I can’t see much without my glasses or contacts. I can’t read without my glasses as my (very strong) prescription is for correcting my nearsightedness. If I’m wearing my glasses, I have to remove my glasses to read. I can drive with my glasses on, but I prefer not to. With my actual prescription for my contacts, I have to wear reading glasses, which I don’t like to, either.
Years ago, my optometrist suggested trying mono-vision, i.e., one eye for distance and one for reading. OMG. I can see and I can read. The only problem was, when I went to renew my driver’s license, I couldn’t see distance out of one eye because my contact was for reading! Fortunately, I was able to guess and the staff was very understanding. WHEW!
I was diagnosed for nearsightedness when I was 10. No one realized, until I got a D for a writing exam in school when I misread what was on the blackboard! I saw “A Dog At The Beach.” I got a D because it was still a good essay, but the exam was for “A Day At The Beach.” Maybe the teacher should have also announced/read out loud the title/topic of the essay?
I still remember it (I was 10!) because of how devastating it was to get a D :-(, but that was the beginning of glasses. Without them, I’m blind!
At one point, I had three pairs of glasses: one was the original from maybe 30-40 years ago, one for keeping in my suitcase for travels, and another was an additional spare, all from the same prescription. One frame broke (I really liked it), then I managed to drop the original, and one lens broke. So now I only have one pair of glasses. I’m surprised my prescription hasn’t changed after all these years!
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