First Glasses
by Stacey
Apparently my eyes are rule followers. I’ve always heard that if you’ve been blessed with good eye sight, things can change quickly when the calendar turns to your 40th year. I will turn 41 in a few weeks and today I picked up my first pair of reading glasses. I went to the eye doctor last week for a check up after having to return a library book because the print was too small. When the doctor put a slight prescription in front of me, I was amazed at how crisp and clear the words looked. Apparently, the deterioration in my eye sight had been so slow and so slight, that I hadn’t really realized what I had been missing.
Given how sensitive I can be, I suppose I am not surprised, but it is taking me some time to get used to my new accessory. I find some things look crisper and then if I look at just the wrong angle, things are even blurrier than before. I even think there is a chance the glasses may be making me feel ‘car sick’ when I use them on the computer. Or maybe that slightly nauseous feeling is just the stunning realization that I am, in fact, getting older.
Sigh…
For me, it was 30. I still only need them for night driving but I know it will change. I just know it!
Maybe you will be lucky but my sense is no one escapes this aging eye thing!!
Love that nauseous reference at the end! But take it from a long-time glasses girl – they can make you feel that way when you’re adjusting to them. It still happens to me almost every time I get a new pair. If it continues beyond a week or two, circle back with your DR to make sure the prescription is right. And lucky you — entering this stage of life when glasses are so cool that kids who don’t need them wear them as a fashion accessory!
Thank you so much for your input Donna! I really was beginning to think the prescription might be wrong. It’s good to know that there is an adjustment period- I will be a bit more patient. And you are so right about the fashion of it all- ever since I got them, Katherine has been begging me to get glasses!