Tuesday, May 8, 2012

I Can See Clearly Now... Oh Wait, No I Can't

I managed to make it through my twenties with superhero level vision. (Okay, so I couldn't shoot lasers or use X-ray vision to see ya in your skivvies, but I had wicked good eyesight.) But, as a different doctor told me shortly after I turned 30, "You're going to start falling apart from here on out."

My tester frames. Not a great picture,
by the way. Bad angle and lighting.
But what do I know? I need glasses.
And as today's eye-doctor told me, I have not only pronounced astigmatism, but also my left eye is near-sighted. What the heck, Lefty? Why'd you crap out out when Ol' Righty still has "better than 20/20 vision" on her own? Way to let the team down, dude.*

But here's what seemed weirdest to me. I went through the whole exam - two different people examining me, seven different charts, eye drops, a pokey-eyeball-thing, look up, look down, look left, look right, do the hokey pokey - the works. Then I got the diagnosis, as noted above, along with the doctor's verdict:

"You should wear these whenever you're using the computer. Or reading. And when you're driving, too - especially if it's really bright out or really dark out."

Then when I went to pay my bill, the receptionist informed me that it'll be 7 to 10 business days before my glasses are ready.

So in the meantime, um.... good luck, Righty. Looks like you've got your work cut out for you.

*PS I'm sure there's a joke to be made about me wearing out my "left" vision with all my progressive tendencies, or something. But I'm not going to try to find it. Because I don't have my glasses yet. Duh.
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6 comments:

  1. Welcome to the club! The frames look great - big fan of the chunky plastic :)

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  2. Thanks, Liz! I'll post a better pic when I have 'em for real. Thanks for the vote for chunky plastic, too... the choice was more nerve-wracking than it should have been ;-)

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  4. Yeah, I hate picking out glasses. Very stressful.

    Don't worry, you're stil lookin' good-

    good-lookin'!

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  5. Heh. We have similar eye-issues, then. Is the astigmatism in Lefty, too? If so, our differences are merely a matter of degree. :D

    I've been near-sighted since at least high school days - much worse in the left eye (the right was actually better than 20/20 when originally diagnosed) with pronounced astigmatism in that same eye (and at the opposite angle to most astigmatisms, whuu? That's even a thing?) More weirdness abounds: Last time I went to the optometrist, I was informed that my vision had, get this, IMPROVED. Huh??? But not to worry, the near-sightedness is getting better, but I can look forward to adding far-sightedness in the next decade or so.

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  6. Aaand I don't think my comment posted. Hrmph. OK. 2nd attempt.

    My diagnosis is quite similar: Near-sightedness primarily in left eye (at original diagnosis back in high school, the right was actually better than 20/20, but that was 1989-ish, so go fig) plus pronounced astigmatism in that same eye. And at the opposite angle to most astigmatisms. (Yes, I'm apparently an over-achiever in my weirdness.) I started out wearing my glasses as you were told to do, but eventually had to go full-time due to worsening vision.

    At my last eye appointment, though, the weirdness increased: Apparently, my vision has improved. Not to worry, though. Seems we can expect that when it's diagnosed early. And I will probably exchange near-sightedness for far-sightedness in the next decade or so. Yay?

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