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Those of you with one eye - do you wear glasses? (self.Blind)
submitted by FlashingRedBobOmb
Since birth, I've only have partial vision in my right eye. I've also always worn glasses. They don't help my vision in any measurable way, so my primary reason for wearing them has been as a safety lens.
I've always had doctors stress to me how important this is and it's pretty obviously, really... but in 39 years, I've never had an instance where it's actually been needed.
I really hate the feeling of wearing glasses and I'm constantly cleaning (one half) of them, especially in the summer heat. Sometimes it would be nice not to.
I don't actually plan to stop wearing them, because it's the only eye I have left and even if the risk of eye injury is small, putting on a pair of glasses seems like a simple, no-brainer way to reduce it.
I'm just curious what other people do.
I've always had doctors stress to me how important this is and it's pretty obviously, really... but in 39 years, I've never had an instance where it's actually been needed.
I really hate the feeling of wearing glasses and I'm constantly cleaning (one half) of them, especially in the summer heat. Sometimes it would be nice not to.
I don't actually plan to stop wearing them, because it's the only eye I have left and even if the risk of eye injury is small, putting on a pair of glasses seems like a simple, no-brainer way to reduce it.
I'm just curious what other people do.
tymme 1 points 6y ago
I've always worn glasses for vision correction in my "good" eye, but can't see wearing them "just in case" if correction isn't needed. I don't walk around in a bulletproof vest just in case I might get shot, or wear leg armor just in case I were to lose a leg somehow.
Of course, I'm not a fan of the way I look without glasses... though I can't say I'm a huge fan of the way I look with them, either.
Of course, I'm not a fan of the way I look without glasses... though I can't say I'm a huge fan of the way I look with them, either.
KillerLag 1 points 6y ago
Most clients I know that have only one eye usually have a prosthetic eye. When they get prescription glasses, they only get a precription for the usable eye and get plain glass for the other side, so it doesn't look too different (although I know someone who got a precription for both sides so the artificial eye also looked larger too).
FlashingRedBobOmb [OP] 1 points 6y ago
Yep, that's what I have. My left lens is cut with a bifocal to match the right, but it's really just so it doesn't look odd and to keep the lenses the same weight. The right lens corrects for a very slight astigmatism and the bifocal gives me some reading for magnification for reading, but my distance vision can't really be improved any.
Vaelian 1 points 6y ago
I was in exactly the same situation until I went blind 3 years ago, except that I never wore glasses because I was afraid of shattering them and puncturing my eyes. I've been hit with a tennis ball in my good eye once, and it left me seeing halos around lights for a while but was not permanent. My opinion is that if I don't need glasses I won't wear them. Even now that I'm blind and my left cornea is dystrophic and my eye resembles a ball of ice stuck in the eye socket I refuse to wear glasses.
FlashingRedBobOmb [OP] 1 points 6y ago
I remember my lenses being made of thick glass when I was young, but for a long time I've had polycarbonate lenses, so haven't really had to worry about shattering them.
I've gotten into the habit of not really wearing them around the house unless I'm doing something where it seems like eye protection is a good idea. I do always put them on when I go out, though - my reason being I have less control over that environment and accidents are more likely.
> Even now that I'm blind and my left cornea is dystrophic and my eye resembles a ball of ice stuck in the eye socket I refuse to wear glasses.
My left eye was like this my whole life until I had it removed. I really didn't care how it looked, but it started hurting, so I had it removed and got a prosthetic when I was 17. The eye does look better, but I have pretty bad ptosis from 22 years of having a prosthesis, so my left eye barely opens anyway. I might get that corrected after I've lost some more weight, but I'm not sure I care. It is what it is and I don't mind.
I've gotten into the habit of not really wearing them around the house unless I'm doing something where it seems like eye protection is a good idea. I do always put them on when I go out, though - my reason being I have less control over that environment and accidents are more likely.
> Even now that I'm blind and my left cornea is dystrophic and my eye resembles a ball of ice stuck in the eye socket I refuse to wear glasses.
My left eye was like this my whole life until I had it removed. I really didn't care how it looked, but it started hurting, so I had it removed and got a prosthetic when I was 17. The eye does look better, but I have pretty bad ptosis from 22 years of having a prosthesis, so my left eye barely opens anyway. I might get that corrected after I've lost some more weight, but I'm not sure I care. It is what it is and I don't mind.
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