My deteriorating vision

[mtbc]

My +1.00 reading glasses still serve me well so at least my presbyopia progresses slowly. Nonetheless, I notice increasing difficulty in reading small text on a distant television screen. Together with a previous lack of clarity in reading outdoor signs composed of colored lit elements, I wonder if I am also astigmatic. My normal distance vision remains good. In general, I see well enough that any real diagnosis can wait until after the current pandemic. It feels strange to me to be aging like this given how excellent my vision once was.

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[wpadmirer]

I was super nearsighted in my left eye, and 20/20 in my right eye most of my life. Then my close vision started to deteriorate, and I reached a point where I had 20/40 in my left eye and 20/20 in my right eye. Only thing I needed was reading glasses. (Cheap and easy to come by!) But then in 2019 my distance vision finally deteriorated in my right eye, so now I have glasses for driving and glasses for reading.

I refuse to get progressives or bifocals, because they cost too much, and I rarely need to see distance. It's almost always just close.

Eyes are weird.

[shadowkat]

Apparently - at least according to various eye doctors - it is normal to need reading glasses in middle age. Actually most people appear to get them at 45. When I was told this? I was highly annoyed - because I already had to use contacts and glasses for distance. They told me - well the good news is your distance vision will get better but your near vision will get worse. (Which is exactly what happened.) And that this is perfectly normal.