Your Eyesight

[Log Catcher]

I had to start using readers around my mid 50s. That is all I have ever used. Had cataract surgery on both eyes in 2021. I still have to use readers for close up stuff but I hardly ever use them when tying fishing knots. My distance vision is great. I use eye drop lubricant two or thee times a day for dry eye. I couldn't have handled trying contacts if I had ever needed them.

[Darren.]

Has anyone tried the new drops that "replace" reading glasses?

Interesting to me, but not for $80/month, which is what I last saw

them at.

[clayton86]

Started wearing glasses when I was around 12 or 13 then moved to contacts a few years later. Had lasik 3 years ago and best $4k I’ve ever spent. 

 

[casts_by_fly]

I got glasses at 8 and contacts at 12 or 14. My prescription hasn’t changed in 30 years and it’s easily corrected to 20/10 or better with glasses or contacts. I have considered lasik but the last time I checked, even the best wave form version can’t guarantee my sharpness of vision so I’ll deal with contacts most of the time, rest my eyes with glasses occasionally, and not worry about prescription sunglasses.

[padlin]

As I stated above, I started wearing glasses on my early 20’s as it was blurry driving at night. Just took the dog to the vet in the next town, at 66, with progressives, I can’t see squat driving at night with car headlights coming at me. What comes after glasses?

[TnRiver46]

All good so far (I think…… sorry I thought I saw something) 

[volzfan59]

I've worn glasses since I was 14, I'm 63 now. I'm used to them, but don't like it. Tired contact lenses, but due to astigmatism in one eye they don't work well. I thought about lasik surgery years ago but since I need bifocals they said that it wouldn't work. They could "fix" the nearsightedness but not the farsightedness, but not both. I wonder if anything has changed? Need to check into it.

[MN Fisher]

11 minutes ago, volzfan59 said:

Tired contact lenses, but due to astigmatism in one eye they don't work well.

Ya - same issue with me. They tried three different brands that supposedly worked well - weighted lenses so they don't 'spin' around every time you blink...but they didn't work for me.

 

It's bad enough I gotta pay for two lenses when I only have one eye now...going contacts would just exacerbate the issue.

[Bird]

I'm 62 and my eyes are 82.

The very best investment I've made as far as fishing is concerned is prescription polarized sunglasses, progressive.

[islandbass]

This topic just had to come up today. I got my first pair of prescription glasses today and I’m in my early 50s. My wife gave me the “we ain’t getting any younger spiel about my eyes” even though I told her they were fine, uh for the most part. 
 

My eyesight is still good generally speaking but the farther the distance and the smaller the letters, the blurrier they get and I rely on pattern recognition to read. I’m talking greater than 100 ft so. Near is alright. The eye dr. I didn’t need them so I was right, but I could benefit from using them. Okay ? ?
 

My new glasses are for seeing better from a distance and I will remove them for things real close. 
 

I tried the glasses driving home in the evening and it was really nice. I will do my best to not bring them when I’m fishing unless I get that thingofajig you put on the ends so if they fall off my head I won’t drop them on the ground or worse, the lake. 

[thediscochef]

I would describe my vision without glasses with words we don't say here. First prescription at 16, was OK until 18, then four changes in two years. Been pretty stable since, only one change. 31 now and I navigate by colors and blobs without my glasses. Oh also I have a pretty solid astigmatism so at night everything is Extra Shiny™

[Kirtley Howe]

11 hours ago, Mobasser said:

I started wearing glasses at age forty. Starting with cheap reader type glasses for one year, I eventually got prescription eyeglasses.                   I've had several pairs over the years.  I also have soft contact lenses, which I wear every day. By afternoon, I'm ready to take them out and put my glasses on.                   Contacts brother my eyes if I wear them too long. I recently got new glasses, and a six month supply of contact lenses. Next month I'm going to get prescription sunglasses also. I want a good polarized pair for fishing. Once you get prescription glasses, there's no turning back. You'll need them all the time. Tying on small jigs with 4lb mono is still tricky on bright days, but I live with it. It's part of getting older- 65 now.                        How is your eyesight? Do you need and wear glasses or contacts?

I got my first pair of glasses at 7 years old. That was when I discovered that trees had individual leaves; before that, they were just brown sticks with green or colored blobs on them. Wore glasses until I was 19 years old, then shifted to hard contact lenes, Wore those until I was 27 or so, then shifted to soft lenses (I always had a pair of glasses to wear when my eyes got irritated by the contacts). At 33 years old I was in a very bad car wreck and among other things I ended up with glass fragments in my right eye, and that caused scaring which made it impossible to wear contacts anymore, so back to glasses I went. I should say that without the glasses I was essentially blind...I could see great for about 6 inches in front of my face, but everything after that was just a bunch of indistinct shapes and colors. At 64 I was diagnosed with cataracts. Since I had to have surgery anyway, they did lens implants in my eyes. For the first time in my life, I could see without glasses or contacts. I had 20/15 distance vision, but if I am doing a lot of reading or computer work, I have to wear reading glasses. Now at 73 I have 20/20 distance vision and my close up vision is unchanged. Funny how a 15 min operation can so dramatically affect your life. I was 4F during the Vietnam years due to my vision, and back then there was no "cure" for it. Now days, it is a super simple thing to fix.

[scaleface]

About my torn retinas . The wife and I were heading to the lake for a week of camping and fishing . I was driving and looking up in the air . My wife asked "What are you looking at?"  I replied "All those birds "   My wife stated there were no birds up there . I was seeing  thousands of floaters   that were actually blood cells . That night I kept seeing flashes of light in my peripheral vision, so I knew something was going on . I made it through the weekend until Monday morning then called my optometrist  . Was told to see her right away . She then sent me to a specialist and had emergency laser surgery an hour later . A few months after that,  the same thing with the other eye . So if you suddenly start seeing floaters and flashes of light get checked out immediately, if you'd like to save your vision .  .

[Mobasser]

2 minutes ago, scaleface said:

About my torn retinas . The wife and I were heading to the lake for a week of camping and fishing . I was driving and looking up in the air . My wife asked "What are you looking at?"  I replied "All those birds "   My wife stated there were no birds up there . I was seeing  thousands of floaters   that were actually blood cells . That night I kept seeing flashes of light in my peripheral vision, so I knew something was going on . I made it through the weekend until Monday morning then called my optometrist  . Was told to see her right away . She then sent me to a specialist and had emergency laser surgery an hour later . A few months after that,  the same thing with the other eye . So if you suddenly start seeing floaters and flashes of light get checked out immediately, if you'd like to save your vision .  .

Thank you for posting this. It's a good thing for people to know.

[Bankbeater]

I’ve been wearing glasses for distance since I was 18. Started wearing bifocals when I was around 50. I have the transition lenses that turn dark in the sun so I don’t need sunglasses. Funny thing was when I went back to the doctor back in September they said that my distance had gotten a little better. 

[LrgmouthShad]

Grew up wearing glasses since some young age, started wearing contacts in high school, laser surgery early this past year. Vision is great but it’s still young of course. 

[Jar11591]

I’m supposed to wear glasses, but I can rarely stand them on my face. Only time I wear them is if I’m driving. Not interested in contacts. Maybe I’ll stop being stubborn and actually wear my glasses long enough to get used to them, but it drives me crazy to have them on. 

[Jmilburn76]

Wore contacts for 30+ yrs and due to dry eyes can no longer wear them. I’ve always used glasses as a backup. My eyesight has changed 3 times since my accident in May 2021, gets expensive buying new glasses all the time. Before that my eyesight didn’t change for over 10 years.

 

I just ordered yet another pair of progressive Oakley from Eyebuydirect for $200 shipped so not terrible this round. I’m hoping my eyesight has settled though.