Being short-sighted and having to wear glasses.

[protectorofcats]

I'm quite short-sighted and worn glasses since I was 6. I got that pesky myopia gene from mum. Thanks mum! Does anyone else here wear glasses what age did you get them?

[lesj]

I'm sure you'r mother never wanted you to have Myopia any more than she wanted to have it herself.

[neilmc4]

Had one v good eye and one not so good but never needed glasses until the age of 20...........when I lost the sight in the good eye in a freak accident. Wore glasses (or contact lenses) for the next 25 years until I had an artificial lens implanted into the damaged eye. Still have to wear glasses for TV and driving (and watching the mighty U's) but take them off for anything close up. You never appreciate what a precious thing eyesight is until you lose it.

[protectorofcats]

Feb 11, 2020 15:12:11 GMT lesj said:

I'm sure you'r mother never wanted you to have Myopia any more than she wanted to have it herself.

[bko. I did not mean any disrespect to mum. I sometimes wish I had perfect eyesight and didn't need glasses.

[scooterboy]

I wear them, started about 20 years ago aged 41

[kettlewitch]

Hi Olivia

I started wearing glasses at the age of 3, and it was tough. I still remember my first day at school - many, many years ago - when I was laughed at and pointed at in the playground before I had even met my new classmates.

I was long-sighted then, and wore strong glasses until the age of 10 to correct for that. By age 16 I was quite short-sighted, so back in the specs I have remained ever since. Last year I got my first pair of varifocals and I can now watch the action on the pitch while also being able to read the programme. I wish I had tried them out years ago, and would recommend them to anyone else considering them.

For a period in my 20s I wore contact lenses most days; have you considered those? They are comfortable once you get used to them. My husband has 'a thing' about eyes but once he tried them he found the benefits outweighed the yuk factor. You can even get varifocal contact lenses now, which are fantastic.

Our niece wore glasses as a very young child and I was so impressed with the range of frames available for children and young adults these days. You can even choose to wear the (one and only) NHS styles that we all had in the 1970s!

[protectorofcats]

Feb 11, 2020 19:03:55 GMT kettlewitch said:

Hi Olivia

I started wearing glasses at the age of 3, and it was tough. I still remember my first day at school - many, many years ago - when I was laughed at and pointed at in the playground before I had even met my new classmates.

I was long-sighted then, and wore strong glasses until the age of 10 to correct for that. By age 16 I was quite short-sighted, so back in the specs I have remained ever since. Last year I got my first pair of varifocals and I can now watch the action on the pitch while also being able to read the programme. I wish I had tried them out years ago, and would recommend them to anyone else considering them.

For a period in my 20s I wore contact lenses most days; have you considered those? They are comfortable once you get used to them. My husband has 'a thing' about eyes but once he tried them he found the benefits outweighed the yuk factor. You can even get varifocal contact lenses now, which are fantastic.

Our niece wore glasses as a very young child and I was so impressed with the range of frames available for children and young adults these days. You can even choose to wear the (one and only) NHS styles that we all had in the 1970s!

When I first found out I had to wear glasses I was thrilled. Many of my favourite people wear

glasses. My mum,my older sister, my favourite cousin all wear glasses. Plus mum dad and sister were super encouraging about me getting glasses. I don't mind how I look in glasses. I'm used to seeing my face with glasses I just don't like how severely short-sighted I am. Without specs the entire world is a big blur.

[cambcam]

“ I just don't like how severely short-sighted I am. Without specs the entire world is a big blur.”

My wife is exactly the same and it’s only when I have a look through her glasses that I appreciate just what a problem this can be. I don’t envy you that but it’s great the sight can be corrected with lenses for sure. My wife generally wears contact lenses through the day and switches to glasses in the evening to give her eyes a rest, but would hardly be able to see a thing without one or the other. She still feels a little self-conscious in glasses but I think see looks very elegant wearing them and tell her regularly I would like to see her outdoors in them more often. I think she is probably like you in being very frustrated at just having to wear glasses or lenses all the time, she would love to just get by without the ongoing daily routine which she finds irritating.

You’ve reminded me how easy it is to forget about the challenges that some people face on a daily basis, large or small, and how easily we can take things for granted which is never a good thing at all.

[soulhalshall]

I wear glasses and have done for this reason for 17 years or so, since I was a teenager. I don't wear them around the place really because I'm not keen on having them there all the time but I know I do miss out on sharpness of vision at these times so I tend only to wear them while working or watching sport/TV and driving. I couldn't do these things without them. I also found out recently that I am colour blind, or 'colour deficient', the optician said, which mostly seems only to mean that I would not be allowed to work as an electrician.