I am feeling a bit older...

Well it is finally official… I am old. After a long period of time dealing with some pretty massive headaches and having exhausted all of the physical possibilities through CT Scans and doctors’ visits I ended up in the chair at the local optometry. Having never in my life been to see one, at least that I can recall, there was nothing at all in my mind about the expectations of what they may or may not find.

Nothing serious, other than just the normal vision fade of time abuse on a set of eyes. So after getting my prescription I pick out a pair of glasses, not really minding because even though you all believe me to be somewhat vain I really could care less about how I would look in a pair of specs. Two weeks go by and I finally get the call that my glasses are ready and that I should come in to test them out and get them fitted.

Now I admit to the headaches but honestly I had no idea that my vision was really overly poor. I have to pass a commercial driving eye exam (not by an optometrist, obviously) every two years and have always passed with flying colors… At any rate I put the glasses on and the improvement seemed minimal at best but I decided that I would wear them and let my eyes adjust. I drove home and went about my normal activities for about two hours. When I finally decided to take a break from the glasses I took them off and I could not see a thing… Not near, not far, and nothing even close to being clear at any range.

So now I am stuck… I have to wear these glasses every minute of every waking day unless I just want to see colors and shapes without really knowing what is going on around me. How is this possible, what has happened? How could I have seen everything in a way that I thought was clear without glasses and now not be able to see a thing?

Jeanine and I talked about it and she admits that her first fitting went pretty much the same with the newfound inability to see without glasses. She also told me that Sandy and her had a nearly identical conversation right after she had been fitted with glasses. I guess I am in shock and I don’t really know at what part exactly… That it happens this way at all, that it happens this way to everybody or the fact that it is a normal part of life for those that start wearing spectacles late in life…
At any rate, I FEEL OLD!!!