Margaretta
06-04-2013, 15:49
Do you like eyetests?
I always had really good eyesight and could read all the letters on the old-fashioned card, even those miniscule ones at the bottom. About 15 years ago I began to need glasses for reading. I don't think I have ever got used to them and have squashed, trodden upon or broken so many pairs.
I keep losing them and when you haven't got your glasses you can't see to find them. I tried 'the chain' and it caught in buttons and nearly garrotted a child I was leaning over to help with their work.
A busy last couple of months has meant that I've been using a cheapie pair of spares bought in Los Cristianos market which magnify print but make me dizzy after a while. Because I was so reluctant hubby booked me an appointment for last Friday in the optical area of a well-known superstore here in the UK and I admit to being a bit nervous about it. No-one likes to hear their eyes are deteriorating as it's a sign of old age. A sharp pain and a couple of irritating 'floaters have appeared in my right eye recently. Hubby left me to it in order to do the shopping.
First there's that puff in the eyes...pressure? Don't need any more! Eyedrops....looking weird with dilated pupils.
The optician was good and tried to be reassuring but I was in danger of being very confused by the quick-fire instructions to "Look up, to the left, to the right, diagonally" etc. etc. It's strange when you see your blood vessels like a parched river bed. Apparently that's normal. More confusion when I had to say whether the red and green circles were completely round. The lenses passed in and out with breathtaking speed and in the end you don't care if the circles are triangles. Too quick/ can't think.
But finally it seemed OK and I was sent out for a while where a charming young man decided which glasses I should buy. Just readers required at the moment. I say 'decided'. He was old enough to be my grandson but wise enough to be my father. There seemed to be a vast maze of frames on racks and my dilated pupils may have made more sense of them in the dark! There were rimless, rimmed, thick framed, thin framed, coloured, tortoiseshell, metallic, diamante, every kind of designer and Hollywood star manufactured frames etc. etc.
The young man looked at me objectively and picked a pair then said "Absolutely not!!" Before I knew it he was wagging a finger and saying "Those! You've got to have those! That's your style!"
I was so flattered that I let him chose my second pair too and have to admit they felt really comfortable....not that you will see them unless I'm reading a menu!
I did have a final test with a bright horizontal light and the optician couldn't see a problem. I shall receive a letter for the hospital as there they have very sophisticated equipment which should ensure that I don't have a torn or detached retina but I'm not so frightened now. Hey, I'll have my new glasses by then. Just....how to not squash or lose them???
I always had really good eyesight and could read all the letters on the old-fashioned card, even those miniscule ones at the bottom. About 15 years ago I began to need glasses for reading. I don't think I have ever got used to them and have squashed, trodden upon or broken so many pairs.
I keep losing them and when you haven't got your glasses you can't see to find them. I tried 'the chain' and it caught in buttons and nearly garrotted a child I was leaning over to help with their work.
A busy last couple of months has meant that I've been using a cheapie pair of spares bought in Los Cristianos market which magnify print but make me dizzy after a while. Because I was so reluctant hubby booked me an appointment for last Friday in the optical area of a well-known superstore here in the UK and I admit to being a bit nervous about it. No-one likes to hear their eyes are deteriorating as it's a sign of old age. A sharp pain and a couple of irritating 'floaters have appeared in my right eye recently. Hubby left me to it in order to do the shopping.
First there's that puff in the eyes...pressure? Don't need any more! Eyedrops....looking weird with dilated pupils.
The optician was good and tried to be reassuring but I was in danger of being very confused by the quick-fire instructions to "Look up, to the left, to the right, diagonally" etc. etc. It's strange when you see your blood vessels like a parched river bed. Apparently that's normal. More confusion when I had to say whether the red and green circles were completely round. The lenses passed in and out with breathtaking speed and in the end you don't care if the circles are triangles. Too quick/ can't think.
But finally it seemed OK and I was sent out for a while where a charming young man decided which glasses I should buy. Just readers required at the moment. I say 'decided'. He was old enough to be my grandson but wise enough to be my father. There seemed to be a vast maze of frames on racks and my dilated pupils may have made more sense of them in the dark! There were rimless, rimmed, thick framed, thin framed, coloured, tortoiseshell, metallic, diamante, every kind of designer and Hollywood star manufactured frames etc. etc.
The young man looked at me objectively and picked a pair then said "Absolutely not!!" Before I knew it he was wagging a finger and saying "Those! You've got to have those! That's your style!"
I was so flattered that I let him chose my second pair too and have to admit they felt really comfortable....not that you will see them unless I'm reading a menu!
I did have a final test with a bright horizontal light and the optician couldn't see a problem. I shall receive a letter for the hospital as there they have very sophisticated equipment which should ensure that I don't have a torn or detached retina but I'm not so frightened now. Hey, I'll have my new glasses by then. Just....how to not squash or lose them???