elcruisr
US Veteran
Had fantastic vision until about 42. Jumped straight into bifocals and now at 50 trifocals. Also had above average night vision and that's been slipping away as well. Getting old ain't for the faint hearted!
How old were you when your peepers started needing help?
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cubfarm1
US Veteran
glasses???
About 46 did it for glasses and a bunch of other things suger troubles started it all. Gotta watch that now, Now I get pills for breakfast and dinner!
About 46 did it for glasses and a bunch of other things suger troubles started it all. Gotta watch that now, Now I get pills for breakfast and dinner!
TNDixieGirl
Member
12 or 13, can't remember for sure.
Jim in Wisconsin
Member
6th grade; should have been sooner. Single vision till age 40, then reading vision went to hell in one week! Now, age 67, after two cataract surgeries, I see better than anytime in my life...
Peter J.
Member
About 10 years ago, when I was about 42.
cowboy117
Member
45.Couldn't read the numbers on truck manifests,had to go to bi-focals.Put 'em on in the morning,take 'em off when going to bed.
Mine got to the point I needed reading glasses occasionally @ 52 but went to a bifocal so I could read the music and see the conductor at the same time @ 53. I need them to read anything smaller than a #9 font now.
davidenorth
US Veteran
I have always worn glasses being very nearsighted. My prescription had gotten so strong that I recently started taking them off to read. The doctor told me on my last exam I was borderline for bifocals. This time I broke down and got no lines. I turn 44 next month. It just got to the point at work where I could take quick accurate measurements. Now, it's I move my head up or down slightly and I can see at any distance clear. I want the laser surgery though but can't afford it.
gunlovingirl
Member
I had glasses to read with back in grade school, but seldom wore them. Over the past 15 years or so, my eyesight has got to the point I can't read at all without glasses. Getting old has it's problems, but it's still better than the alternative!
rewster
Member
19 but who's counting !!
Like in "Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy", 42 seems to be the magic number.
Remember the day my eyesight began degrading quite well. Rolled under my car to change the oil and noticed I couldn't get the drain plug in front of me to come into focus. It was quite puzzling at first. I had always been blessed with exceptional eyesight. I was 42.
Focal distance has been slowly moving further away every year. Around 55 it reached a point where OTC reading glasses were necessary to read the paper or menus in low light or fine print in good light.
Remember the day my eyesight began degrading quite well. Rolled under my car to change the oil and noticed I couldn't get the drain plug in front of me to come into focus. It was quite puzzling at first. I had always been blessed with exceptional eyesight. I was 42.
Focal distance has been slowly moving further away every year. Around 55 it reached a point where OTC reading glasses were necessary to read the paper or menus in low light or fine print in good light.
Rugskipper
Member
I'm 46 and still 20/20. Then again, I haven't had my eyes checked in 20 years, and even though things are starting to get a little blurry, I'm sticking with the 20/20 story until an eye doctor tells me otherwise!
deduke1907
US Veteran
reading glasses at 40. eye surgery at 67 will have to be fitted for regular glasses after eye heals from surgery in about 3 months
ingmansinc
US Veteran
I don't understand what you are talking about, why did you put this on the "Colt Forum".
46 & then bi focals. Still have bi focals for reading. When I hunt in don't wear glasses, use the scope & binoculars. Put the glasses on when I'm cleaning the buck so I don't cut my fingers off. PS; I'm 78 now.
I don't have horrible vision, but I first learned I needed glasses when I was in college, maybe 20. I was with a friend of mine and put my sunglasses on, we both had Ray-Ban aviators, and WOW, I could see great! Unfortunately, I had put his prescription glasses on by mistake; I had no idea I even needed glasses until that day.
sparky9
Member
At 15 I needed help with distance. At 48 I needed a little help up close. I still take 'em off to read sometimes.
GatorFarmer
Member
4th grade or so. I later had Lasik done and have been fine since. Best thing I ever did.
montezumaz
US Veteran
I was 11. My father has astigmatism and my mother is far sighted. All three of their children are near sighted. I had double cataract surgery when I was 50. Now everything is "perfect" except for needing glasses to read.
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