For most of my life I only wore them now and then. If I was tired or needed to do a lot of reading.
There was a slight dip in my eyesight after I turned 45 which was to be expected and I had to get reading glasses.
Last year I experienced a significant change in my eyesight. It just went down hill in a very short time.
I am very short sighted in one eye and very long sighted in the other. And I have astigmatism in both eyes so it is a fiddly process getting the glasses right for me.
Now I have to wear glasses to drive pretty much all the time. Those glasses I also use to walk around the street or watch television. But I can't wear them when I am talking to someone because my focus changes and the glasses don't work, in fact they make things fuzzy.
I have to wear another pair of glasses when on the computer at work. Reading glasses are no good because the computer is further away from my eyes.
Which means I have to have a third pair for reading. I have not bought those yet because I just have not got around to it. That is on my "to do" list.
When I had my eyes tested we talked of multi vocals but it was decided they would not work for me. The idea of having to tilt my head like some sort of chicken pecking for food was not an option anyway.
I don't like wearing glasses and it is not a vanity thing. It is the feel of glasses on me. I just know they are there. Sometimes I try to not wear them and just end up with sore eyes and a big headache. It has taken a while for me to accept that glasses are really going to be a for ever thing.
When I bought the new glasses last year and put them on I realised how unclear the world had been for me. Even now when I put my glasses on I realise how bad my eyesight is. It is like looking through a dirty pane of glass and then a sparkling clean pane. Everything sparkles.
So, does that mean when I look in the mirror I see myself through a soft and fuzzy lens and look younger?
Let me go and put my glasses on and see.
Oh, wait, maybe not.
Ciao
LC
I know what you mean about the eyesight deteriorating after 45. I just turned 46 and have multiple pairs of reading glasses stashed all over the house. I can't read anymore, without them. I can't cross stitch at all without them, and there are some haircuts that I can't do without them. It bothers me. I always had 20/20 vision and now I feel as though I'm blind as a bat. I don't like the feel of glasses on my face either, and since they are ill fitting, they give me headaches. But I still wear them because I do need them. I feel like a little old granny because I often perch them lower on my nose so I can peer over them at things a distance away. I guess I'm stuck with them from now on.
ReplyDeleteWow, isn't it amazing how our eyes and (yes ears) go when we reach a certain age? I remember all my life I was legally blind. I had to wear contact lenses as WELL as glasses that looked like coke bottles - I swear. And then, when I was 30 years old, I finally got lasik surgery. This brought my near sidedness to EXTREME far sidedness. And they STILL had to give me reading glasses. Now, my vision has ~swayed~ a bit - not sure if farther or nearer, however they are going to check me to see if I need yet another pair of glasses. Why did I get the surgery again? ;)
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I LOVE the way glasses look - the trendy glasses. Both men and women look so stylish in them - depending on the style of course......
Good luck with everything...
"See" you later ~ O.o
Karen: Oh, yes. That little old granny tilt of the head to see things. It's a good one. One time a friend was told by her optometrist that the only thing wrong with her eyes was her date of birth.
ReplyDeleteI certainly cannot cross stitch these days without very close up magnification. But I can still blog!
Deb: Contact lenses and thick glasses - that must have been a hard thing through your school years with studying. Did you feel laser surgery was a good thing?
Everyone I know who has had laser surgery still had to wear glasses of some sort but not as often or has thick as prior.
The style of glasses has definitely improved and some of them are so groovy. Plus the prescription sun glasses have a wider range of choice now.