glasses. and have had them for IDK 12 plus years. I started with just 1 contact lens as that is all I needed at the time. This does nothing for close distance reading. How is your vision without glasses? Is it just up close reading ECT that your having issues with? This happens around age 40 to 45 or so. If all you need is reading correction, then just get some reading glasses. Start with 1.5 power. If you start wearing vision correction glasses, you will need them all of the time. Trouble is as we age, your eyes do get weaker and weaker. Try this simple test. Are things clear and at what distance, and do this one eye at a time. If things are clear and sharp until you get to an arms length away, then all you need is reading glasses. If things are blurry any farther away than that, then you need vision correction. There are a lot of thing to get rite when doing glasses especially for the first time. You may need to make several trips back to the DR office to get things rite.
