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I got contact lenses.

This has been a difficult couple of years for me, vision-wise. I've always had great vision and didn't have to wear glasses or contacts up until I was about 40 or so. I had to get some reading glasses. Since then, my vision has gotten worse and I've need some correction for my distance vision. At first I tried the no-line bifocals, but I couldn't use those at all. They were horrible! Then I tried the regular bifocals, but I really couldn't adjust to those either. I ended up wearing my reading glasses to read and do things around the house...like cooking and cleaning and wearing the bifocals to watch TV - just looking through the top part. The rest of the time, I just went without and had slightly blurry vision.

I knew the time was coming when I would have to do something. That time was at the renewing of my driver's license. I couldn't pass the eye exam without the bifocals, the top part for the distance vision. So, I bit the bullet and went to the optometrist, telling them ahead of time that I was thinking that I might need contacts. I've always had such a hard time touching my eyes that I really resisted going the contact route. But I thought that maybe I could get contacts for my distance vision and just put my reading glasses on when I needed to read something.

I told the optometrist all my woes and he suggested bifocal contacts. Who knew? I don't know how they work, but he popped them right into my eye and, voila, I could see! It's quite wonderful. I don't have to stop to find my glasses every time I need to read something. But my distance vision was still blurry. In fact, if anything, it was worse than normal and driving was somewhat of a challenge, especially at night. I went back to the doc today for a follow-up and he tried about four different contacts trying to find just the right blend of distance/near vision correction. None of them worked very well. They either made my distance vision blurry or my reading blurry. So he is ordering two other combinations to try. I'm really, really hoping they work because I'm loving this no-glasses life. It's no fun fiddling with the contacts - taking them out, putting them in, cleaning them, etc. but it's something I can adjust to much easier than having poor vision.

There is nothing good about getting old. Nothing.