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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2456934" data-attributes="member: 372717">As regards reading glasses, my partner started needing them when he was 50 and rapidly progressed to needing +3s.  He can't read anything without them.  Luckily he can use non prescription ones and buys them in bulk from $2 shops so that he has a steady supply. He burns through them (loses or damages) pretty fast.I've used long distance ones for decades, though I've remained legal to drive without (just).  I've started needing reading glasses in the last few years but like [USER=401801]@JoKalsbeek[/USER] I get by with large text on my computer and kindle (not quite the largest font but close). My watch (which is linked to my dexcom) can be problematic, particularly at night, as I have to squint to make out the readings. Unfortunately astigmatism means that cheap reading glasses don't really work for me.  This thread reminds me that I should go and have a new eye test and get a new pair of reading glasses.  And yes, I've got baby cataracts too, though they aren't really bothering me at the moment.But in some ways my eyes work better now than when I was a child, when I had an alternating divergent squint which meant I only ever used one eye at the time. Apparently you could see my eyes switch over as I turned the page of a book.  I've always used my delayed development of binocular vision as an excuse for my abysmal skills in ball sports. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />As for the eye tests, I'm OK with dark glasses after. The drops seem to sting less than they used to, but I don't know if that's me or because the NZ ophthalmologists are using different ones to the Australians...</blockquote>

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