{"id":6537,"date":"2004-08-20T06:37:43","date_gmt":"2004-08-20T13:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/08\/20\/my-eyes-are-dim-3.html"},"modified":"2004-08-20T06:37:43","modified_gmt":"2004-08-20T13:37:43","slug":"my_eyes_are_dim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/08\/20\/my_eyes_are_dim.html","title":{"rendered":"My eyes are dim …"},"content":{"rendered":"

Went to the optometrist yesterday for my 2-year-and-change check-up. My intermediate vision has not been what I’d like it to be, and my glasses have been getting kind of scuffed up, so it was time.<\/p>\n

I’ve actually been wearing the glasses from my 1998 check-up; the ones I got with my 2002 check-up<\/a> never felt right, even after several months of wearing, so I changed back to these when we went to the UK and never switched back.<\/p>\n

The difference, evidently, is in the prism that is calculated in it. The eye exam I took indicated I have both horizontal and vertical prism, but the glasses that “feel right” have just horizontal prism in them, so that’s what they’ve prescribed for me.<\/p>\n

They’ve also prescribed …<\/p>\n

… I can’t say it …<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

… bifocals<\/i>. Or gradated lenses. Or, if I want, two separate pairs of glasses.<\/p>\n

The latter solution is Right Out. There’s a reason I don’t have a separate pair of prescription sun glasses, but instead have had light-adjusting lenses for many, many years. It’s because I am both lazy and prone to forgetting things, and all having two sets of glasses with me will do is lead to my not having the pair I need with me, wherever I am.<\/p>\n

Feh.<\/p>\n

So, now to start looking for new frames. Found a couple of possibles at the eyeglass shop at the clinic, though I may look at the better selection I found at another clinic last time. (Hmmmm … I do have a free afternoon …) Problem is, as noted in the past<\/a>, my taste in eyeglasses is a step or two away from the mainstream. That hasn’t, evidently, changed in the last couple of years. So we’ll see.<\/p>\n

Bifocals. I can’t stand it …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Went to the optometrist yesterday for my 2-year-and-change check-up. My intermediate vision has not been what I’d like it to be, and my glasses have been getting kind of scuffed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1883,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/04\/12\/a_spectacle_of.html","url_meta":{"origin":6537,"position":0},"title":"A spectacle of myself","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 12-Apr-02 10:43pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I have worn glasses since the 2nd Grade. 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