I am finally going to go get bifocals

[KitchenWitch]

It really is downhill from here...

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. Naw!!!!!!

You are now part of the outre-fashion eyeglasses elite group ;)

[SeattleGirl]

2. If that's the case, then I went downhill years ago.

I've had bifocals for quite some time. I have the progressive (no-line) type. They take a few days to get used to (be careful going down stairs!), but now, I have no problem with them at all.

(Cute smilie, btw.)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Now just a darned minute!

I'm wearing trifocals, baby!

And I do not feel as though I'm going downhill! :grr:

Consider the option of just wanting to see, OK?

That makes it easier!

And that's a very cool smiley, BTW...

:hug:

[KitchenWitch]

4. I am just bemoaning the advancing of time...

:hug:

[Redstone]

5. Dang, I guess I'm lucky.

At Thanksgiving, I was showing one of my cousins (who is eight years younger than me) something on my computer, and she kept going on and on about how she couldn't believe that I don't need reading glasses.

Hey, everyone needs SOMETHING to be thankful for.

Redstone

[KitchenWitch]

6. That IS something to be thankful for... But I am thankful for glasses

I have been wearing glasses since I was 2 1/2 years old.

[dpbrown]

7. I'm still fighting it

But the eye doctor gave me a prescription for them last week anyway... :(

[KitchenWitch]

10. I am getting my eye exam tomorrow

I can hold off no longer.

[dpbrown]

13. The eye doctor asked me

... if I took my glasses off to read. I said no, unless I was holding up something really close to my eyes. So I can probably get away with this for a while yet.

I'm not OLD, dammit!!!!!

:)

[KitchenWitch]

14. My arms are woefully too short these days.

[dpbrown]

24. I can still read at about a foot to 18 inches

I'm worried, though, that if I do go the bifocal route that my eyes will deteriorate faster.

[Maraya1969]

8. What about progressives? I am finally getting used to mine and they

are kind of nice. No line and it is easier to read ingredients at the grocery store.

[KitchenWitch]

12. I am planning on getting progressives.

[meow2u3]

26. Just don't get conservatives

They'll give you tunnel vision and mess with your mind.

[JCMach1]

9. If they bug you too much try contact lenses... I have horrible eyes

but when I go contacts I never looked back.

At least for me, I see about 15% better with contacts over glasses

[KitchenWitch]

11. I have allergies

and contacts have always made my eyes water something fierce.

[JCMach1]

17. Horrible allergies too

in fact the NEEM trees will bloom soon and my own personal hell will begin.

If you can't get used to them :(

It did take me several months. However I was a very determined teenager at the time. I don't know if I could do that today.

I would really like to get the LASIK, but I never seem to have the cash or the time.

[Kat45]

15. I got progressives a couple of months ago.

I love them! They're great because now I can see everything all the time instead of switching glasses back and forth all day (or not bothering with the distance glasses at all, therefore not seeing everything clearly). It takes a bit to get used to them, but you'll love them! :-)

[my2sense]

16. Biofocals, Wigs, Lane Bryant, Clark Shoes

When I started shopping at certain stores and making certain purchases....I told my girlfriends.....we're on a slippery slope but I'm fighting it all the way.

Keep your chin up! :smile:

[NewWaveChick1981]

18. I got 'em back in late September.

:yoiks: I got no-line bifocals, and while they're just fine and help me see better, I've never worn glasses on a regular basis until then. And I'm 44. It has taken a LOT of getting used to.

[zanne]

21. I have trouble at the computer with my bifocals.

I have to tilt my head up to read, so I usually wear a pair of reading glasses on TOP of my bifocals!

[xchrom]

19. i remember my reaction when i first needed glasses -- then

when i got my prescription for bi-focals i was devastated.

BUT -- there is a universe of FABulous glasses out there -- and since you have to wear them every day -- my suggestion is -- Go for the Glam Girl!!!

[radfringe]

20. no complaining allowed

until you need TRI-focals... like me

[Connonym]

22. nah, you can't think about it that way

I was 10 when I got my first set of bifocals. No shit. At 35 with vision like Mr Magoo and lenses way thicker than any jumbo coke bottles I went in had had LASIK. I still wake up some mornings amazed that I can see without fumbling for my glasses. But this is not intended to be a commercial for the benefits of modern science, just to say that bifocals ain't got shit to do with going downhill (they just suck!) Love yas!

[Saphire]

23. Tri-focals....that's the way to go!

[meow2u3]

25. I've had bifocats since I was 40

Bifocals are a sign of maturity. Don't let those kids tell you you're going downhill. You're not getting older; you're getting better.

[Critters2]

27. I have 'em. Get the no-line kind.

No one will ever know.

[hippywife]

28. I'm going back

to single vision lenses. I've had the progressives and now just have regular no-line bifocals. Tilting my head back to read just isn't comfortable so I always tilt them up or take them off anyway. Single visions are cheaper and wouldn't make that much difference for me.

[Generic Brad]

29. You will love them

It takes around a week or two to acclimate yourself. But once you do, it is a pleasure to see again. It's not downhill at all. It's like seeing the world in HD. :hippie:

[reyd reid reed]

30. Shhhhhhh....

don't say that. I got mine 18 months ago. And, y'wanna know something? I *still* have to look over the tops of 'em to bead or to read or to sew.

I can see to type better, though.

[KitchenWitch]

31. OT to hijack my own thread... How do the Cubbies look this year?

My Twins traded our Cy Young pitcher for 4 prospects. And Torii Hunter will be in center field for Anaheim...

:cry: