4 Eyes
I can’t believe it’s been so long since I have put anything in here, interesting or not. I Am sure now that I have noticed, there will be the usual deluge of posts catching you all up, so beware.
Over the past weekend, for some reason, I decided that it had been long enough in between visits to the optometrist, so I went. It was almost 5 years after all. Oddly enough, my prescription has changed…
I have always been slightly far sighted, which caused me to have some amount of problems with things like reading, etc.. Since 5th grade I have had a prescription for eye-strain that I could wear on an as-needed basis. Well, I didn’t need them very much, so I didn’t wear them very much. That prescription hasn’t changed a whole lot over the years until just this last time.
Now, I have heard from some of my friends that are right around my age that your eyes turn to crap right around 40. Well, I am new to 39 and had noticed a bit of a glare/ghosting issue with distant objects and that was what eventually spurred me to going to the eye doctor over the weekend. I am glad I did.
I ended up having basically 2 prescriptions. I have my normal eye-strain one, but a new one to help me with my old-timer vision problems with distant objects now. This culminated in me getting bifocals. The odd thing is even with bifocals, my prescription is *still* on an as needed basis. The Dr., however, did say that “as needed” should probably include me reading anything and driving, especially at night. So they packed me off with a brandy-new set of spectacles to wear for the weekend and get used to.
Well, it wasn’t 2 days before I had to bring them back in. I just could not stand to wear those things. It was like constantly looking through the end of a mason jar. Luckily I ended up with the supervisor there waiting on me. When I told her of my issues, she said she was almost certain what the problem was, and after looking through my file quickly she verified it. It seems that I was given polycarbonate ulraliite lenses and there are a lot of people who get progressive lenses of that type who have the same “fish-bowl” complaint. Her suggestion was to let them remake the lenses in plastic and all would be better. I am happy to say that she was right!
So, now I can see better. The glasses are still a bit odd to get used to, but they definately help and I notice the glare reduced quite a bit. In retrospect, I probably should have got those transitions (self tinting) lenses, but the extra hundred bucks just wasn’t in the budget. Perhaps someday 🙂 If you are a procrastinator like me and it’s been a few years since you have seen your eye-doctor, you should go – hey, we all get older. It was certainly worth it in my case.