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[leedy]

I am getting sod-all done this morning, as my as my glasses are in the opticians until lunchtime getting their new lenses put in, and I am currently wearing an old pair which, I have discovered, do not aid my vision very much at all. Plus, they pinch behind one ear.

Oh well, only an hour to go...

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[kulfuldi.livejournal.com]

Grr, I hate waiting for new lenses. When I were young, way back, it used to take two days to put the lenses in the glasses, which was a bit of a problem for me, because I couldn't focus on anything further away than two feet. My classmates used to think of many ways to get amusement from this situation. Hope the waiting is over by now.

[leedy.livejournal.com]

Yes, the gift of vision was mercifully restored to me at lunchtime. Joy. They're lovely new clean scratch-free lenses too! I'm not actually all that blind, but I basically only don't wear my glasses when I'm in bed, in the shower, or swimming. I find it really rather disturbing not being able to see properly - I keep squinting pathetically at things.

I know quite a few people who are as short-sighted as me, if not worse, who don't wear their glasses/lenses all the time, and I really can't fathom why anyone would want to do that. Unless you like the world as an impressionistic blur, of course.

[kulfuldi.livejournal.com]

I remember missing the impressionistic blur in a silly maudlin sort of way when I got the laser op. After all, it had been with me as long as I could remember, and sometimes it's nice to switch off the outside world as if it were a television (on the principle that, if I can't see it, it's not happening).

[leedy.livejournal.com]

Hmm, yes, I wonder how I'd feel about it if the option wasn't there any more!

I periodically consider getting my eyes lasered, but there's the expense, and the (probably completely irrational, at this stage) fear that Something Will Go Wrong. I also don't really mind wearing my glasses, and I always find them weirdly attractive on other people (I have a long history of fancying/going out with the bespectacled, I am obviously trying to keep myopia in the gene pool).

[kulfuldi.livejournal.com]

My laser op gradually faded (can happen if you're really blind to start with) and I did have the option of having it topped up for free. I just couldn't be bothered. Like you, I don't really mind wearing glasses, now that they're not thick and heavy any more.