Daily Work: Seeing the Eye Doctor

I had my eye doctor’s appointment today. The verdict was that one of my eyes is nearsighted and one is farsighted. Together, they balance, and I can see just fine.

I went to the doctor knowing about the nearsightedness, but the farsightedness was a surprise. I thought that the nearsighted eye had gotten a bit blurrier, and I had noticed odd trouble with little print on things, like microscopic print on a medicine box. Turns out that was the farsightedness.

So the doctor said that I can:

1. do nothing, after all I can see just fine as it is and I’m only bothered if I cover one of my eyes (um, the eye patch look is so me) or on occasions like the microscopic print.
2. get glasses for distance/driving, etc. The doctor suggested they might be nice at night or if I was tired.
3. get bifocals to correct both problems. The doctor said that eventually I would be wearing bifocals, according to his “crystal ball” (yes, he really said that)

I figured that since NCTE graciously provides vision insurance, I’d get something generic to keep on hand when needed. Then he dropped the bifocal lenses in the little glasses thing he put on me, and I was totally sold. Everything was suddenly clearer and crisper.

So this weekend when my sister is here for the annual birthday visit, we’ll go find glasses. I just hope to find something that doesn’t make me look stupid.

Backdated. Written 9/26/06