Adventures in adulting

[edschweppe]

Guess who had his first eye exam in mumble-mumble years today?

Guess who now needs bifocals?

Guess who also needs computer glasses?

Grumble. This getting older stuff can be quite annoying, can't it?

Comments

Getting older

[dialecticdreamer]

If you can wear contacts, ask the doctor about contacts plus reading glasses/ computer glasses. It was WAY less painful. I'm now in trifocals, so enjoy your better vision. *G*

[jhetley]

The best is yet to come . . .

[jeffy]

I actually kind of love my bifocals. It's really nice having two hard and distinct areas of reliable focus (I have old-style line bifocals, not progressives. Tried progs once and they were terrible. YMMV) Almost feels like a super power. Of course I've worn glasses since kindergarten, so that wasn't part of the adaptation for me.

Computer glasses are okay. Be sure to measure the actual viewing distance from your eyeballs to your displays at the computer where you plan to use them including whatever variations in posture that might affect that distance. My optometrist was very happy to get a picture of the whole setup with me sitting at it in said poses as context. With that info I got a pair that work perfectly for the situation I have even though my viewing distance varies by as much as 30 or 40 centimeters depending how I'm sitting. A previous pair prescribed without all that info was terrible and didn't work particularly well at any of the distances I actually used them.