Prescription, cheaters/readers, any that improve your vision.
I wear readers. The first time I was out somewhere and found I couldn't read some small print on something I needed to see, I went into a mild panic. What? What do you mean I CAN'T read this? π
Now I have a pair on the desk, one in the bedroom, and a third in my purse.
SINCE I WAS EIGHT.IM ALMOST 38 NOW.LEGALLY BLIND WITHOUT THEM,STIGMATISM IN BOTH EYES,EARLY SIGNS OF GLUACOMA AND A PIGMENT DISORDER.MY EYES RULE!
shareπ¨ My sympathies!
shareYes, I wear prescription glasses. I've wore them since I was a kid.
shareDo you have to keep getting stronger prescriptions?
My childhood best friend wore glasses. I used to think they were cool. One day she said to me "You don't understand. I can't SEE unless I'm wearing something on my face." Oh, well yeah.
She didn't like wearing them at school, so I got used to saying things like "Do you see that person wearing all white? Okay, to their left is so and so."
Perfect vision here, although I'm only in my early 30's, so we shall see.
My dad is 67 and his vision went to shit over the last few years. He recently had some kind of laser eye surgery and he is ecstatic. Still has one more to go.
I envy you. If your dad is any indication of your future, appreciate it your perfect vision while you've got it!
I've heard laser eye surgery is nothing short of miraculous now. I'm glad he got it and is thrilled with the results. Everyone I've talked with who's had it says the same.
Iβve had surgery on both my eyes, Catbookss, and itβs a Godsend. I understood that they would cut my eye with a scalpel, and it really frightened me, but I knew it was necessary. My PCP, who is amazing and whom I love, referred me to an eye guy. He told me he uses Ultrasound, no lasers or knives. He told me I would be conscious through the procedure, because he needed to talk to me. I asked if he would give me anything to help me physically and emotionally. I said, β Can you give me something so I wonβt feel any pain, or, if I feel pain, so I wonβt give a damn?β He laughed and said, βYou wonβt give a damn. Iβm going to give you high-definition vision.β
He inserted man-made lenses into my eyes, and the world became 10 times brighter and clearer than before. It was a fantastic experience.
Iβve had many serious surgeries. None worried me as much as my first eye surgery, and none that I wanted as much as my second.
The mere idea of anyone cutting my eyeballs with a scalpel is terrifying. Ultrasound? Now we're talking, RK! I didn't know they used it for eye surgery.
"I asked if he would give me anything to help me physically and emotionally. I said, β Can you give me something so I wonβt feel any pain, or, if I feel pain, so I wonβt give a damn?β He laughed and said, βYou wonβt give a damn. Iβm going to give you high-definition vision.β"
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Can you feel the lenses at all, or is it just like your vision has miraculously become heaps better?
No, Catbookss. It feels like I was born with them. The difference is that the lenses weβre born with are semi-circular, but the artificial lenses are semi-cubical. They have right angles, not curves. For reasons I have experienced but do not understand, they catch light more effectively, hence, βhigh-definition vision.β
My guy seems to be the top eye guy in Boston, which is saying a lot, as we are the biotech center of the world. I once saw him need to forestall an appointment with me because the Boston cops brought him a victim with a screwdriver jammed in her eye, and they knew he was the best person to help her. And, yeah, Iβll take Ultrasound over a scalpel ANY DAY. Isnβt it good to know there a wonderful people like my guy, and my primary care physician, and YOU Catbookss, in the world? I think that it is!
RK, if you could have seen me reading that you have semi-cubical lenses, you'd have seen my head turn sideways trying to envision that. Hey, no one could argue with HD vision. It's like getting a super power.
Oh yikes, I'm cringing at the thought of that poor woman! Yes, it is wonderful to know there are wonderful people like that (and you) in the world! I adore my PCP, and I've hated all but one other doctor my entire life, so it's really saying something that I adore him.
Hey, I got curious about what LΓ‘sik really is, so I did like 10 seconds of research. LΓ‘sik uses a laser to reshape the cornea. Itβs a non-invasive procedure. Itβs appropriate for myopia and stigmatism. Mine was invasive, and with more invasive. I had cataracts, which I learned are occurring at increasingly-younger ages for reasons we donβt understand. Cataracts require cutting into the eye, which is really a very strong and tough structure, but, still, emotionally . . . donβt fuck with the windows of my soul, you know?
I know youβre on the Left Coast, but, if you ever want contact intel for my eye guy, send me a PM. He would know the best eye surgeon in your neighborhood.
It feels pretty good that we can use this internet thing to share healthcare info with each other, doesnβt it? For all the venom, triviality, immaturity, licentiousness, hate and outright stupidity that this web helps to
promulgate and make feel justified even though IT IS NOT!!!, it can still be an avenue for good.
Readers. 2.25 for viewing the computer screen, 3.25 for reading printed material. I also have a 4x magnifying glass for very small print.
shareDo you wear prescription glasses too?
My readers are 1.50 and I use them for watching movies and show on my iPad mini, computer, phone, printed material. But there are times I wish I had a magnifying glass for some teeny tiny print and other teeny tiny things.
No prescription glasses yet, but two years ago I had difficulty with the vision test to renew my driver's license. So I am thinking like LauraGrace said I will need a prescription pair to pass the next test. But they will be a relatively mild prescription.
There are a ton of magnifying glasses out there. I ended up with this one https://www.amazon.com/COIL-Ergonomic-Magnifier-12D-80mm/dp/B00I5PP0D4 which I've used now for several years. It's a little pricey, but worth it -- cheapo magnifiers use cheapo lenses. My readers are very cheap--the $4 kind. But I think when buying a magnifying glass get something high quality.
Not so bad if you'll just need a mild prescription.
That looks like a nice magnifying glass. I have several, but they're all in storage. I thought I was only going to be without my stuff for 30 days. So far, it's been more like 130 days.
I got my readers on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07J5B3RDM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Love them, but one pair broke (my fault) and now they don't carry them anymore π’
I buy cheap readers because readers get broken or lost. I'll buy 'em three at a time for less than $15 on Amazon. But I also love my pricey magnifying glass.
Also a little pricey, but it's been worth it: https://www.sharperimage.com/si/view/product/Ultrasonic+Eyeglass+Cleaner/203808?trail=
That's a cool little machine. Like a jewelry cleaner, but for glasses. I do have to clean mine a lot.
I used to buy the 3-packs of inexpensive readers, but I never liked the selection of frames, and they broke too easily. It took years, but I finally mastered the art of not losing my sunglasses or keys, so I never lose my readers :)
I got contacts at 19, although I don't always wear them. All those years staring at blackboards inside dark classrooms hadn't been kind to my eyes.
sharereaders, and a prescription pair for driving. Getting worse every year. If I'm texting on my phone, I have to use all caps, it's just easier that way.
shareI basically can't use my phone without glasses. Texting is the worst. Does your phone allow you to dictate texts? Mine does, and it helps, but my phone doesn't allow me to dictate punctuation and paragraphs (my friend's does this), and that would make texting a lot more painless.
sharedictate? shit - I don't even know. I'm not very phone savvy.
shareI'm only very, very slightly more phone savvy than you.
When you're in a text screen and tap to bring up the faux keyboard, there should be a little microphone symbol. On mine it's on the upper right, above the keyboard. If you tap on it, you can dictate your text. HEAPS better than typing, even if yours doesn't do punctuation either.
Yes, and I have been wearing them since the summer between junior and senior years in college, which makes it the summer of 1972.
Over the years I had to get stronger prescriptions four different times, and ten years ago I was informed that I needed to wear progressive lenses.
I tried to wear contact lenses once, but because I had an astigmatism in my left eye, that lens had to be much thicker on the bottom. It was terribly uncomfortable, so I quit trying to wear it after three weeks.
Same here
About 18 months ago everything became impossible to read...it just blurred out, I might as well have been looking at Sanskrit
Naturally, I assumed it was a hangover
Nope! Sudden, overnight need for cheaters all over the house and in the carπ€!
I got glasses when I was eleven for my astigmatism. When I was a teen, I got contacts. The last few years I've just been wearing glasses. The reason is that my prescription has gotten stronger over the years. My vision was 20/200 as a child. Wonder what it is now!
My contacts are so strong that when I have them in in, I can't read small print. I have to wear non-prescription "readers" to be able to read.
So, it's a pain in the butt. I just put my glasses on when I leave the house to drive. Without them I can read just fine.
My younger sister has been wearing reading glasses for years. She has 20/20 vision, but she can't see anything up close. Our dad was the same way. He had great vision his whole life, but couldn't read the paper without his glasses.
It certainly is a pain in the butt!
shareWow @ your contacts being so strong you have to wear readers to read small print.
Strange that your father and sister have 20/20 yet need glasses to read.
It might not be too strange. They are both farsighted. They can see well at a distance. But up close, not so much! Both of my grandparents, my dad's parents, wore reading glasses when they were in their forties. But they didn't need glasses otherwise.
Me, with my astigmatism, everything is a bit of a blur. And things get blurrier the farther away! But up close, I have no problem reading. Don't have glasses on right now and I can read just fine.
I thought 20/20 meant perfect vision, neither nearsighted or farsighted?
Your vision sounds exactly like my childhood best friend's. She also had astigmatism.
20/20 vision means that you can see objects 20 feet away as clearly as they should be seen. It doesn't really mean "perfect vision". You can still be farsighted, meaning you need reading glasses. Your up close vision is not as sharp.
My astigmatism causes blurry vision but I can still see things far away. They are just REALLY out of focus. I've heard nearsighted people say , "I'm as blind as a bat". They really can't see things at a distance.
Before I got glasses I thought the way I saw things was normal. I remember marveling on the drive home with my new glasses (I was eleven). "Oh! You are actually supposed to be able to READ what's on that billboard long before your car passes right in front of it!"
That's what it means? I always wondered why the 20. Thanks for the info :)
"Before I got glasses I thought the way I saw things was normal. I remember marveling on the drive home with my new glasses (I was eleven). "Oh! You are actually supposed to be able to READ what's on that billboard long before your car passes right in front of it!""
π It must have been like a whole new world to you. Naturally you thought the way you saw was the way everyone saw things. Why wouldn't you?
Yes, it was a new world! I remember going on car trips with the family. We'd be in bumper to bumper traffic and my dad would ask me to read the license plate on the car in front. But i couldn't.
He would be incredulous and kind of angry. "You mean you can't READ that?" (you'd think that would've been a hint that I needed glasses!!)
I was a very good reader in school, but I honestly couldn't read something as small as a license plate when it was ten feet in front of me. I wasn't trying to be difficult.
I'm short so I was always seated in the front row in school. I never had to squint to read the blackboard. But when I got my glasses. WOW! I didn't know the writing on the board was THAT clear! ha
Yes, you'd think that would have been just a small hint that you needed glasses. Sheesh.
You and GE are both petite. I suppose it helped her out being seated in the front of the class too.
It's a shocker when it first happens, innit? I mean after you've determined the problem isn't a hangover π
shareIt WAS a total shock!
It really happened overnight:(
Looking at the page of a book now is like peering through a frosty windshield on a winter morning
First my hair jumps off the planet and now this eyesight business
Downhill from here I suppose!
It was the same with me! One day everything was fine, never thought about it. Then came that day I was out and suddenly couldn't read what I wanted to read :(
Ha ha, yeah, that's what it's like now. Or trying to read something on the other side of a window with mist all over it π¬
Plus it's harder to gain and maintain muscle tone! Or lose weight that used to come off easily π¬
LOL!
Well, if we're all gonna start falling apart I'd say we picked some fine company to do so withπ―β€οΈ
True, true ππ
shareWell thank the love of god for Amazon Kindle text 12. If the book is boring I go to 10 just so I can skip the stupid stuff.
shareI don't use Kindle, but being able to choose the font size would be a help. When my far-sighted mom, who was a big book lover, began having trouble reading, even with her glasses, I'd go to the library and pick out large print books I thought she might like.
With Kindle, it's so much easier.