I have terrible vision. Seriously, without whichever form of corrective lenses I choose to wear, everything is a big fog. I find this extremely disorienting, and so I try to avoid it.
Basically this means that when I put my contact lenses in I try to avoid taking them out for as long as possible. Which in normal people speak would mean they wait till the moment before they jump into bed to take them on. To me, that means I put them in and then two weeks later I throw them away.
Stop, I can hear the gasps from here. I know it's terrible and it's probably really, really bad for my eyes, but whatever, that's what I do. I go to the optometrist as often as I am allowed and she checks my eyes each time for disease, and nothing has shown up so far, so I think the threats of it being harmful are completely exaggerated.
At any rate, recently I noticed that my vision had become very blurry. I didn't really notice it being a gradual change, though I'm sure it was. But, all of a sudden I had a terrible time seeing anything. And trying to wear my glasses? Ha! They are five years old, and didn't help one bit. When I saw Dr. Wilson, she told me that I could still legally drive wearing those glasses because I could still read the proper line on her chart with them, and let me tell you...that is one hell of a scary thought. If everyone in the world is out there driving with vision that bad, I think I should stay off the roads.
So, since my promotion back in February I now have benefits which means that I am able to replace those ancient glasses. I went to see Dr. Wilson the week I was off recovering from my surgery and ordered new glasses (actually, I've been there 4 times to finally get everything sorted out), which arrived last week, and I picked up yesterday.
They're a hell of a lot stronger than my old glasses and they're actually quite a lot stronger than my contacts as well, so it's taking a little bit to get used to. Also, in the past I used to try and pick glasses that would blend in and not be quite as noticable on my face. I went a different way this time around, so I'm still getting used to seeing them there as well.
For now I'm going to have to wear these for a while. I've sent the receipt in to the benefits company to get my refund back for the glasses, and until that cheque shows up, I'm going to have to hold off on ordering new contact lenses. So, hurry up Canada Life Assurance Company (I think that's who it is), I need my contacts so I can start recognizing myself again.
Oh, when I finally get around to taking a picture of the glasses (I can't find one online) I'll add that here, because they really are pretty cool.
Posted by Michelle at May 27, 2003 06:52 AM