Compensating when one of your senses doesn't work well

I know the feeling Sharon! My arms are starting to not be long enough, but I'll see how long I can last... lol

Sharon - I have an astigmatism in my left eye; and I had the cancer in my right eye. It's so much fun going for glasses these days since when I had radiation they cut a muscle, sewing it back together didn't work so well so not the two eyes don't track exactly together. Headaches, I get headaches :)

Sharon,

My eye doctor says that everyone's eyes change as they get older, some more drastically than others. I have to say getting older sucks, but there are many great things in life to be thankful for and they offset the little irritants.

Sharon, I keep repeating how thrilled I am that we live in today's world and that we have so many options especially with regard to our sight.   I had always 20/20 vision until an infection drastically reduced my vision to 20/200 back in my 20's.  I never was comfortable with glasses because I have extremely good peripheral vision and the arms kept scaring me!  But I was able to wear contacts for 6 days at a time: lifesaver!   Twelve years ago when I returned to Canada I had Lasik surgery and it restored my vision back to 20/20.   This spring I noticed it deteriorating a wee bit and went in to see if a tuneup was possible.  They diagnosed me with 2 fast growing cataracts!   The good news is, after surgery I should have my perfect vision back again.

Can you imagine what we'd both be dealing with if we lived 100 years ago!!!!

Sharon, if it isn't one thing, it's another, but thankfully there is a solution.  Not the most convenient thing, but you'll work with it and work it out.  My best to you dear friend.

Sharon, Yes, it does come down to being thankful for what you have and being careful what to wish for! I wish you the best in finding something that works better for you, 3 pairs of glasses? My eyesight needs to be checked too and like you, I never wore glasses and now have cheaters...

I was blessed with cataracts and ended up getting the implants. Our eyes are so tough to manage to get all three distances right. Thanks for sharing.

Hi Sharon, I've been wearing glasses since the 3rd grade.  Strong and thick lenses.  I feel your pain.

Sharon,

I think you can be glam with each pair, and have some great frames.  Wishing you a delightful weekend. A

Hi Sharon - I have the same problem with having to have readers and distance glasses - if I try to use bifocals at the computer, I just get a sore neck. And since I'm bad about leaving stuff around, I have multiple pairs of each. You might want to check out Zenni Optical - they make decent glasses, much cheaper than anywhere else and have a pretty good website. You can upload your picture and try on different frames to see how they look.

Hi Sharon -- I like your message about being thankful -- it's a great one.

As far as having three sets of glasses, I can imagine all of the places I might "lose" them or the likelihood(very high) of picking up the wrong one.

Have a great weekend -- glad to "see" you today.   

Sharon- I got my first pair of glasses when I was 9 years old.  I personally believe that God invented contact for me.  I had a situation where my right eye was a lot worse than my left eye.  If they tried to give me glasses that fit the prescription, I couldn't see.  My old glasses actually acted like the monovision contact lenses that I now wear.  

Now here's the twist.  My eye doctor here didn't want my one eye to progressively get worse, so she started building up my vision in it.  It's a long explanationbut my right eye is better than it was. 

Sharon, gotta look for the good, right? You CAN see. It's the most valuable sense there is, frankly. It's the one that connects you with other humans moreso than any other.

My sister has terrible eyesight, since childhood. I counted my blessings that my vision isn't like hers.

It sounds like we are going through the same thing. I wear contacts. The left eye is for distance and the right eye is for reading. I don't need a contact in my right eye as I can read without it. SO... when I went to the doctor last month for my checkup, he gave me a prescription for new glasses (backup for my contacts) and they have progressive lens. So when I wear them I can see distance, computer, or reading. At first I thought I was going to have to send them back, but found out that they had to be adjusted. So I went back in and they adjusted the frames and VOILA! They worked. Pretty freaky if you ask me. But hey! They are now working! HA! Anyway! Your right! Let's be thankful for what we DO HAVE and not what we don't have! :))) XOXO