Those who follow this blog know that my wife, Honey, recently had cataract surgery after wearing glasses for over 60 years. The results were remarkable - her vision is now 20/20 in both eyes, although she will need glasses to read.
The cheap reading glasses we bought never seem to be handy when she needs them, which can be aggravating for someone who has always had her glasses right there on her face.
We may have solved that problem yesterday - she ordered new progressive eyeglasses that go from no correction at all to her reading prescription. She won't have to wear them all the time, but she can if she wants to.
Conversely, she often finds herself reaching up to remove glasses that aren't there, and the first time she stepped into the shower and could see, she had a moment of panic thinking she had got in the shower with her glasses on.
She had an event yesterday morning that illustrates how much things have changed. While on her morning walk, she called out to a neighbor who was sitting on her porch. The lady said "I guess your surgery was a success."
Honey said that it was, and asked why she thought so, to which she replied, "I'm out here on my porch every morning when you walk by, and this is the first time you have ever seen me here."
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