I feel as though I’m walking towards the right. Slightly. Just enough to make sure that when I try to walk in a straight line, I end up in a circle.
I went to the Optometrist this morning.
It’s been *ahem* SIX, maybe SEVEN years since I’ve had my eyes checked. Things had gotten so bad that I had been using a 20 year old pair of glasses for night driving, a 15 year old pair of glasses for watching the telly, and just being blind as a bat for everything else.
My eyesight has deteriorated rather a lot, which was to be expected.
I’ve always been short-sighted, but now, of course, with the blessings of middle-age, that’s become much worse AND I’ve become rather long-sighted too.
And it’s really effecting me when I’m using my camera. I either have my contact lenses in, which allow me to (partially) see in the distance, but don’t allow me to see the back of my camera for settings etc, or no glasses at all and set my camera eye-piece to compensate for my partial blindness. This works a treat, except that I can’t see WHAT I’m photographing unless I’m looking through the eyepiece.
My rather gorgeous Optometrist suggested that we try wearing just ONE contact lens. For my short-sightedness. And leave my other eye for close-up (I can only JUST get away without needing a prescription for that one too).
He popped the lens in and I promptly walked into the wall.
Partly because I was in shock at being able to see clearly in at least one eye, for the first time in about 4 years.
It does feel odd. But I was able to drive home. And I’m able to sit here at my computer and type this to you (although it’s really quite blurry).
I’m going to trial this for the next week, and then will go and see him again to work out what to do.
This is, by far, the cheaper option. The other options are either contact lenses (x2) for distance and reading glasses for close up (plus prescription sunnies), bi-focal lenses and prescription sunnies, or a pair of glasses for distance and a pair for close up AND a prescription pair of sunnies.
If I can manage with ONE contact lens and non-prescription sunnies I’ll be very happy (and not nearly as poor as any of the other options would make me).
Anyone else using this method of sight-management?
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I’m still angry. But I’m not thinking about it quite as much as I was before.
Every day gives me a little more much-needed distance.
Thank you SO much for your amazing support. You guys are helping me maintain my sanity during this awful awful time.
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