I love Dr. Rhodes, I really do. He's the one that told me there's no such thing as "ruining" your eyes from doing too much needlework or spending too much time with your nose in a book.
Yes, there is such a thing as eye strain, but if you practice a 20-20-20 routine you will avoid this. Every 20 minutes that you're doing something intense with your eyes (whether it's using a 'puter or stitching your eyeballs out) you should lift your head up and look 20 feet away for 20 seconds.
Cool, huh?
So we exchanged our usual pleasantries and I updated him on my health and Stewey (he actually got a bit teary, bless his heart) and then he proceeded to check out my vision (or lack thereof).
Wow. It's h-e-double-toothpicks getting old! My poor prescription has changed considerably and I am even more near sighted than I was before. But, thanks to the nice people right there in the WalMart Vision Center, I am all fixed up with new contacts and glasses that should be here in a week.
Now all I need to do is update my stitchy glasses. I use 1.5 or 2.0 magnifiers over my contacts to stitch, but Dr. Rhodes suggested that I bump that to a 3.0. Looks like a trip to the Michaels clearance bin might be on the horizon!
Who knows? Maybe now I will be able to stitch on 32 or 36 count linen without wanting to chuck it into the bin every five and a half minutes!
So that's the report for the day, dearies. Nothing but organizing and sorting and purging and packing on the agenda for tomorrow, so methinks I will enjoy some stitchy time in the Happy Chair tonight!
Hope your Thursday was swell!
that's the one thing that really bothers me about getting older... the way it affects my eyesight. Good for you. You are an inspiration about taking care of yourself. :) Love, hugs & Prayers, Cathryn ♥
ReplyDeleteAnother appointment out of the way for you, Coni. Hope you enjoyed your stitching this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteI bet you picked out some spiffy new specs!
ReplyDeleteI hate going to the doctor's any doctor, eye, kidney, heart, dentist primary care and on and on and on. How much time is wasted sitting in the lobby dreading Nurse Ratchett coming out and making you get on the scales!!! Horro's of all horro's and then they take your blood pressure and wonder why it is up! You are my hero that you keep going day after day through all of this makes me realize I should never bitch about ANYTHING again *but let's get real - I'm sure I will before the day is done probably). However you have inspired me tremendously - I not only have been spending 2 hours a day purging - first I have gone through all my jewerly what a job of a collection of 50+ years and I'm talking about bling and lots of it. Today I purged all of my shoes - what was I thinking that I would ever need to buy another pair. I found shoes I have never worn. Unfortunately I found 2 pair of walking shoes that have never been worn - guess I better get off my hiney and get going - again inspiration from you to lose some lb's. Thanks for the inspiration - if you keep going we keep going! You definately lift us up.
ReplyDeleteYou always give me a happy chuckle and smile. Thank you for being you!
ReplyDeleteThe right glasses can make all the difference!
ReplyDeleteGreat blog! Those of us who have had vision issues appreciate what stitchers go through when the peepers get worse. I read this after a visit to the ophthalmologist to get a broken blood vessel checked out. Things are okay but I did get a small lecture about keeping my dry eyes hydrated.
ReplyDeleteConi, you might want to check out your local dollar store, Dollar Tree is my preferred one as everything there is a dollar. My local one has a pretty good selection of readers.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the 20-20-20 advice. My eyes start to blur when I go to bed to read. Actually, my right eye blurs. But I work on a computer all day, then needlework in the evening, then reading, so I figure by then, my eyes are just tired.
ReplyDeleteI did not know that 20-20-20 rule but I will try to remember to use it from now on!
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