Glassy-eyed Stare

This odd little post is for Maren who wanted to see photos of the new glasses.

I lost my near vision at 40 and just recently lost my middle vision; my distant vision is still laser sharp. Kris's glasses were making her crazy because she had split vision and couldn't see anything after reading for a while. So we made an appointment with Dr. Blaine Bird, Millie's cousin. He was HIGHLY recommended by Uncle and Ann and he was great.

He took photos of the inside of our eyes, which was most interesting. He was able to tell that we don't have high blood pressure, cholesterol problems, or diabetes just by looking at our eyes. All those things would show on the image. We don't have cataracts or glaucoma either: happy news. When his techie took the picture of my left eye, she thought maybe she needed to try again because it is full of floaters (a fairly common thing with no good cure). When the flash went off, the image looked like a recently-shaken snow globe. I have always been aware of the floaters, but became bothered by them a few years ago while looking at the Duomo in Milano. "Oh my gosh, there are dust spots in my vision!" It only bugs intermittently; the brain learns to ignore. He took a couple of hours to figure out what we needed and Kris was ecstatic with her new prescription. I, however, tried progressive lenses and they were HORRIBLE: distortion and blur!!!!! He switched me to good old-fashioned bifocals and life is good.

It looks like Christmas

Nice and healthy

Kris is a happy camper

Kind of like my readers but higher on my nose

That's all for now.

OXO

D.