Broke My Bifocal Glasses

@marlina (154131)

Canada

August 5, 2021 11:47am CST

Last week, I broke my bifocal glasses, lucky for me I had a few pairs of cheap glasses that I keep in some of the rooms. I only need the glasses for seeing close because I had 2 cataract surgeries a few years ago. Until then, I never had any problem from seeing close, so it bugs me a lot that it turned out that way.

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@eileenleyva (27560)

• Philippines

7 Aug 21

Good thing you have a spare. Which reminds me pay the optometrist a visit. I need to get my eyes checked for a new reading eyeglasses.

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@eileenleyva (27560)

• Philippines

8 Aug 21

@marlina Pretty expensive here, eyeglasses are. Still wearing my reading glassed made in 2006. That's why I feel I need a new one.

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

8 Aug 21

@eileenleyva I guess you should have your vision check soon,

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

8 Aug 21

I have more than a few spare glasses

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@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

5 Aug 21

They have different options for the lens they put in. Al didn’t need glasses at all for a while

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

5 Aug 21

@marlina no he didn’t but eventually the shape of his eye did the same to his new lens as his original but they are so much better thanbefore

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

5 Aug 21

@BelleStarr I don't undertstand

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

5 Aug 21

They told me before the surgery that I would need reading glasses, I'm surprised that All did not

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@RebeccasFarm (89863)

• Arvada, Colorado

5 Aug 21

You mean the cataract surgery made your vision worse? Oh my.. So sorry you broke your glasses

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

5 Aug 21

That is what happens after the surgery, you need glasses for seeing close after it.

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@RebeccasFarm (89863)

• Arvada, Colorado

6 Aug 21

@marlina I did not realize that.

I will be having that surgery one day if I live that long..the eye doc told me I had the beginnings of them and that it would be about 10 yrs to get the surgery. That was 5 yrs ago.

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

6 Aug 21

@RebeccasFarm You can be sure that it will be before that

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@LadyDuck (471354)

• Switzerland

6 Aug 21

I am so sorry, I only need glasses to read, we will see what happens after my cataract surgery.

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

6 Aug 21

Do you know when?

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

6 Aug 21

@LadyDuck , Good luck with the appointment

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@LadyDuck (471354)

• Switzerland

6 Aug 21

@marlina Not yet, I have an appointment with my eye doctor for the end of August, it will be soon after.

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@LindaOHio (178131)

• United States

6 Aug 21

I see a little better after my cataract surgery. Hubs sees a lot better. I have trouble seeing things close up unless there is a lot of light.

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

6 Aug 21

Didn't they tell you that you would need glasses for close up?

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

6 Aug 21

@LindaOHio I don't need my reading glasses on the computer either

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@LindaOHio (178131)

• United States

6 Aug 21

@marlina No. I see fine close up without my glasses. In fact, I have to take my glasses off when I'm on the computer or reading. There just has to be enough light.

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@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

5 Aug 21

Glad you had a back up pair.

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

5 Aug 21

I have more than 1 pair back up, but bought 2 more as I like to have a pair in every room that I go in,

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

5 Aug 21

@CarolDM , I think so as I would not like to have to do the stairs again if I forgot my glasses.

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@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

5 Aug 21

@marlina That is a great idea.

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@prashu228 (37524)

• India

6 Aug 21

Sorry the glasses are broken..but you have a good back up plan.. that's awesome

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

6 Aug 21

Thank you

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@Juliaacv (51103)

• Canada

6 Aug 21

That's too bad that you broke your bifocals, are you able to take them in to get repaired or will you just rely on your spares for when you need them?

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

6 Aug 21

I will get them fixed soon

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@thelme55 (76944)

• Germany

7 Aug 21

I hope you can buy a new bifocal glasses.

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

8 Aug 21

I will decide at the end of September

@janethwayne (5191)

• Philippines

6 Aug 21

I have to be careful not to break my glasses otherwise I can't blog here without it until I buy a new one again.

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

6 Aug 21

Make sure you have a "cheap one" just in case

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@DocAndersen (54402)

• United States

6 Aug 21

i always keep my old pair of glasses because of that very issue! I've broken a pair of glasses a couple of times!

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

6 Aug 21

It's easy to break glasses

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Nevena Zivkovic

@Nevena83 (65277)

• Serbia

5 Aug 21

Can you get others?

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@aureategloom (9417)

• Bosnia And Herzegovina

5 Aug 21

it's good that you have some sort of glasses until you repair those.

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

5 Aug 21

Yes, it is good

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@Laurakemunto (12862)

• Kenya

5 Aug 21

Sorry for breaking your glasses

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

5 Aug 21

Same here.

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@Laurakemunto (12862)

• Kenya

5 Aug 21

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@toniganzon (72281)

• Philippines

7 Aug 21

Oh no! Mine is broken too because my beloved dog took a liking to it and started biting it while I was sleeping.

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@sjvg1976 (41281)

• Delhi, India

6 Aug 21

Sorry to know that you broke your glasses but glad to know it that you had a pair of glasses as a back up.

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@sjvg1976 (41281)

• Delhi, India

6 Aug 21

@marlina that's good. My kids also have two pairs of glasses

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

6 Aug 21

@sjvg1976 Good practice

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

6 Aug 21

I have more than 1 pair of glasses , just in case

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@xstitcher (32405)

• Petaluma, California

7 Aug 21

Once I lost a pair of glasses and "found" them when I sat on them.

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@jstory07 (139579)

• Roseburg, Oregon

8 Aug 21

I hope you are able to get a new pair.

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

8 Aug 21

For the time being I will just have the one broken fixed. As I am waiting for my next appointment with the Retina Specialist at the end of September and will decide what to do then,

@Dena91 (16587)

• United States

7 Aug 21

Sorry you broke your glasses. Everybody is different when it comes to how the recover from cataract surgery. Some I know don't need glasses anymore, others need just reading glasses. Others need to continue wearing glasses all the time.

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@Anqaya (3033)

• United States

13 Aug 21

Same with my grandma. She also had 2 cataract surgeries 5 years ago and another after cataract early this year. It's because she didn't listened and didn't used glasses for reading and watching. You should always wear those glasses dear.

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

13 Aug 21

I have no choice to wear the glasses, otherwise I can't read. I have extra pairs

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@Anqaya (3033)

• United States

16 Aug 21

@marlina That's good.

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