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[Shorty2U]

This just started, the past month. I cannot see the tv right WITH my glasses on. (Looks blurry). I have to take them OFF to watch tv. Then I can see the tv well without them.

However, I have to wear my glasses while on the computer and to read and all the other times. I wonder if this has to do with the HD graphics on the tv or a change in graphics?

My husband said maybe my eyes are getting better that I take off the glasses to watch tv. No that makes no sense, because I need them for everything else.

Well anyway I just called to set up an eye check up for April because I was due now anyway.

I have worn glasses since I am a teen. Started out just needing them to read (I didn't need them to drive or for anything else until after 40). After 40, is when my eyes got worse. I have invisible bifocals, am near sighted, far sighted, (but I did have astigmatism since I was younger).

I cant figure out this tv thing. Weird.

[raven-blackbird]

it's called the "aging eye".........you have three areas of vision......near, interim and far.........I was far sighted but as you age you get more near sighted, the opposite is true for near sighted people...........the interim thing is always a problem for people with vision problems.........btw interim is the distance a computer screen is located.............................raven

[MomOf4]

Shorty, my Aunt is exactly the same way. She wears glasses for everything except for watching TV and driving. She is not restricted to wearing glasses on her drivers license. She never understood why.

[RainyDayGal]

On 3/26/2014 MomOf4 said:

Shorty, my Aunt is exactly the same way. She wears glasses for everything except for watching TV and driving. She is not restricted to wearing glasses on her drivers license. She never understood why.

She doesn't need her glasses to drive. That's probably why.

[MomOf4]

On 3/26/2014 RedConvertibleGirl said:

On 3/26/2014 MomOf4 said:

Shorty, my Aunt is exactly the same way. She wears glasses for everything except for watching TV and driving. She is not restricted to wearing glasses on her drivers license. She never understood why.

She doesn't need her glasses to drive. That's probably why.

Yep, I'm sure that's why but she is able to pass the vision test without glasses yet can't read normal print without them. Kind of weird.

[scotttie]

On 3/26/2014 blackbirdraven said:

it's called the "aging eye".........you have three areas of vision......near, interim and far.........I was far sighted but as you age you get more near sighted, the opposite is true for near sighted people...........the interim thing is always a problem for people with vision problems.........btw interim is the distance a computer screen is located.............................raven

Hey raven. Very very interesting. Must be why I need separate glasses for the computer.

[raven-blackbird]

On 3/26/2014 beammeupscottie said:

On 3/26/2014 blackbirdraven said:

it's called the "aging eye".........you have three areas of vision......near, interim and far.........I was far sighted but as you age you get more near sighted, the opposite is true for near sighted people...........the interim thing is always a problem for people with vision problems.........btw interim is the distance a computer screen is located.............................raven

Hey raven. Very very interesting. Must be why I need separate glasses for the computer.

it's exactly the reason...............LOL, think about it, I spend A LOT of time on the computer with my design program........I have to wear glasses when on the computer........I wear contacts but I'm mono vision.......but I need a boost to see the computer screen clearly............what I wrote is what my doctor explained to me..........................raven

[RainyDayGal]

On 3/26/2014 MomOf4 said:

On 3/26/2014 RedConvertibleGirl said:

On 3/26/2014 MomOf4 said:

Shorty, my Aunt is exactly the same way. She wears glasses for everything except for watching TV and driving. She is not restricted to wearing glasses on her drivers license. She never understood why.

She doesn't need her glasses to drive. That's probably why.

Yep, I'm sure that's why but she is able to pass the vision test without glasses yet can't read normal print without them. Kind of weird.

I would think the vision test they give is probably for distance, like you would have when driving. So if she is far sighted she would pass the test without any problem. Now if the test is for close up (reading) she wouldn't pass.

[Lipstickdiva]

I am 46 and just had a vision test earlier this month. Both last year and this year by the time I went to the doctor, I was having a hard time seeing and I wear contacts in both eyes.

Last year and this year my eyes actually improved which is why I was having trouble. My contacts were too strong. My eye doctor said that is common for vision to improve as we get holder.

Perhaps this is your issue as well?

[raven-blackbird]

On 3/26/2014 LipstickDiva said:

I am 46 and just had a vision test earlier this month. Both last year and this year by the time I went to the doctor, I was having a hard time seeing and I wear contacts in both eyes.

Last year and this year my eyes actually improved which is why I was having trouble. My contacts were too strong. My eye doctor said that is common for vision to improve as we get holder.

Perhaps this is your issue as well?

actually it may have had more to do with you wearing contacts all the time......vision is based on eye shape......and let's face it, your eyeball is a bit like jello........contacts can change the shape of the face of your eye, thus how light is directed to the lense in the back of your eye.............there is a procedure where you wear a contact only while you sleep.......take them out when you wake up and you don't require anything to see........after a period of time you don't even need the contacts......."your vision is cured"......or your eyeball has been reshaped......which ever you prefer................................raven

btw, that procedure has only been approved for near sighted people at present