Don’t Call Them Bifocals! Brain Gets Multi-Focus Glasses!
My new pair of glasses marks a first for me. My first pair of multi-focus lenses. Yes, some of you call them bifocals. However, I refuse to. My eye doctor didn't call them that, and neither did the nice lady who helped me pick out my frames. Bifocals are for "old people"....right?
I have been farsighted my entire life. I got my first pair of glasses when I was just 2 years old. Glasses have been with me my whole life. In the past 6 months or so, I began to notice that reading fine print was getting harder and harder. Then it was words that were just small, and not fine print. When I went in for my check up, my eye doctor confirmed what I had suspected. I needed some help. He explained that because I was farsighted, my eyes have worked harder than most working to read small print up close. That and the fact that I'm 40, means that I was now a candidate for multi-focus lenses. He recommended I make the switch now, so it wouldn't take so long to get used to them. I wondered if I would really notice a difference. Boy did I ever!
It was like I got HDTV for my eyes! Everything was crisp and sharp! And I could read small words up close again! The best part is that you'd never know by looking at my lenses that they are multi-focus. They are blended in so you can't even tell. They are taking a little getting used to, but I just can't tell you how good it feels to be able to see correctly again!