so who wears glasses?

[Florence Fennel]

Mine are varifocals, but I soon got used to them. The main problem I have is getting neck ache from tilting my head back to see what I'm typing (it's difficult to get the screen at the right height) and when I go to meetings where there is a large audience and a Powerpoint! The last twice I have had new glasses, it's been BOGOF. Both times I have never used the second pair.

[WendyC]

I wear contact lenses as I am extremely short sighted ( my nose gets in the way if I try to focus on something without glasses/lenses!) Now I need reading glasses as well. Talk about add insult to injury. My family find it highly amusing. Do find my husband using my glasses from time to time, "when the light's not right".

[alldigging]

Don't be too upset about that, I've had laser eye surgery twice, because the first time didn't work properly and the second time it was horrendously painful with agonising pain every night for a year after. And yes, two years later I'm back to glasses for driving and TV. So well done on being able to save your cash.

I read a horrific story about someone who went for the check up after a few days and had to travel all the way to London to see a specialist - they were put on the train and sent up, no chance to go home or anything.
*feels faint*
Not for me.

[bubblewrap]

I have worn glasses since 1998 I only need them for middle vision as my vision is generally good although I do some times need reading glasses for smaller print.

[veggiechicken]

I wore glasses from age 8 (round pink NHS ones!!). Eventually graduated to thick lensed ones . Wore contact lenses for years. My optician always said that the best thing for me would be to have cataract surgery and so, I "grew" some cataracts just to test his theory. Best thing I ever did. A couple of quick ops and I could throw away all of my specs apart from reading glasses. Such freedom
I remember the initial "distortion" of new glasses though - it soon goes as your brain adjusts. Just persevere for a bit longer.

[Potstubsdustbins]

I have a pic of myself aged five wearing NHS specs, now 67 and blind as a bat without them.

I even get tax relief on one pair as I couldn't work without them, therefore they are a tool of my work.

Potty

[Nicos]

I need long distance glasses for driving and ones for reading. If I wear my long distance ones when I'm supermarket shopping ( to read the signs) I feel really seasick for hours afterwards.

I really should have one pair made which does near and distance....but I dread the thought of feeling nauseous all the time

Brings back dreadful memories of the 3 months of constant nausea I had with both my pregnancies.



Mind you- that could help me lose weight!!!!!

[out in the cold]

I remember it being what I can only describe as my right eye being a bit uphill from my left...

That was 35 years ago mind.

Wait until you add having a wee drink into the mix...

[Veggielot]

You only need those BB when you're middle aged and I'm not there yet!!!

Oh no I am middled age

[ladylottie]

I wear contact lenses most of the time but bi-focals if I need to do a lot of reading as well (shopping etc). I haven't had any problems with them but can't wear varifocals - they make me all dizzy, similar to what you are experiencing.

[Mikey]

I wore glasses from age 8 (round pink NHS ones!!). Eventually graduated to thick lensed ones . Wore contact lenses for years. My optician always said that the best thing for me would be to have cataract surgery and so, I "grew" some cataracts just to test his theory. Best thing I ever did. A couple of quick ops and I could throw away all of my specs apart from reading glasses. Such freedom
I remember the initial "distortion" of new glasses though - it soon goes as your brain adjusts. Just persevere for a bit longer.

A couple of years ago I did a kitchen for a lovely couple, who after 6 months or so phoned me back because of a fault with their sink. We replaced the sink, but while talking to them afterwards, she said she hated her new kitchen. It's quite a strong response, so I asked why. She said that she had recently had her cataracts done, and now the kitchen was a completely different colour from what she thought it was. Her husband gave me an all knowing glance as if to say what am I to do.....

[veggiechicken]

I remember noticing how dusty the house was - it still is but I've learnt to ignore it!

[Alison]

My mum had her cataracts done a year or so ago and has told me several times that colours do indeed now look different - her optician has told her that she's now seeing "true" colours but not too sure myself.

I had to wear glasses from being about 2ish due to a lazy left eye, had to have a patch over my right eye every night to strengthen the muscles. Didn't mind that so much but hated the old national health glasses I had to wear - mum always wanted me to have the pink ones, I wanted the blue ones but apparently they were for boys so I was never allowed . On a plus point, my eyesight had improved sufficiently by the time I was about 7 or 8 for me to throw the glasses away and whilst my left eye is still considerably weaker than my right one I'm still glass free. Having said that I'm one getting unusual in my group of friends and can imagine that I'll be needing them for middle aged reasons any year now. At least there are some lovely choices these days - in fact the kids ones are nice these days, OH's niece has always looked very fashionable, not like in my day!

[Madasafish]

I have astigmatism so near images are blurred. I can walk and see fine enough to drive without glasses - although reading signs is difficult - so I wear them. Each eye is different so I cannot read close up and in supermarkets need glasses to read the print on shelves - prices etc.

I have worn varifocals since 1993 and my eyesight gradually changes over the years..I love expensive titanium frames as they are both light and strong.:-( (Ideal for close mechanic work.)

I can garden without glasses and usually do except when writing seed labels! Or reading them..

No problems with varifocals and computer screens...long since adjusted to their use.

But as my peripheral vision around the sides of my glasses is very poor, I ended up hitting the side of my head on garden posts.. now all carefully shrouded in plastic foam to prevent cut heads. It is amazing how much blood a scalp wound creates ,, and how sore it can be when you stand up and gouge a V shaped tear with the edge of a bird table....:-)

[julesapple]

I had my first (and last) pair of varifocals last year. I had resisted up until then, but the optician wore me down. Turns out I was right not have varifocals - should've stuck to separate distance and reading glasses - because, only two weeks after getting them, I misplaced my footing and took a dive out of the attic, dropping 20ft and smacking two sets of stairs and banisters on the way to a messy stop.

I'm now back to lovely frameless, light, bendy, not-really-there-at-all distance glasses and cheap as chips hideous reading/close up specs that no one else ever sees. And I feel much safer.