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• 2mo (edited 2mo)
about to get glasses

I'm noticing my sight getting weaker and that drives me to the thougt of getting some glasses. If you have opinions and/or thoughts on this topic, please share.

edit: is there a way to cure or to slow down the loss? I remember read somewhere about red light or so, but completely lost it. Any opinions or info on that?

I'm noticing my sight getting weaker and that drives me to the thougt of getting some glasses. If you have opinions and/or thoughts on this topic, please share. edit: is there a way to cure or to slow down the loss? I remember read somewhere about red light or so, but completely lost it. Any opinions or info on that?

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[–] • 3 pts 2mo

LOL, that was a joke, but I should really have my eyes checked. I'm at the age where my father started wearing glasses, but reading is only where I'm starting to get issues, otherwise I'm fine.

[–] • 2 pts 2mo

I fought it off for a few years after I first noticed it. Then it became too challenging to read things like menus in dimly lit restaurants, so I finally bought my first pair. I have a half dozen cheapies now. Usually the hinges break or I lose them, so it's good to have spares on hand.

I highly recommend buying a cheap pair of 1.25x (the weakest) just to see the improvement they can make for you. Cheap WalMart and on-line plastic reading glasses can be bought for $1-$3 each.

[–] • 2 pts 2mo

Thanks for the advice. I'm going to the shop today, so I'll check what they have.

[–] • 0 pt 2mo

how did you fight it off?

[–] • 1 pt 2mo

Sheer determination to go without glasses and force my eyes to focus. Then it eventually became too much effort (to the point of squinting to get a smaller aperature/larger depth of field or reading things at arms length, lol!) and near impossible with small print in dimly lit restaurants or anywhere dim. My ex-gf was office manager at an optometrist/opthamologist's office, she gave me my first pair of readers and I became a believer. Thankful I'm only at 1.25x since I started wearing them and have been holding steady there for many years.