Adjusting to new glasses is the WORST

[tess@mastodon.social]

Adjusting to new glasses is the WORST

[tess@mastodon.social]

It doesn't help that my prescription only works for things 4-5 feet away or further (thanks, presbyopia!) but the next step down that most opticians will do is "computer glasses" which only work for things 1-3 feet away, and what I *actually* want is something that works, like 2~8 feet and then is just adequate enough for distance that I can drive in them.

I feel like I would either have to lie on an online order form or negotiate with another optometrist to get those though.

[tess@mastodon.social]

IT does appear that I can convince my left eye to focus a *little* closer at the expense of, like, some migraines while my brain adjusts. (The longer I wear them the clearer my vision gets.)

And the new glasses are actually my prescription and not a copy of a copy of glasses that were correct ten years ago.

But I'm still frustrated. And headache-y. Ow. Ow. Ow.

[oblomov@sociale.network]

@tess I recently bright my kid to get his eyes checked because he obviously need glasses. Doctor said she wants to check him again in 8 months, and check me too while we're at it. The worst is, I know she's right.

I don't wanna goooooooo

[tess@mastodon.social]

@oblomov after a certain age, it's more about keeping an eye on any potential medical issues than it is that your prescription will change.

Obviously it can drift a little. But until presbyopia sets in, you should be *fairly* stable between like 25 and 40-something.

[oblomov@sociale.network]

@tess

> keeping an eye

I see what you did there 👀

And yeah, I happen to be quite enough past 25, hence why I agree with the doctor that it's time to see what's going on 8-D