Before my vision loss, I wore prescription glasses and contacts for nearsightedness (click here for Per-spec-tive). Unfortunately, since then, no corrective lenses will improve my sight.
For many years now, however, my neuro-opthalmologist has implored me to purchase glasses with clear lenses for the sole purpose of protecting my eyes from any type of foreign body. Keeping the little sight I do have intact is critical.
In addition, my right eye has a central blind spot; should something happen to my left, I would be in worse shape than I already am.
I could, of course, wear sunglasses when I’m outside, but with my visual impairment, it is already as if I am wearing them, the light is always dark. Instead, I often wear a baseball cap (click here for Hats Off To My Hats) to provide shade and cut down on glare.
As for when I am home or inside elsewhere, there are occasions where my eyes are in jeopardy. Because I hold everything close to my face when trying to see, for instance, when I’m frying chicken, it can be extremely dangerous: jumping hot oil is not my friend.
Choosing and ordering a pair online, I have been wearing the newly arrived glasses at home, trying to get used to something perched on my face again for the first time in 14 years. That alone feels strange, but also the fact that when I put them on my vision does not improve is unsettling.
I did have fun trying on different frames with the help of websites’ “Try On” feature. You can probably guess what color my search was focused on. If I permanently inked Sister Rain blue on my arm (click here for A Tattoo In Blue), a removable pair of glasses was not going to be black.
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