Eyesight

[Tally]

Just had my eyes tested,all good . I am long sighted it turns out I can see way off into the distance, but I can't read a newspaper in front of my face. So reading glasses from now on. Now I feel old(oh well)

[Speedy1959]

I have the same problem Tally.

[KiwiCol]

That long sightedness is caused by constantly looking far ahead for cops . . .   

[Tally]

@KiwiCol  seeing that far ahead as meant I've not had a ticket since 1990
@Speedy1959 that's where I've just come from

[Will14]

I'm exactly the same, distance is great but close up is shocking although some days I can see close up also, strange really my sight and my hearing seem to have started to fail at the same time in the same way, having a conversation with someone can be a challenge to hear sometimes but sitting on the sofa at home I can hear cars from the end of the road  I put it down to working on a computer for between 12 & 14 hours a day in a 30x10 office with 5 others and we could all be talking on phones at the same time 

[Mister Fishfinger]

I've got the opposite, I am a little bit short sighted so I need glasses to correct my vision (can't see things far away like TVs and road traffic).

However, due to old age I am also starting to have trouble seeing close up with my glasses on. The temporary solution seems to be to take my specs off to read and put them back on to drive or watch TV. I usually park them on my head, which drives my missus mad.

People sometimes wonder how you can be short and long sighted at the same time. It's because they are caused by different things. When you are young and you have vision problems it's because your eyeballs are the wrong shape, so the image doesn't focus on the back of your eye where it should. The long sight we develop as we get older is because the lens loses its elasticity and the muscles can't pull it into shape to focus on close things.

Long story short, getting old is a pain.

[Tony Nitrous]

I joke I can see fine if I can reach it.

No glasses for phone, IPad, reading, desk work etc.

I have to wear them for driving, watching TV.

Worn them for about 35 years.
Not a big deal, minor inconvenience although I've lost a few pairs at work.

I have to have medical insurance due to Aussie tax laws or I pay more tax so I get two "free" pairs a year (far from free due to the cost of my cover!) so I've always got spare pairs.

[Andre]

Used to get free glasses from (mandatory) health insurance. Those years have looong gone. Me: Distance vision crap since forever but not getting worse for the last 20 years. Close vision getting crappier every year. Night vision is also getting weak.

[Hooli]

I had an eyetest a few weeks ago, better than 20/20 was the verdict.


*smugs*

[Andre]

Looking at your avatar I am not surprised. They must have tested your hindsight  

[Kiwifruit]

Am sitting in the waiting room of the eye clinic waiting to have an injection in my left eyeball. How much fun can one have in a day. It is the result of my diabetes or rather the lack of tight control over blood sugars for an extended period, 35+ years..
So you diabetics out there, be warned, look after yourselves.   

[Andre]

That's the kind of fun anyone can do without! Squeezing both thumbs for you that the procedure will bring the success intended. The waiting and imagining what's coming is most often the worse of it. I assume they give you something to take a snooze during it.

[Kiwifruit]

No snoozing Andre...... and it's hard not to look when a little frame is holding your eye open, but to be fair the thought of it is worse than the reality.

[grog]

Hope all is good Col. I try hard to keep type 2 under control. Doc is happy. My wife is type 1, 4 injections a day, much harder for her. She does it well.

[Kiwifruit]

I'm the same as your wife Grog.
Played tennis tonight. My tennis is rubbish but not because l can't see the ball