After a recent visit to the eye doctor where he told me (to my pleasure) that I have excellent vision, I confessed to the typical issue of the 40 {cough} year old woman...suddenly the small print on my cosmetics bottles was totally unrecognizable as words.
"And how do you feel about that?" he asked.
"Old." I replied.
Obviously his sensitivity training failed when he then decided to recommend bi-focals.
WTF????
I go from having excellent vision to being prescribed bi-focals????
Well, it turns out I would be getting about the weakest reading glass prescription they can provide, but he thought taking the glasses on and off would be a hassle so I might want to try the clear glass top and reading glass bottom option.
Yes, I am the idiot who goes to the eye doctor affiliated with LensCrafters so you know he's trying to make a sale.
Instead, I stopped at a nearby CVS and picked out some 1.00 reading glasses. They had them for under $15 bucks and buy-one get-one free Foster Grants. Sold.
I've been using them this week at work and when reading in bed and surprise - I needed them. I never realized how much I was squinting and furrowing my brow when I was reading until I had the help of magnification. And also, my computer screen with the high-end resolution (aka small text). Yup. Totally readable now.
So there you have it. I am now officially middle-aged and be-spectacled. But it ain't so bad. And at least stopping the squinting should reduce the possibility of wrinkles.
4 comments:
I joined the wonderful world of "progressive" lenses (that's what the sensitive opticians call them last year. I have to admit I love them when I'm teaching--no on and off.
The rest of the time I just depend on the 7 pairs of reading glasses scattered throughout my house and car.
I've had glasses for distance vision since I was quite young, so when I hit the big 4-0 and my close-up vision started to become - um, an issue, I was quite miffed! Instead of succumbing to the on and off thing that Jenn describes, I opted for mono-vision contacts (one contact for distance, one for close-up) and that's been working wonderfully for me. This getting old stuff is not always fun and games, is it?!
The worst part is that once you get glasses, your "eye-muscles" (whatever they really are) get less of a work-out and seem to go to hell overnight! MIME
The other weekend, I went out with my older siblings to celebrate my sister's 50th birthday (I'm the youngest of 7) and they all pulled out their glasses to read the menu. I laughed at them (because I had to as the youngest) but they assured me my time is just around the corner. So glad the vision is improved. I, for one, think glasses are cool.
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