So…let’s talk about vision. About a month ago, I had a detached retina in my right eye, and the subsequent surgery to repair it. The problem is: it has drastically changed the vision in that eye so that my glasses don’t work with it. It makes it hard to read. This is bad for a writer.
So after a month of not-very-patiently waiting for things to stabilize, I was told yesterday by my eye surgeon that my vision in that eye probably is not stable enough to get a prescription yet. This was not good news. “See you in 4-6 weeks,” he said.
There was no way I was going that long without being able to read or work. It’s bad for sanity. So I ordered this: www.amazon.com/dp/B077HRKX9...
Modern opticians do this kind of testing with a machine that you haul up to your face like binoculars bolted to the ground at scenic overlooks. But before that, they used kits like this, with a temporary glasses frame and interchangeable, stackable lenses.
With some tweaking, and working from my most recent glasses prescription, I was able to work up settings that allow me to read well. Not as well as before—my right eye will never be the instrument it was—but well enough. Thus, the picture above. I was never one who worried about looking funny. :P
The optics in this set aren’t brilliant, but they don’t need to be. The frame is ridiculously small. But it’s good enough. At this point, for the next 4-6 weeks, that’ll do.
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