My eyes have seen the glory

[fbhjr]

My wife and I went to the eye doctor today. It’s been 5 years since the last: http://fbhjr.livejournal.com/377036.html

The good news is my eyesight is still good. Normal in my right eye. Slightly nearsighted in my left. While slightly worse than 5 years ago, not at all much.
I do need reading glasses for things up close, but figured that out on my own a couple of years ago.

The doctor tried to get me to wear bifocals even though I don't need vision correction for most things.
"They would be optically flat for most, but have reading glass areas for up close."
"So, I’d wear glasses all the time to make the 5% of the time I need them easier?"
"Yes!"
"No."

I understand he makes money off of the glasses. But, he’s selling ones to my wife and that will have to be enough.

The real good news is my eye pressure is down. 5 years ago it was borderline and he didn’t know if that was a high part of the cycle or the low.
Today is was lower and he said there is no damage to the eye at all, so he is sure I don’t have a problem.

The only bad side is that, like 5 years ago, my eyes took a long time to go back to normal. He told me 2-3 hours was normal. 4-5 was what it took.
But, it means I got to work from home from the afternoon. And, call in to a staff meeting in my underwear.
(All together now: How it got in my underwear I will never know…)

Comments

[resonant.livejournal.com]

Hooray for being able to see!

[postingwhore.livejournal.com]

Do dilated pupils affect your vision?

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

The dilation makes it hard to see due to the brightness.
Also what he uses makes close in objects very blurry. I don't know if that is the dilation medication or one of the other two drops he puts in for the test where they touch my eye to get a presure reading.

[charliemc.livejournal.com]

Great news on your eyes! Stick to your guns on the glasses -- I mean, give me a break!

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

oh yes, when my hubby needed glasses to read, but also to drive with long distances (not the short ones) they tried to talk him into a permanent glasses that was bifocal.

eurhhmmmmmmmmmm don't think so, no!!

[yesididit2.livejournal.com]

"So, I’d wear glasses all the time to make the 5% of the time I need them easier?"
i agree, ridiculous. wearing glasses all day every day is a pain in the ass!

i had the laser surgery to correct my vision and have absolutely loved this last decade of being glasses-free after having had to wear them for nearly 15 years.

[hindustar.livejournal.com]

LOL!

I am glad your vision is still good. =)

[merilune.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear that your vision is good and that your eye pressure is down :)

I had an optometrist try to talk me into buying bifocals too. I cannot see things in the distance very well but she was convinced that I also needed glasses for working on the computer because my current glasses would make that difficult. Simple (and cheaper) solution: I take my glasses off when I spend long periods of time looking at the computer.

[endlessblush.livejournal.com]

well that's good news!

[meathiel]

I'll need varifocals sooner rather than later ... but the thought somehow frightens me. And makes me feel OLD!!!