I thought something was wrong, but maybe it was just me being tired. It wasn't. I kept trying to pin it on mild ADD, but the signs weren't showing up any where else. I'm good at concentrating. My eyes sort of wandered, and it was getting hard to focus on a page. But what bugged me most of all was reading music. Playing the piano, I would often lose my place, but I attributed it to tiredness. My vision just kind of blurred together when I was reading. Today, I went to the eye doctor.
Apparently, I'm in the 3% of America that has this problem. I'm getting reading glasses.
As the eye doctor was trying to explain my problem, it became clear that he likes to hear himself talk. He was very nice, but resembled a rooster, strutting about in the exam room, explaining in "down to earth" terms what problem I had. As time went on, he kept referring to 15 and a half inches, and yard sticks, and 3%, and answers to his questions. It was confusing, and by the time we were out of the exam room, all we knew was that we needed to get a yard stick and cut it off t 15 and a half inches, and that's how far a book should be held. We got out, and the lady at the counter asked if I needed glasses. "Uhhhh....doctor, do I need glasses?" He looked incredulous. All that talking and we still didn't get it. "Yes, you do." Thanks, Mr. Rooster. Really, though, he was very nice.
It was really hard to pick out the ones I wanted. I basically left it up to my mom. I got the ones without the bottom colored rims; I thought that it might help when reading music. I get them within a week. Hoping that this will help everything improve. I'm glad we went to the eye doctor. Get your eyes examined, people.
OK -- Maybe I misunderstood ... you are in the 3% of what category of people? People who go to the eye doctor? People who get blurry vision while playing piano? I assumed (stupid, I know) that you were in the 3% of people under the age of 30 who had deterioration of their near vision and therefore needed reading glasses. That is the "middle aged" arm shrinkage syndrome. IE: Suddenly, you feel your arm is shorter because you cannot hold your book/paper/Rx Bottle etc far enough away to be able to read it.
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ReplyDeleteI am in the three percent who have this problem- it's like my eyes don't really converge all the way, I think. It's kind of like my eyes wander. I don't really get it.