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How old where you when you first needed glasses?
paulsh1
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I'm almost 48 and have been blessed with great eyesight.
But wow,in the last six months or so it has really failed!
Attempting to read a menu tonight was almost impossible until someone jokingly offered me their reading glasses and I couldn't believe the difference.
I'm going to book myself in for an eye test this week but how old where you when/if your eyesight started to go?
But wow,in the last six months or so it has really failed!
Attempting to read a menu tonight was almost impossible until someone jokingly offered me their reading glasses and I couldn't believe the difference.
I'm going to book myself in for an eye test this week but how old where you when/if your eyesight started to go?
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Boys got brown ones.Girls got a choice of pink or blue.
None of these fancy designer things you get these days.:D
21 years later and I can't see beyond my nose without my glasses or contacts now.
You've eyes will only get worse each year now.These are the things that come with age.:(
NHS specials
I haven't wore glasses for a long time now.But most people seem to say don't bother with the Opticians prescription and expensive glasses.Just nip into your local ASDA or Tesco.Try on a pair or 2 of their reading glasses,find the right ones for you for a few quid.Job done.:)
Great.Something else to add to the bag of my spare parts when I go on holiday!!!
Wore them for reading until eleven (and many lost pairs) then just stuck em on my nose and kept them there.
The NHS bought out a pair round with gold rims. They were lovely, and I wore the same type for years and years.
Finding it harder and harder to read the Teletext type thingy on the telly?.Squinting to read the words?.Small letters blurring when reading?.Car number plates as well?.
It's called something or other degeneration.I've got it too.But I'm struggling on.Reading my TV guide with a magnifying glass now.:D:D
Every year the prescription gets worse and worse… carrots are a lie.
Mum took me to get glasses fitted. I refused to wear them regularly and managed with my good left eye until I was 19, then my left eye deteriorated too. I think that's why I have a dominant left eye.
After that I wore contact lenses to the present day... Am thinking of getting lasik surgery done, but been told it's best to wait till my 30s as the eyes would be more stable.
How they used to laugh at me in my itchy Balaclava,,shorts and NHS glasses.:(
Aww Bex - my Mother was a flamin' toddler - long sighted and wore glasses at eighteen months.
Same thing with my neice, who looks incredibly like her Grandmother.
Long sighted, both.
I'm short sighted, like my Father - goodness' I didn't have a chance.
I've thought about laser eye surgery.Maybe it's best to get one eye done first,instead of both at the same time.Just in case it all goes horribly wrong!.:o
That's what I was told as well.
I wanted to do it when I was eighteen but they wouldn't allow it.
Ha Ha! Spot on.That sums me up at the moment!
Thank goodness I can make the text on by tablet larger so easily!
We got through it:)
Bring her up to 125% magnification Captain!.
I had a wonky eye and astigmatism.
Thank God I can wear contact lenses now. My entire childhood (4-17) in glasses really put a dampener on things. I hope no child of mine should ever have bad eyesight (they'll have enough going against them already)
It was character building stuff.:) Not to mention the plastic sandals and duffle coat.:D