Terrible eyesight and dry eyes, need a top notch optometrist for difficult eyeglass and contact fitting

I see some recommendations for various eye docs in Bend, but I don’t know if these are mostly for “not so bad” eyes that mostly need a solid, personable unhurried optometrist! My RX for progressive lens glasses is like a -6.5 with a +2.5 for reading. It’s been really really hard to get a pair of glasses I see well out of - especially the reading part. I also need contacts, which is even more difficult: Anyone with similar difficult eye prescription have a recommendation please?