Comments on: The eyes have it

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:44:28 +0000

Hazel, I might be one of those people who wear glasses around my neck or I’ll go down the bi-focals path, or I’ll get surgery. Don’t know yet. Anything you want to practise your photography on I’d love to see. It’s been nearly 8 years since I was in London!

By: Hazel

Hazel — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:09:13 +0000

You wait — another twenty years and you’ll have caught up with me and realise that without your reading glasses on a string around your neck you DAREN’T even THINK about going to the supermarket! I actually carry a spare folding-up non-prescription pair in my handbag “just in case”.
On another tack I got the promised camera for my birthday last week — now I have to learn to use it. Any special that you want me to practice on — like the British Library or the new St Pancras station?

By: Stacie

Stacie — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:01:16 +0000

LOL…I had this little experience a few months ago…I DID get bi-focals…only they are no-line so nobody knows…they really help me! I have worn glasses or contacts since I was 10 or so…I wore contacts up until a year ago…I just woke up one morning and couldn’t stomach putting a contact in again…so I bought some cute cat-eyes and haven’t looked back since…
Getting older ain’t for sissies, is it?

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:01:06 +0000

A friend of mine will be having lasik surgery when he goes to Asia (Thailand I think) in a couple of months. Not only can you get cheaper plastic surgery, lasik surgery is cheaper too.

By: caramaena

caramaena — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:01:23 +0000

I had to laugh at the term:

“You are now 40 plus and your eyesight is deserting you along with your youth”

In my case I’ve worn glasses as long as I can remember - I was very short-sighted. I was a bit like Jeanie - amazed to discover how much I had missed before I got them.

Since I’ve had lasik surgery my eyes are now relatively normal (still a teensy bit short-sighted though - but not enough for glasses), and I’m told eventually age will catch up with me and I’ll become long-sighted.

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:37:04 +0000

Jeanie, hopefully you won’t need to wear glasses later on. I do realise I’ve been pretty lucky in not having to really wear glasses much up until now.

By: jeanie

jeanie — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:11:08 +0000

Oh I feel for you - sort of!

I first wore glasses at 13 when I found out that other people could actually see the blackboard without squinting, could see nails in floorboards and could travel distances without throwing up every 20 minutes. Its amazing what other people could see.

I live in the smug knowledge that when I get very very old, I may not need my glasses as much - as people do get more long sighted, and as a myopic the thought that my focus may shift further than the end of my nose heartens me.