I'm old. Well, old enough to need bifocals. Several years ago, I purchased my first pair of bifocal contact lenses. They were wonderful! No period of adjustment. No noticeable change from one lens to the other lens. Because my vision is so poor, I need to wear contacts all day long, which ends up around 18 hours/day. At the last eye doctor appointment, the doctor mentioned that I was beginning to get blood vessels around the retina. The cause was lack of oxygen to my eye surface. During my recent eye doctor visit, he noticed that there was further growth into the eye. So, I need to wear my lenses for shorter periods of time and switch to a more oxygen friendly brand of contacts.
Today, I picked up my first pair of bifocal glasses. It's been about 8 years since I owned glasses. The ultra-thin lenses ended up being about 1/4" thick....not very attractive. I'll be wearing them quite a bit around the house though. The bifocal lenses are taking me awhile to get used to adjusting between to two lenses. Reading lessons with Paige were interesting. She was 4 feet away from her book and reading easily. I was 12 inches from my book and needed to use my finger to keep my place. It should be a blessing once I get used to seeing through these new glasses. I won't need to grab the wall when walking to the bathroom in the middle of the night. My before-bed reading will not strain my eyes. It will no longer be necessary to fight with putting in contact lenses before I am fully awake.
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Ha! I had my first pair of bifocals at the age of five!
Five!!!! Wow! I've never heard of a child needing bifocals. Do you still wear bifocals? Did you have laser surgery?
I don't wear bifocals now, although my eye doctor tried out bifocal contacts with me. I hated them. I have not had any kind of surgery. When I do any kind of needlework, I take my glasses off, since I do a lot better doing close up work without the glasses. I wear those when I need to see things in the distance.
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