I have new eyeballs, glory hallelujah. I’ve been struggling all year with contacts that did not play nicely with my eyes. Blame it on the: climate/sand/grit/excessive AC/all of the above. And an uncooperative left eye that had me swapping my contacts for reading glasses as soon as I got home from work every evening.
I needed the reading glasses because it seems that I’m always reading something — phone, labels, books, food packaging . . . if there’s something in print, my brain tries to read it. But wearing reading glasses all evening made me feel off balance. Like I was going to miss a stair or bump into a doorway because my depth perception was off. (Yep, it happened. Ouch.)
I have had multiple people in AD tell me they had to switch to daily contacts because they had too many problems with the longer wear ones. So as soon as I ran through my last set, I ran to the eye doctor for a new prescription and to test drive some new eyeballs.
Bless. I can see again. Out of both eyes. Near and far. It’s amazing. I can wear them all day so I hardly need the cute glasses that I got as a backup. Yes, they are bifocals (progressive) so I have to learn to use them and find myself tilting my chin up and down to compare distance and reading vision. Crazy old lady eyeballs.
I don’t love the extra plastic and trash that comes from wearing daily lenses, as each one comes in a separate plastic bubble, ugh, but I love that I don’t feel like clawing my eyes out all the time. Sorry planet, but it’s been a long year of irritation and I’m not going back now. However, as soon as I can get on the affordable bionic eyeball implant list, sign me up. I’d be happy to save the planet and have perfect vision at the same time.
They look great!
When I had to get bifocals, I went with the traditional kind with the line – with progressives, there was something about having to move my head around to dial in the vision that I think would frustrate me. But that’s just me. 🙂
I also picked up a pair of single-vision for all long-distance stuff – hikes, going to the movies, etc.
I’m glad the new contacts are working out!
Yes, I can see that the line would make knowing where to look a bit easier. Great idea for single vision too! Thanks.