• MuttMutt@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Vision changes. Can’t read my tablet with my glasses on. Can’t read the TV with them off.

    Becoming a widower really really sucks.

    The aches and pains are rough some times. The stupid crap you did that was fun as a kid will find you eventually.

    Starting to lose the strength I always had. Used to be able to lift nearly anything i could put my arms around. Carrying a clothes dryer up a set of stairs by myself wasn’t bad. Still strong but not like I was.

    • Dr. Bob@lemmy.ca
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      23 hours ago

      I got laser surgery in my 50s because I never had the right glasses with me. Can highly recommend. Wish I’d done it in my 30s.

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        21 hours ago

        I wanted lasik done but was told my vision was too good at that point.

        Right now I have too much other stuff happening.

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      1 day ago

      Vision changes.

      Varifocal lenses are magic.

      I do miss wearing contacts, but I don’t produce enough tears anymore and don’t like sneaking off to put in saline drops throughout the day. So now I just wear glasses.

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        23 hours ago

        Yeah I was considering monovision for contacts actually. My late wife did that and she was happy with it. I don’t really have a dominant eye so it should allow me to see ok close and far without bifocal lenses.