Well, I have to put a 4 at the start of my age now..

[05C40]

The 40 vision change is a pain. Up to that point you can correct everything at the same time. Then all of a sudden you have to choose whether you want to see up close or far. Can’t have both.

That hit me pretty quickly right around when I turned 40.

I dreaded when I got my first bifocal/graduated focus glasses in my early 40's. When my father got his, he pissed and moaned about them for months, maybe years. I picked my first graduatrd focus glasses from a shop on the ground floor of the building in which I worked at about 2 pm. I was completely adjusted to them by the time I left work that day.

 

[ZenMode]

No I didn’t start this thread so you could shower me with birthday wishes. Truthfully, this is not a birthday I’m thrilled about.

Anyway, I just googled what age you’re supposed to get a colonoscopy and saw it’s actually 45 but I’ve started to think about things I should perhaps do/pay more attention to as I’ve reached this dreaded milestone. I gather that I’m probably on the younger side of things here so I turn to your collective wisdom and sage advice if you could perhaps impart upon me any life experience that I should consider.

Cheers and good fortune to you and yours.

 

[Zoo_View]

I dreaded when I got my first bifocal/graduated focus glasses in my early 40's. When my father got his, he pissed and moaned about them for months, maybe years. I picked my first graduatrd focus glasses from a shop on the ground floor of the building in which I worked at about 2 pm. I was completely adjusted to them by the time I left work that day.

Not to be snide, but were your eyes at age 40ish identical to your Dad’s?

I always figured my vision was similar to my Dad’s……we’re both acutely near-sighted and were so at a young age. At about 40, he needed bi- or tri-focals. He hated the bifocals; he adjusted to the tri-focals.

At some point, progressives were recommended. He hated those.

At some point, I knew I should look at progressives. I’m 63 and can read without readers, bi- or tri-focals or progressives. I have to take off my primary glasses to read.

Here’s where my vision differs from my Dad’s…….His distance vision is about 20-600 or 20-800. That’s measurable and correctable. Mine is approximately 20-2000. It’s not exactly measurable in a 20-20 sense. As my eye doctor said, “We don’t think of your vision that way,” after I asked her, “What’s my vision in 20/20 terms. She put a LARGE E on the far wall (we all know no wall is far in an eye doctor’s office). She told me to walk to the “Big E” until it was crystal clear. It was crystal clear when my toes touched the wall.

She guesstimated my vision at 20/2000. It could be 20-3000. It’s correctible. I see 20/20 with my glasses.

If I want progressives (and I do), I need Sallie Jessie Raphael-sized frames because my distance vision is so bad…..my prescription doesn’t work in “normal-sized” frames for progressives. The glasses would also cost $800-1,000……and that was 4-5 years ago.

 

[GoHeelsweeeehoooo]

Being in your 40s isn't so bad - I turn 50 next year - and for all of you getting colonoscopies when I turned 45 my doctor has me do the whole poop in a bucket thing - was wondering why y'all didn't go that route

 

[farce©]

Happy birthday, Rock.

30 was much harder for me than 40. My 30s were the worst and everything started improving in my 40s and keeps getting better. I turned 71 on Monday and I’ve never been more content (other than significant concern about the future of our republic, but actuarial tables tell me I’m likely to live another 14 years so I probably won’t live to see Trump’s destruction completely repaired.)

 

[Icky Mettle]

Happy birthday, Rock.

30 was much harder for me than 40. My 30s were the worst and everything started improving in my 40s and keeps getting better. I turned 71 on Monday and I’ve never been more content (other than significant concern about the future of our republic, but actuarial tables tell me I’m likely to live another 14 years so I probably won’t live to see Trump’s destruction completely repaired.)

Happy birthday to you as well!

 

[UNCatTech]

I dreaded when I got my first bifocal/graduated focus glasses in my early 40's. When my father got his, he pissed and moaned about them for months, maybe years. I picked my first graduatrd focus glasses from a shop on the ground floor of the building in which I worked at about 2 pm. I was completely adjusted to them by the time I left work that day.

I knew mine were inevitable. I have had glasses since I was 4 and my eyes started getting progressively worse in my late 30's.

I've never had any issues with my progressive lenses. I did have a pair once, that was simply made incorrectly. It was very weird, but I didn't accept them, sent them back for a new pair. The new pair was great.