Friday, November 14, 2008

It's official... I am middle aged.

I noticed it starting to happen about three years ago, but I fought it for as long as I could. Today, I picked up my new glasses with variable lenses. Those are hip, modern, no-line bifocals.

Sweetie laughed at my work-around of peering over the tops of my prior glasses while holding the unreadable print so close, my nose practically touched it. I couldn't see to make jewelry, and knitting while watching tv was almost impossible. I knew I couldn't put it off any longer.

Presbyopia (Greek word "presbys" (πρέσβυς), meaning "old person") describes the condition where the eye exhibits a progressively diminished ability to focus on near objects with age. Geez, did they have to call it THAT! What's next? Hearing aids, a walker, flowered house dresses?

6 comments:

Kitt said...

Just don't tell us about your sciatica and bunions.

My lensless focal point has always been about 4 inches from my nose, so I just peer under my glasses when I need to see something close up. Love having teeny lenses. Probably will need bifocals at some point, too.

~Molly~ said...

I'm all for flowery housedresses!! Oh so comfy!

Glad you can see better now!

Molly

Anonymous said...

I'm right behind you girl. Well, I guess I'm at the start of my denial stage. One day I could see brilliantly up close and the next....well not so good.

Aunt Becky said...

The Latin word for "old woman?"

Anus.

Yes. Seriously.

Sandy said...

Yip, been there done that! :)

Anonymous said...

Can you see ME in a flowered house dress?? My biggest fear is that I wouldn't be able to tell how fat I'm getting...

My eye doctor told me that I am just near-sighted enough that it will probably offset that prebyterian-opia thing (that's the inability to tell whether one is a churchgoer or not just by looking at them).

Welcome to middle age, "Anus"!

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