Need Reading Glasses Now
By Marlina
@marlina (154131)
Canada
October 13, 2016 6:01am CST
I had my second cataract surgery yesterday morning. Presently I see very blurry, can't wait that it goes away.
I will have to use reading glasses from now on, what a pain it is going to be, as I never needed them before this.
This morning I couldn't see the numbers on the thermostat, very frustrating. I have bought some cheap reading glasses until my vision settles down and my eye doctor can prescribe me the right ones.
For everyone who has had cataract surgery, how do you like using reading glasses?
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27 responses

@Juliaacv (51485)
• Canada
13 Oct 16
I'm glad that your second surgery is behind you now.
I've had to wear reading glasses since my early 40's and I don't like them either.
I have bifocals, so that its just the bottom that are the readers and the top is just plain, but I can put them on when I get to work and not have to keep putting them on and off and on and off. I prefer these over the full lens being readers, and its easier when I'm out grocery shopping also.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
13 Oct 16
Thanks so much Julia @ Jliaacv , I have those cheap reading glasses right now as I have to wait 4 weeks before the prescribed ones.
I hate it already, it's a pain in the neck, I might chose the kind that one wears all the time too. Does it show that they are bifocal?
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@Butchcass4 (5895)
• United States
13 Oct 16
I'm sorry you can't see right. I wear contact lens and often have to use reading glasses as I read my Bible. I hope your blurriness goes away. I pray the Lord Jesus touches your eyes and heals them as it is written in Psalm 107:20 He sent His Word and healed you and delivered you from all your destructions in Jesus name Amen.

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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
13 Oct 16
I'm glad your second surgery has gone well... and I hope your vision soon clears... i've not had cataracts ... but it took me a couple of weeks to get used to bi focal glasses... and then I decided I would just have reading glasses... but I never really got used to the glasses, at all .... and now I wear multifocal contact lenses and am very happy with them.... but every one is different and reacts differently ... I'm sure you'll find what suits you best....

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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
13 Oct 16
Thanks Susan @sueznewz2, I hope I find the "perfect" solution for me.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
15 Oct 16
I have been wearing glasses for years. They are a pain to begin with and always remember where you put them down because you will be looking all over the place for them the first few months... I can't see without them now so I wear them all the time. I have bifocals now. I hope you have a speedy recovery.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
16 Oct 16
I've written on more than one website about how to remember where you put something... I heard this on a talk show on the radio while driving somewhere and thought it was something I needed to try. The suggestion was to "Bomb" any flat serfice with your glasses (or keys or anything you tend to lose.) When you say to yourself I am bombing the buffet or dresser etc to yourself when you put that item down ....you will remember where it is. it worked for me and I was amazed. So when you put your glasses down, tell yourself you are bombing (whatever the surface is) and you will remember. Since I wear mine all the time now I don't lose them anymore...@Marty1
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16785)
• China
14 Oct 16
I have been short-sighted,but now can still see the minute words without reading glasses.Hope your vision will soon settle down.
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@bluebirdfly (188)
• Guangzhou, China
18 Oct 16
10 years ago i got my first glasses just because everybody wear them.but now i only wear them when i'm working with the computer.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
15 Oct 16
I have to wear contacts and glasses depending on when, over time one get's used to it
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
15 Oct 16
I'm happy your surgery went well and is over. You are the first person I have heard of that needed glasses after surgery. I used to use glasses to see distance - TV, movies, driving, but as I aged, I don't need them anymore. Now I need reading glasses. They are a nuisance!
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
13 Oct 16
I have worn glasses since my early teens. Now they are progressive as I don't see far and don't see close anymore. It would be nice and it will be one day to not need glasses anymore. 

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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
13 Oct 16
I'm glad your surgery is done. My mom just had the surgery and doesn't need her glasses now. I'm sorry that you do need them now. =(
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
13 Oct 16
Hum, wonder why you now need reading glasses? I don't remember my parents needing the after their surgeries. I wear bi-focals so I always wear glasses, doesn't bother me at all.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50607)
• United States
13 Oct 16
I know that you are happy to have the surgery over.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
14 Oct 16
If and when I get that surgery I would hope I'd be blessed since I've worn glasses every day since I was in the second grade. I can get around the house without them, but I can't drive, or read or work unless they're on my nose. The one problem I can see with the reading glasses is that I might misplace them more since I won't need them all the time. But, one option would be to wear the chain thing around my neck so they'd always be within reach other than when I'm sleeping of course.
Glad that your surgery went without a hitch.
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