New eyes
Hi all,
I got new glasses yesterday. I've had the same pair of glasses and prescription for well over four years now. I tended not to wear them too often: I didn't really need them (a degree of self-denial), and the glasses' prescription was so mild that they didn't make a huge difference (true). Only recently did I finally admit to myself just how much my vision has been deteriorating in the last year or so. I finally broke down, got my prescription updated, and bought new glasses.
I'm enraptured, spellbound, by the changes I see. It's almost like being in a parallel universe. I'm not used to seeing these things, not having had a frame of reference for a long time. I always assumed that in the distance, things just faded serenely: Lawns were like green seas, trees in the distance had no leaves, most straight lines weren't sharply defined.
Not so: Lawns' individual blades of grass can be seen even while driving, leaves always have trees as long as the trees themselves are visible, lines are exact, many objects are made up of dots. It's incredible.
I'm testing myself to see how good my distance reading is. The most important part of glasses, for me, will be time-sensitive reading at a distance (seeing street signs, highway signs, etc). So far results are inconclusive (how does one compare in a moving car), but I can't see the results being anything but favorable.
Sometimes I 'cheat' and take them off to enjoy the more aggregate world. It's intimidating to have such a sensory overload of so many individual objects. My brain is used to seeing a 'lawn;' it's disorienting to see thousands and thousands of blades of glass.
Still, I'm pleased with these. Having the option for clearer vision is a very powerful choice. I'm glad I bit the bullet and finally updated my prescription.
Jim
I got new glasses yesterday. I've had the same pair of glasses and prescription for well over four years now. I tended not to wear them too often: I didn't really need them (a degree of self-denial), and the glasses' prescription was so mild that they didn't make a huge difference (true). Only recently did I finally admit to myself just how much my vision has been deteriorating in the last year or so. I finally broke down, got my prescription updated, and bought new glasses.
I'm enraptured, spellbound, by the changes I see. It's almost like being in a parallel universe. I'm not used to seeing these things, not having had a frame of reference for a long time. I always assumed that in the distance, things just faded serenely: Lawns were like green seas, trees in the distance had no leaves, most straight lines weren't sharply defined.
Not so: Lawns' individual blades of grass can be seen even while driving, leaves always have trees as long as the trees themselves are visible, lines are exact, many objects are made up of dots. It's incredible.
I'm testing myself to see how good my distance reading is. The most important part of glasses, for me, will be time-sensitive reading at a distance (seeing street signs, highway signs, etc). So far results are inconclusive (how does one compare in a moving car), but I can't see the results being anything but favorable.
Sometimes I 'cheat' and take them off to enjoy the more aggregate world. It's intimidating to have such a sensory overload of so many individual objects. My brain is used to seeing a 'lawn;' it's disorienting to see thousands and thousands of blades of glass.
Still, I'm pleased with these. Having the option for clearer vision is a very powerful choice. I'm glad I bit the bullet and finally updated my prescription.
Jim