my stigmatism

[amw]

It's almost Pi Day, which is when my mom passed away, and i am remembering my mom as i start to write this entry because she was the first person who taught me the word astigmatism. Because she had it. And i didn't. The context was a question about why her contact lenses had a line on the bottom and mine did not. Apparently people with astigmatism

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[dadi]

Hugs from a fellow astigmatic. I so hate it, and there is just no way to be completely comfortable. I make do with 3 pairs of glasses...one for reading, one for working on the computer and bifocals for walking, driving and being able to decipher stuff on my phone or the car's screen. Gah'

[amw]

Reading this comment a couple weeks ago really comforted me, thank you! I have now switched over to a new pair and have persevered... it's still uncomfortable and things are not clear, and my right eye is driving me nuts, but i am persevering for a while till i go back and try again. One change i have made is to go back to reading in bed without glasses, but with both eyes. I wonder if what messed everything up was getting into the habit of lying on my side and reading with only one eye?

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[coercedbynutmeg]

Weird! A few years back, a doctor told me I had a slight astigmatism but I don't think she corrected for it (in contact lenses, anyway; I've been wearing non-astigmatism lenses on a full-time basis since 1994, and while the prescription has gotten stronger nothing else has changed). I asked if it was even possible to develop an astigmatism after a person has stopped growing, and she kind of shrugged. I always keep a glasses prescription but never really wear glasses because of the bowing and diving effect, and the feeling that I can only see directly ahead of me. Obviously I dealt with this before I wore contacts but I really don't remember.

Meanwhile, my little sister found out around age 25 that she has a bad astigmatism, and evidently our optometrist growing up never checked for it. But she figured it out when she kept getting into near-collisions when making left turns while driving at night. Went to a new optometrist and got lenses that account for the astigmatism and is in much better shape. After I heard about that, I'

[amw]

I definitely have different prescriptions in each eye. I've known that for over a decade, but the doctors always said that the prescriptions were close enough that it didn't matter too much to just pick the middle value and use them for both eyes

[annaserene]

That sucks. I'm sorry there's no solution yet. I would keep searching for proper glasses. You shouldn't have to deal with that discomfort

[amw]

I think the idea of using computer glasses is a good one, seeing as i am literally on the computer all day for work, and then after work for even more hours, since my computer is my TV as well. I am not sure how helpful they will be if i can't get the prescription right in the first place, though. Right now i am still struggling to see clearly out of both eyes, even after persevering a couple weeks with this new prescription. I don't know what to do.

[carriea31]

The vision situation is stressful even just to read about. Every year I just HOPE my prescription hasn't changed because it is always a toss up as the new prescription working well or not, or giving headaches or blurs, or whatever. I hope you can get it corrected quickly.