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December 02, 2007
Tis the season to wear your bifocals
1:20pm Yep, its exactly as I suspected...The frames are awesome, the lenses have no lines and look 'normal' but I cannot see at a distance with these new glasses...the close-up seems fine, but everything in the distance seems blurry...not just things I read, even vehicles and buildings are blurry...hmmm...I had to take them off, I was getting dizzy wearing them for about 15 minutes...I'll keep trying, tho...maybe things will settle in, and maybe i'll have to take them back for some help...I really didn't wanna give myself a headache, tho...
Today is the big day that I pick up my bifocals and try to wear them...I've heard so many stories from folks who go their bifocals and can't see with them...great...I don't expect much, i know it'll be looking thru the end of a Coke bottle, all wonky and weird...I've been wearing my reading glasses while at the torch and I've been doing ok remembering to look thru the glass for the upclose work, and then over the glass for the far away work...but I still get a little nauseous at times and have to take them off...I was told to be careful wearing the bifocals, like be sure to look thru the top when i walk down stairs, otherwise I'll trip and fall...oh, that's very helpful...I'm not looking forward to taking a header down the stairs...
The town Christmas parade was last night and it was charming...lots of fire engines and horses and about 8 Santa Clauses...one little girl was riding a donkey on her way to the Inn...It looked like the entire town came out for show...I love living in a small country town, there were kids running around w/ spurs on their boots...yes...you heard me...silver spurs jingling when she would run by..all her little brothers had their cowboy boots on too...The other day while in town, I saw two fellas (3:00 in the afternoon, mind you) riding their horses up Main Street...it was great...Ya don't see that kinda stuff in Austin, that's for sure...I'm sure the kids who grow up here probably are itching to move to the Big City, but those of us who have Been There, Done That are more than happy to move into the small town and enjoy the quiet life in the slow lane...we walked downtown to watch the parade and enjoy the art show, I mean how much more laid back and relaxed can ya get?
Posted by Donner at December 2, 2007 01:20 PM
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If you have problems at the torch with your new bifocals (after you've given yourself time to adjust) there may be one more option. Since I teach online, I must spend a lot of time in front of the computer. My no-line glasses just didn't work because I had to tilt my head back to see the screen through the correct position on the lenses. So my eye doc suggested a pair of cheapo glasses with the focal length designed for the computer screen. They also keep things in clear focus for about 8 feet beyond the computer screen. I can look straight on and it really eases neck tension. So there might be something you could do by way of glasses designed just for work at the torch that would allow you to see the torch and beyond but without going to bifocals. Since they aren't for looks, find an inexpensive frame if you decide to go that route. Remember, too, that it will probably take a couple of days to adjust to the bifocals, but once you DO adjust, you'll be fine.
Posted by: Sharon Hobbs at December 2, 2007 11:50 AM
Hi,
Life's little changes for you, too? What fun. I have the opposite issue from you, I can't see distance without my contacts, but now my eyes have decided to cause problems. I used to be able to read with my contacts in, now I have to take them out to work or do anything else within a 10 foot radius. Now I think that closeup is going, too.
Anyway, just remember to put your glasses on a holder around your neck - new stringing project!- or put them on top of your head when not looking at things close up. That way they are close at hand, but not causing problems.
You have my sympathy. It is never easy to take on a change that is viewed as a negative part of the process of a lengthening lifetime.
MJ
Posted by: Mary Jo at December 2, 2007 01:11 PM