Pre-Presbyopia

I went in for an eye exam today as my vision has been more apparent to me lately that my need to enlarge the fonts on the computer is more pronounced. There's a new machine that scans the retina eliminating the need for pupil dilating drops. I have a horrible memory of trying to drive home on a partly sunny day with wide-open pupils and having water run like a flood from my eyes while trying to navigate my way home. Not pleasant.

Anyhow, when the doctor came to do the tests he said that I cannot claim presbyopia because I am too young. That's reserved for 40 years and over. So what is it then? I need reading glasses and I got a prescription for bifocals. Hmmm. These are things associated with "old age" so perhaps I'm closer to being a crazy cat lady than I thought?

I am definitely more of a Shrone for my presbyopic eyes!

The reason I never wore my first pair of glasses at all is because they are only good when I read. If I look up then the world isn't right. I figure if I had bifocals then I'd be able to keep my glasses on and still do other things. Everything but drive. The doctor said that the glasses would actually make my distance vision worse and I should only wear them when reading, computing, and sitting in class, taking notes, that kind of thing.

In two to three weeks I'll be set with my new set of spectacles. I hope that the bifocal line is blended and not apparent. I got a basic black frame that is mostly rounded. I really wanted witchy cat-eye frames, but alas! the modern style is less feline.