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Posted by Dr_brat on October 22, 2009, 8:50 pm
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> Ok - I've finally had to make the switch to readers and distance to corre=
ct
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> my vision enough to stitch, read and drive.
> Love the distance - I can do 80% of my normal daily stuff with them, even
> the computer if I up the font size =A0a few points
> Reading is a dream and stitching is getting better. But not fast enough f=
or
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> me...I don't know if it because I hold my head differently to stitch than=
to
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> read. Or if I'm still too distracted by the TV not being in focus if I lo=
ok
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> up...
> So any advice from those of you who use "readers" to stitch?
> Cheryl
I wear contacts for distance, with a bit of a variance to them so I
can read restaurant menus and see my cell phone. For serious up close
work, I wear readers over the contacts. That way, I can look up over
the readers and have everything in focus. Do contacts not work for
you?
Elizabeth
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Posted by Olwyn.Mary on October 23, 2009, 12:33 pm
Dr_brat wrote:
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>>Ok - I've finally had to make the switch to readers and distance to correct
>>my vision enough to stitch, read and drive.
>>Love the distance - I can do 80% of my normal daily stuff with them, even
>>the computer if I up the font size a few points
>>Reading is a dream and stitching is getting better. But not fast enough for
>>me...I don't know if it because I hold my head differently to stitch than to
>>read. Or if I'm still too distracted by the TV not being in focus if I look
>>up...
>>So any advice from those of you who use "readers" to stitch?
>>Cheryl
>
>
> I wear contacts for distance, with a bit of a variance to them so I
> can read restaurant menus and see my cell phone. For serious up close
> work, I wear readers over the contacts. That way, I can look up over
> the readers and have everything in focus. Do contacts not work for
> you?
>
> Elizabeth
I have never, ever tried contacts, always just plain ol' specs. DH had
no trouble whatsoever having cataracts done in both eyes (a year apart,
fifteen years ago. However, he was working as an engineer, and just
carried on but with new lenses. I am wondering what choices I may have
to make after I get this cataract fixed - I assume that eventually there
will be one on the other eye. In the meantime, like most of us on
here,, I use my eyes intensively. Mostly reading, writing and
needlework, very little tv except for the news, and I do most of the
driving since the eye doc. told dh he can no longer drive at night.
I am perfectly happy wearing glasses all the time, in fact I tend to
think I look better with them than without them.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
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Posted by Dr_brat on October 23, 2009, 1:34 pm
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> Dr_brat wrote:
> >>Ok - I've finally had to make the switch to readers and distance to cor=
rect
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> >>my vision enough to stitch, read and drive.
> >>Love the distance - I can do 80% of my normal daily stuff with them, ev=
en
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> >>the computer if I up the font size =A0a few points
> >>Reading is a dream and stitching is getting better. But not fast enough=
for
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> >>me...I don't know if it because I hold my head differently to stitch th=
an to
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> >>read. Or if I'm still too distracted by the TV not being in focus if I =
look
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> >>up...
> >>So any advice from those of you who use "readers" to stitch?
> >>Cheryl
> > I wear contacts for distance, with a bit of a variance to them so I
> > can read restaurant menus and see my cell phone. =A0For serious up clos=
e
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> > work, I wear readers over the contacts. =A0That way, I can look up over
> > the readers and have everything in focus. =A0Do contacts not work for
> > you?
> > Elizabeth
> I have never, ever tried contacts, always just plain ol' specs. =A0DH had
> no trouble whatsoever having cataracts done in both eyes (a year apart,
> fifteen years ago. However, he was working as an engineer, and just
> carried on but with new lenses. =A0I am wondering what choices I may have
> to make after I get this cataract fixed - I assume that eventually there
> will be one on the other eye. =A0In the meantime, like most of us on
> here,, I use my eyes intensively. =A0Mostly reading, writing and
> needlework, very little tv except for the news, and I do most of the
> driving since the eye doc. told dh he can no longer drive at night.
> I am perfectly happy wearing glasses all the time, in fact I tend to
> think I look better with them than without them.
I've worn contact lenses since I was 16. In fact, there were years in
there when I didn't even own a pair of glasses. I put my contacts in
when I get up in the morning and take them out right before bed at
night. I've been very lucky. I had an issue at about 17 where I
abraded my corneas (user error), but once that healed, I've been
fine. I started with the old hard lenses, moved to rigid gas
permeable lenses, and now wear the soft ones that you throw away every
two weeks. I love my lenses. It's never been about how I look with
or without glasses. My visual acuity has just never been as good with
glasses as it is with the contacts. But I do realize that they're not
for everyone.
Elizabeth
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Posted by Lucille on October 23, 2009, 2:06 pm
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> Dr_brat wrote:
> >>Ok - I've finally had to make the switch to readers and distance to
> >>correct
> >>my vision enough to stitch, read and drive.
> >>Love the distance - I can do 80% of my normal daily stuff with them,
> >>even
> >>the computer if I up the font size a few points
> >>Reading is a dream and stitching is getting better. But not fast enough
> >>for
> >>me...I don't know if it because I hold my head differently to stitch
> >>than to
> >>read. Or if I'm still too distracted by the TV not being in focus if I
> >>look
> >>up...
> >>So any advice from those of you who use "readers" to stitch?
> >>Cheryl
> > I wear contacts for distance, with a bit of a variance to them so I
> > can read restaurant menus and see my cell phone. For serious up close
> > work, I wear readers over the contacts. That way, I can look up over
> > the readers and have everything in focus. Do contacts not work for
> > you?
> > Elizabeth
> I have never, ever tried contacts, always just plain ol' specs. DH had
> no trouble whatsoever having cataracts done in both eyes (a year apart,
> fifteen years ago. However, he was working as an engineer, and just
> carried on but with new lenses. I am wondering what choices I may have
> to make after I get this cataract fixed - I assume that eventually there
> will be one on the other eye. In the meantime, like most of us on
> here,, I use my eyes intensively. Mostly reading, writing and
> needlework, very little tv except for the news, and I do most of the
> driving since the eye doc. told dh he can no longer drive at night.
> I am perfectly happy wearing glasses all the time, in fact I tend to
> think I look better with them than without them.
I've worn contact lenses since I was 16. In fact, there were years in
there when I didn't even own a pair of glasses. I put my contacts in
when I get up in the morning and take them out right before bed at
night. I've been very lucky. I had an issue at about 17 where I
abraded my corneas (user error), but once that healed, I've been
fine. I started with the old hard lenses, moved to rigid gas
permeable lenses, and now wear the soft ones that you throw away every
two weeks. I love my lenses. It's never been about how I look with
or without glasses. My visual acuity has just never been as good with
glasses as it is with the contacts. But I do realize that they're not
for everyone.
Elizabeth
You have been lucky. I wore hard lenses for years and suddenly caught some
sort of virus that caused cysts to form in my lids. That ended the lenses
for a several years till that situation cleared up the same way it arrived,
with no fanfare. At that time I only needed glasses for distance and
decided that I wasn't even going to try soft lenses which were fairly new at
the time because I would need readers, which when you're working in an
office and on a computer or word processor a good part of the day, seemed a
bigger nuisance. I stayed with no glasses for close work and was happy with
that.
I had cataract surgery fairly early and chose at that time to have the
implants correct my close vision and I still need glasses for distance.
Here in Florida, where you need sun glasses almost all the time, that works
perfectly for me.
Now I'm finding that I need a bit of magnification for needlework and must
wear readers for that, but I can still read a book or even a newspaper in
good light, sans glasses.
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Posted by on October 23, 2009, 2:35 pm
On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:34:00 -0700 (PDT), Dr_brat
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>I've worn contact lenses since I was 16. In fact, there were years in
>there when I didn't even own a pair of glasses. I put my contacts in
>when I get up in the morning and take them out right before bed at
>night. I've been very lucky. I had an issue at about 17 where I
>abraded my corneas (user error), but once that healed, I've been
>fine. I started with the old hard lenses, moved to rigid gas
>permeable lenses, and now wear the soft ones that you throw away every
>two weeks. I love my lenses. It's never been about how I look with
>or without glasses. My visual acuity has just never been as good with
>glasses as it is with the contacts. But I do realize that they're not
>for everyone.
>Elizabeth
I agree, I wore them for 35 years without a hitch - I didn't wear them
for the looks - I was still diving at the time and although you can
get optically corrected masks, they didn't optically correct them to
allow for a huge difference in sight between the two eyes. Glasses
when you were out in a dory in the fog didn't work either. Loved
those contacts but must admit now that I had the cataracts done last
May, love the lenses being under the cornea even better lol
How is Harry doing ?
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