This is why you have to start taking care of yourself ASAP. And, admit maybe you should just go the old fashioned way.
My friend has always enjoyed perfect vision. As she beautifully progressed into middle age, she admired all those fancy reading glasses her friends were flaunting in hopes of looking fashionable (instead of old), and bought a pair for herself. Voila! She, herself could view ever so much better her books, her Kindle, her tax returns. Okay, she thought, not so bad. These glasses are super cute. Like when we all wanted to sport those sparkly cat’s eye glasses in the 50’s and 60’s because, well, they were just peachy keen, right?
Then she began to notice that looking far away was not all that productive either. Relenting, she went to the optometrist. Lo and behold…she needed glasses. Since her vision declined both near and far, she was encouraged to get bifocals.
“But wait!” she said, “what about contact lenses?”
“Well, of course,” said her doctor, “that’s no problem. You have to come in to be fitted.”
When fitting day arrived, my friend was beaming with happiness that modern technology gave her the opportunity to keep those old lady glasses at bay.
“Here we go!” said the perky technician. “Now, open wide, put one contact lens in each eye. We will let you get used to them for a bit, and then practice a couple of times putting them in and taking them out.”
In and out the contacts went. She was impressed that the contacts felt okay in her eyes with no real discomfort.
“Oh, that’s because they are soft lenses, so easy peasy,” the technician told her. “Let’s just do it one more time and then you’re good to go.”
In they go. Out they do not go. She pinches, she pulls, she tugs at imaginary things in her left eye. Nothing happens.
The lens was still in there. It had to be. Her eyes were watering like Niagara Falls, her fingers were giving her eye a proctology exam. She poked and prodded around desperately seeking a foreign object. Her eye was really hurting now and no lens appeared on her finger.
“Oh my!” said the tech as she leaped out of her chair to get the doctor.
“Well,” the doctor said, “I must say we’ve never had this before.”
He gazed at her eye in the special machine.
“Oh, oh my, oh that can’t be good,” said the doctor.
“What? what?” said my friend, mildly in a panic, okay probably not so mildly.
“Well, it looks like you broke the lens into three pieces in your eye. So we’re going to have to numb your eye and flip your eyelid so we can fish those pieces out of there.”
Yea…………
Her new bifocals are really quite fashion forward.
“You just have to Laugh….”
Cathy Sikorski
I’m glad I discovered this blog. We need, I need, more humor in my life! I’ve never even tried contacts and this post just affirms that’s okay. A few months ago, I went from over the counter reading glasses to progressive lenses. I still have to turn my head slightly to each side to get to the far edges of the page. I assumed that was normal, but someone told me recently it’s not. Funny how I just make the adjustment, and put up with it, but I really need to check that out. Plus, I wouldn’t mind a new pair.
JoAnne,
So glad to have you as a new reader! Yes, it’s so interesting how we ‘adjust’ as we get older and think, “everyone must be doing that”! I find your personal story very interesting as well…..am following you and look forward to your interesting view on life. Thanks for following.
My pleasure. I appreciate the follow from you too.
Absolutely sounds like something that would happen to me!
Well, knowing you I would say..”No,that’s not true.”But then again, knowing you………..maybe……..hahahaha
Being a proud owner of glasses with progressive lenses, who has tried contacts, I can sympathize (well, laugh with) your friend.
I have worn glasses since 3rd grade and contacts since 8th grade…and even then my contacts are ‘hard’ lenses…so I’m still kinda’ old school myself. Never even tried soft lenses, but now that is not likely to happen! Thanks for reading!
I go back and forth with my lenses and glasses too, Janet. Sanity has not yet replaced vanity!!! Thanks for reading.
Reminds me of the time when we purchased our first Plasma TV and I said I didn’t see any difference. Two years later and new glasses, I looked at the TV and said “Oh, now I get it.”
Haha! Yes, now I remember that story….forgot all about that. You may be featured one day soon on “You just have to Laugh…” Stay tuned, dear friend.
Just as long as you’re trying, I know you’ll be ok! Have a great day, dear reader friend.
Do they make lenses with selective vision, kinda like selective hearing? They would be a good match, hahahaha! Oh, the joys of aging!!
OMG I love that idea…..get on that invention now!
Very gooooooooooooooooood Cathy!! one very good reason I wear glasses. some people can wear contacts with no problem. but me no. I will stick with my glasses!! smiles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You’re one smart fella’. Some of us have a bigger learning curve 🙂
…which is exactly why I choose glasses! Your friend didn’t realize what she was missing since blurred vision was her normal. Hope she can see clearly now. (Ok, that was cheesy, right?)
And you’re back………….so nice to see a chuckle of a response from you, Deb. Love to you!
I try to keep a little humor to help maintain my sanity. Some days it works, others not so much…:-)