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Major Clanger's First Pair of Specs
May. 20th, 2011 01:18 pm42 and my slow but steady disintegration continues: I finally need reading glasses (picture here.)
Looking back I've been experiencing a reduced minimum reading distance and more frequent headaches after long periods reading for a few months now. But it was only when I realised that whenever![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
darth_hamster put something in front of me to read that I was always pushing it a little further away that I decided that an eye test was in order.
It turns out that my distance vision is as excellent as ever but, sure enough, my near sight has started to deteriorate (my prescription is +1.25/+1.75). Not having ever worn glasses before other than sunglasses, I'd made sure to bringdarth_hamster along to help me pick a pair; the ones I ended up with and picked up today are comfortable and seem to fit my face well. Now I know the style that seems to work for me I can look at other sources for future pairs (thanks fjm for recommendations.)
I've been slowly getting used to the glasses this morning. For reading, they make a significant improvement. At typical screen distance for a computer, it's 50/50 - I could generally read OK without them, but the slight magnification is nice and I expect I'll be reducing eyestrain by using them.
The really weird thing? I can suddenly, when typing, see how hairy the backs of my hands are with horrifying clarity. Eek.
Looking back I've been experiencing a reduced minimum reading distance and more frequent headaches after long periods reading for a few months now. But it was only when I realised that whenever
darth_hamster put something in front of me to read that I was always pushing it a little further away that I decided that an eye test was in order.It turns out that my distance vision is as excellent as ever but, sure enough, my near sight has started to deteriorate (my prescription is +1.25/+1.75). Not having ever worn glasses before other than sunglasses, I'd made sure to bring
darth_hamster along to help me pick a pair; the ones I ended up with and picked up today are comfortable and seem to fit my face well. Now I know the style that seems to work for me I can look at other sources for future pairs (thanks fjm for recommendations.)I've been slowly getting used to the glasses this morning. For reading, they make a significant improvement. At typical screen distance for a computer, it's 50/50 - I could generally read OK without them, but the slight magnification is nice and I expect I'll be reducing eyestrain by using them.
The really weird thing? I can suddenly, when typing, see how hairy the backs of my hands are with horrifying clarity. Eek.
