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Yvonne G

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I'm doing better now. I'm not sure what happened and they don't either. I went from perfectly normal to having double vision, everything spinning on me, and feeling sick within 2 hours. I was released this morning at 6:00am. I'm doing ok now but they said if it happens again to come back.
Vertigo?
 

CarolM

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I'm doing better now. I'm not sure what happened and they don't either. I went from perfectly normal to having double vision, everything spinning on me, and feeling sick within 2 hours. I was released this morning at 6:00am. I'm doing ok now but they said if it happens again to come back.
I am so sorry to hear this. Be careful and look after yourself.
 

CarolM

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So I got my new glasses today. One for reading and one for far sight. The problem is that my eyes have to get used to the new strength now. I am wearing the reading glasses for my phone but whenever I glance at the TV it goes out of focus. Sigh. Gone are the days where I can do both at the same time. I am going to have to choose which one I want to do from now on. Growing older sucks. Just saying!!
 

Yvonne G

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So I got my new glasses today. One for reading and one for far sight. The problem is that my eyes have to get used to the new strength now. I am wearing the reading glasses for my phone but whenever I glance at the TV it goes out of focus. Sigh. Gone are the days where I can do both at the same time. I am going to have to choose which one I want to do from now on. Growing older sucks. Just saying!!
I have three pair of glasses - one with Progressive/Transition lenses, one for far vision (for watching TV) and one for close up vision (for the Kindle and reading). The Progressive lenses are a no-line bi or tri focal and the transitions are the kind that turn into sunglasses. This system (three pairs of glasses) works well for me, because it's uncomfortable looking at the computer screen and having to tilt my head up or down to see clearly, so the close-up glasses work great for that. Same with the TV. I used to hate it having to tilt my head up or down to find a comfortable place to see the TV clearly and to have to stay in that position. Now, with the far vision only glasses, I can lean back, sit forward, be in almost any position and still see the TV clearly. It's a bit expensive, but the older you get the less your eyes change, so new glasses don't happen very often (unless your cat knocks them into the garbage and you put out the garbage not knowing your glasses are in there).
 

CarolM

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I have three pair of glasses - one with Progressive/Transition lenses, one for far vision (for watching TV) and one for close up vision (for the Kindle and reading). The Progressive lenses are a no-line bi or tri focal and the transitions are the kind that turn into sunglasses. This system (three pairs of glasses) works well for me, because it's uncomfortable looking at the computer screen and having to tilt my head up or down to see clearly, so the close-up glasses work great for that. Same with the TV. I used to hate it having to tilt my head up or down to find a comfortable place to see the TV clearly and to have to stay in that position. Now, with the far vision only glasses, I can lean back, sit forward, be in almost any position and still see the TV clearly. It's a bit expensive, but the older you get the less your eyes change, so new glasses don't happen very often (unless your cat knocks them into the garbage and you put out the garbage not knowing your glasses are in there).
Oh crap. That would be an expensive accident. When I first had to have the reading glasses they gave me bi-focals which were a complete nightmare pretty much as you described with have to focus. I laterally had to stay dead still to see properly. So went to two glasses and I became irritated having to change from reading to far sight glasses so have not been wearing them. But eyesight has gotten worse. The left eye went from 0.5 to 1 (cant remember if I am supposed to put a minus there or not) anyway I figure I better start wearing them before the eyes get even worse and my eyes have to adjust to the new strength. Optometrist mentioned something about stigmatism in the one eye. They are a pain but things are definitly clearer. Hadn't realised how blurry it had become. I take my hat off to you coping with three.
 
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