Eyesight changing as you get older (state, gift, friend, accident)
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I've had dry macular degeneration since my early 30s, not getting any better.
I avoid driving after dusk at all costs. This has put a bit of a kubosh on our symphony shows, but so has Covid.
Diminished eyesight and being unable to drive is another reason I'll probably move to a senior housing place if I outlive my husband, which I probably won't. Pays to think ahead tho.
I have been noticing a change in my vision, too. I will be 80 in April (gasp!!) and I think age does have something to do with it.
A few months ago I took a ride in an ambulance because it was thought I had a stroke. Thankfully, not a stroke. But Bell's palsy, which is a problem in many ways. Still dealing with it. I've been told it can last a very long time.
While in hospital, I had a CT head done which showed something wrong with the left cornea. Also low pressure in right eye. I have glaucoma and did have surgery for it in both eyes 2010/2011.
I've spent a lot of time feeling bad about it, mad about the limitations I have. But the good news is I am still alive and kicking and imagine a lot more years of life.
I'm working at adapting.
I'm age 67 and use generic reading glasses with a magnification of 1.5 for reading or computer / smartphone use (Foster Grant 3-pack on sale $14 at Costco). When not reading or looking at the computer, I don't use or feel like I need glasses (except polarized sunglasses outside). I'll probably visit an eye doctor sometime in the next year or so, just for a routine eye exam. I have not had an eye exam in the past 8 years.
My prescription had not changed from a year ago. But I find I cant see well in the dark, like the normal kind of darkness of the interior of the car. At night the lights dont seem bright enough to distinguish shapes. Is it possible you can have normal eyesight during the day but at night you have diminished vision?
I have been to so many eye doctors in my life. Close to 50. Even ones associated with the Universities.
Bascom Palmer in Miami - I have been there; can't do anything.
I really like my current eye doctor. He is 47. Well connected and up on things. Seems to care. Spends a good deal of time with me.
The funny thing is that over the past 10 days, my computer usage has been way down and my eyes have seemed worse. We had a 5 day drive to NJ so maybe that is part of it but I did wear sunglasses 80% of the time.
Just wondering if I cut out all sugars and lost weight if that would help.....
The vision seems better at night than in the day. I know - weird.
Better at night than in the day sounds like classic cataract. I know you said you had cataract surgery, but there's something called secondary cataract.
I have hard crystals on the back of my lens cap and if the sun is bright, I can't see a single thing, I'm simply blinded by refraction; it's all brightness and impossible to stand. Lower light is more comfortable, though I use a daylight bulb to sew.
weirdly my vision improved after I retired. I went to renew my license and I managed to pass the eye test.
The lady at the counter asked me if I still worked and what kind. And had I spent a lot of time in front of a computer. And yes - all that computer time had been cut way down. Of course she isn't a professional eye person, but she said she had seen it happen many times.
My distance vision improved significantly after retirement while my near vision has deteriorated. I could always get by without reading glasses but now I find myself needing them to see whats on the dinner plate! There seems to be a correlation between becoming less nearsighted and losing upclose vision.
My prescription had not changed from a year ago. But I find I cant see well in the dark, like the normal kind of darkness of the interior of the car. At night the lights dont seem bright enough to distinguish shapes. Is it possible you can have normal eyesight during the day but at night you have diminished vision?
Classic symptom of cataracts. See an ophthalmologist.
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Had to have it done the old way
There seems to be a correlation between becoming less nearsighted and losing upclose vision.
