Hope You Don’t See What I See!
I’m traumatized.
I have had 37 years of perfect vision, perfect hearing, and other than getting a tonsillectomy, perfect health.
Recently I’ve been noticing that when I’m trying to type on my computer or when I’m writing out my lesson plans (which I do by hand), I can’t see very well. I find myself pulling back from the paper or the computer monitor to see clearly what’s going on.
I also find myself missing turns in the morning when I’m trying to find my road and driveway after dropping my son off for basketball practice at 6 a.m. It’s just too dark and I can’t see a darned thing, even with my lights on bright.
I thought that perhaps it was just a little eyestrain, so went to my local (local being a relative word since I live 65 miles from him) optometrist. The diagnosis?
“Nothing to worry about, Jill. You just have astigmatism along with being farsighted.�
Who cleared this old age stuff with me?? I don’t want it! He said that the good news was that the astigmatism (which causes nearsightedness) and the farsightedness kind of cancel each other out a little bit and my prescription is very mild.
If it’s so mild, why am I having such a hard time seeing? It will be interesting to see what happens when ye olde glasses come in the mail. I hope to be able to see, and I hope no one sees me in them. The vanity has not diminished with age, just the sight!
aging, vision, astigmatism, farsighted, glasses, parenting, vanity
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