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contact lenses, part four
Do you know what’s awesome? Contacts. I love my contact lenses! I am glad I have documented my journey with the contacts, because at this point (I got them about 3 weeks ago) I have difficulty remembering a time when I didn’t love them. Two things have happened since I started wearing my contacts: I’ve […]
contact lenses, part three
So now I have contact lenses. Now I have to wear them. Starting to routinely wear my contact lenses has been the oddest journey. One of my end goals upon completing vision therapy was to be able to wear contacts–and that is happening now. I should be elated! but instead, I feel awkward and uncomfortable. […]
contact lenses, part one
At my last vision therapy/optometrist appointment, my optometrist offered me contact lenses. I was completely baffled and confused. I’m a post-op strab, wearing $700 no-line bifocal glasses with prism in them. I can’t go to LensCrafters and get my glasses ‘in about an hour’ because my lenses are ground at NASA–how are “contacts” a choice? […]
contact lenses, part two
I’ve worn my contacts for a few hours every day, just like a newbie contact lens wearer is supposed to do. On Sunday I wore them to drive to my yoga class, located 8 blocks away. And driving went just fine–somehow, it seemed like an insane idea when Dr. Jill told me I could drive […]
I’m learn-ding! #28
Remember that one episode of The Simpsons? Where simple-minded Ralph Wiggum is seated in front of a ColecoVision computer and exclaims, “I’m learnding!”? I love the way Ralph conveys his utter delight and joy with learnd-ing. In my mind, learning is sorta boring, or disappointing (like when “you learn a lesson”) but learnding–learnding makes you […]
I dreamed of Jeri
The other night I had a dream, and my vision therapist Jeri was in my dream. We were somewhere, and she was sitting across from me at a table–just like during vision therapy–and she offered me two fruits, a nectarine and an apricot/plum. I held the fruit and she wanted me to eat it. Since […]
whinefest #27
“A plateau” is what I have “hit” as I continue to “chug along” with my vision therapy. The perfectionistic, result-seeking nature of my personality is revealed every day I do my vision therapy homework, each week when I go to my appointments, and every morning as I procrastinate doing my homework. Every time I try […]
