Okay this is just wrong.
I went to the eye doctor on Tuesday. I have bad eyes, so I have to go every year to make sure things are still okay. After she does all her tests, I’m informed that I need reading glasses on top of my normal glasses. Or else I can get BIFOCALS?!?!
People, I’m 33. If anyone ever told me I’d need bifocals at 33, I would have laughed in their face.
*sigh*
I’m NOT getting bifocals. *NOT*
I’m ordering reading glasses for when I’m on the computer and…well…reading.
I’m so depressed, I’m going to have some wine tonight.
*sigh* Wine ain’t gonna clear your vision up, hon. Welcome to Mother Nature’s twisted sense of humor. And these days they can make lineless bifocals so no one can tell you’re wearing bifocals. Or trifocals. Wait till they start testing you for glaucoma and macular degeneration. Then the fun really begins.
And if you insist on wine, can I have a glass. Or a litre?
Oh yes! Come to my place and I’ll share teh litre I picked up. We’ll have a great time. Amy and Wylie can come too.
Ah C, that sucks. My sister just did the lineless bifocal and you can’t tell at all… except when she has to hold her head at an odd angle to focus.
But just think of the pretty new frames you get to choose!
hugs,
Wylie
ps - yes, I’m in for a wine night (or a whine night!!)
Bwa ha haaaa….
I got them too. But I was 40. You’re just old before your time.
But they do come totally invisible now. Lens wise, anyway.
I think it’s all the computer work that makes our eyes bad. I wear contacts because I’m extremely nearsighted. I hate the thought of getting bifocals too. But they have smashing glasses these days so get something wild!
I was a couple of years older than you are now when I checked out the possibility of laser eye surgery. The Dr. said, “Well, even if the surgery corrects your vision, you won’t be glasses free for long, because you’ll need reading glasses, soon.”
I almost hit him. I didn’t get the surgery, but not because of that.
But, I do have a pair of those cheap reading glasses you can buy at book stores in my purse and in just about every room in the house. I mostly need them in dim light. The most embarrassing thing is I often can’t read menus in restaurants any more. It sucks.
But I’m older than you….
Wow, that sucks! Yes, you are definitely too young!
How about bifocal contacts?
Actually, I’m going for a test. I’m only 30 and I have a hard time reading and I get a headache.
Yeah, I was told last time that it could be bifocals for me as well. My eyes are so bad there should be holes in the back of them.
Just call them progressive lenses and you’ll feel 33 again, Christine.
ehem, my eyesight is perfect
Bah Sparky! That’s all I have to say.