She said that I could get a pair of over the counter magnifying glasses or I could try what they call Monovision. I opted for the latter and now have my distance prescription in my right eye and a different prescription in my left eye so that I can read things up close. My brain hurts as it is trying to adapt and "learn" to see with the eye best suited for the task.Driving home, all the other drivers must have thought I was flirting with them as I kept winking, trying to look out of my distance eye for the road and my up close eye for other things...OK, I looked like an idiot... Everything is blurry; up close, distance and mid-range. The headache is there but I don't want to pull out the lenses because that will make tomorrow worse as my already fried brain tries to learn something new.
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Oh our aging eyes, ain't it grand? I just hope you don't get dizzy and fall down!
ReplyDeleteYou are cracking me up. I swear I had a similar incident happened to me a month ago. We went furniture shopping and in the showroom, I must have gotten some dust in my eye or an eyelash. It drove me nuts. My eye was watering like crazy and I was trying to blink whatever it was out of my eye. The saleman must have thought I was flirting with him even though he had to be in his late 60's. Of course, we did get a great deal on our furniture so maybe there is something to the whole blinking/winking deal.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chuckle!
So glad you told me now. Can you imagine what I would have thought if you had shown up at lunch tomorrow all winky with me (a total stranger) and then getting teary eyed. Hum...what would I have thought?!
ReplyDeleteOnly my family knows this-but your story made me come out of the closet. Honey-at least you had your eyesight for as long as you have! One "drawback" to the paperchase was that my doc appt revealed that my eyesight was worsening-two eye doctors later I was diagnosed with juvenile glaucoma and dimmed vision in one eye. I don't care what they say-but I blame the adoption agency. The moment I received the box of paperwork to fill out-I am positive that that's when my left eye gave out! Still, I could have kissed the doc when he said "juvenile" glaucoma-even if it just means under the age of 60.
ReplyDeleteOh-and I am a night winker...not a good thing :)
So funny! It does take a few days for your eyes to adjust. The first days with my glasses had me "catching" myself because I thought the floor was dipping!
ReplyDeleteEeesh babe -- that whole Monovision thing sounds awful. I'm getting a sympathy migraine for you just thinking about it.
ReplyDeleteTake care of yourself, don't wink at any truck drivers, and I hope you can see a little better tomorrow.
I went to the eye doctor on Saturday, man I HATE that puffer thingy.
ReplyDeleteNew glasses don't give me headaches, but they make my nose itch so bad. So at least you're winking, I look like I am picking my nose!