I have vision, and the rest of the world wears bifocals.
I've joked a couple times, in Twitter, that playing tiny mahjong on my iPhone has ruined my eyes. That's not exactly true. However, I am having a lot of trouble with my eyes.
Over the last few years, reading has become more and more difficult. I'm doing that thing where you hold things far away from you to try to read them. It's easier to just read without my glasses, most of the time. Some fonts have become so difficult for me to read, I have stopped reading a couple of books because of it. The same thing on the computer, it's becoming more and more difficult to sit in front of it. So much so that I end up taking off my glasses. Which means I get headaches all the time. At this point, it's rare for me to sit at the computer for more than 30 minutes at a time. I have no problem with things like watching tv or driving. It's all about text.
You know what this all means, don't you? I'm getting old.
Last week I had an eye exam, and I now need "progressives." Fancier than bi-focals they gradually, and invisibly, progress towards reading glasses at the bottom of the lens. I'm super excited. So excited. To have elderly eyeballs.
Glasses should be ready in about a week or so.
Comments
Comments closed on older entries, whenever I get around to it, to avoid spam.My husband has progressives, and the darn things cost us upwards of $900. I hope yours weren't as expensive!
Posted by: Cecily | 25 août 2008 17h08
I have worn contacts for 20+ years and in the last 3 years I have developed farsightedness as well as already being nearsighted since 1975. Reading Glasses
Posted by: Reading Glasses | 25 août 2008 17h42
WTF, woman?! You're broken. Hope your cooterus doesn't follow suit.
Posted by: Sam | 25 août 2008 17h54
I've prided myself on having the same prescription for years, but no longer. Getting older sucks.
Posted by: andy3000 | 25 août 2008 18h24
I've started wearing reading glasses when I need them... the "progressive" contacts just weren't working out. :-P
Posted by: Dave2 | 25 août 2008 18h28
Well at least... no, I got nothing. You're old.
Posted by: Captain Dumbass | 25 août 2008 21h36
I've recently taken to squinting when reading certain things. I'm also taking this as a sign of getting older. If it progresses further, an eye test is in my future.
Posted by: Kevin Spencer | 25 août 2008 21h36
I'm stuck with specs - my corneas are too brittle for contacts or lasix. :(
I were progs, and I still need to take 'em off if i read a lot at one sitting. I'm sure you'll still look smashing in your granny glasses...:)
Posted by: Vanwall | 25 août 2008 23h50
Elderly eyeballs! Ha ha.
I'm only 30 and Stoker has been finding gray hairs in my hair. I'm crushed. Crushed!
Posted by: aries327 | 26 août 2008 13h13
I haz new contacts :) I wanna see the new glasses though!
Posted by: Raul | 26 août 2008 18h21
I have progressives now. I *thought* the last pair were progressives and, for the life of me, couldn't figure out how they worked since looking through the lenses and tilting the frames -- looking through tops and bottoms of the lenses -- looked no different.
It wasn't the the glasses. It was me.
I have old eyeballs and old brain.
Posted by: delmer | 27 août 2008 9h06