Where's my glasses? These are the
wrong pair! The age of many pairs of glasses is a challenge that had
not been considered in younger years. I had a friend who was very
conscious of her appearance to others, but she still needed reading
glasses after she got past her 40's. She did have a glamorous pair
for reading that she would hang about her neck on a lovely chain when
presiding over a meeting or conducting a class. At home, however she
had a pair of ordinary reading glasses wherever she might need them:
by her cookbooks, at each phone station in her house, by her
favorite lounge chair. But once put on the bridge of her nose and
used, she would forget to remove them and so when she returned to a
specific spot, once again she couldn't see because the glasses had
been deposited elsewhere in her home. A source of frustration to be
dealt with.
And then there is the two pair
situation. Needing one for normal sight, driving, etc. and a
different pair for reading. If both look the same a person is apt to
start driving away from one's home, only to discover that the glasses
now on your face are the reading glasses and will not work very well
for the task at hand.
More? Oh yes,,there were three, or four. ... near sighted, sunglasses, bifocals, trifocals, decorative frames, night driving, blue light filters, wraparounds, high density. The list of possibles goes on.
I have discovered some of these other types of
glasses that are of benefit for me. Luckily they are easily
identified so I don't get them mixed up. The help each one delivers
is needed in completely different circumstances. Attending a
brightly lit sports arena is the place for the night light glasses as
well as driving in the darkened hours. Working on the computer at
work or at home is easier using blue light filter glasses. I
discovered these wonderful things cut down on migraine headaches, or
for me, optical migraines. Who knew such glasses even existed? And of
course they haven't existed for a particularly long time because
technology didn't challenge our forebears, reading and
near-sightedness or far- sightedness was sufficient. Llilghting in the home differed as well.
How about sunglasses, also
one that is needed more frequently than in the younger years.
Multiple choices with this one. Does a person have the darkening
type put into their prescription glasses, or not? Advantages and
disadvantages to this. Does a person require a front only view,
or a wraparound that blocks light on the sides as well?
Consider the need for this
wonderful tool. How lucky we are to live in a time when these
various needs can be fulfilled. Imagine what it would be like if
there was no help for the problem of deteriorating sight. If magnification was all that was available. I vote for multiple pairs of glasses and
finding a way for each individual to place them where needed, when
needed.
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