#Bifocal Glasses

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My deepest darkest secret is that I meticulously picked through all the glasses frames in the store so that my glasses would look the most like Guillermo’s huge, round wire frames

[salisburyoptometrist]

Best Foods To Improve Your Eyesight (With Recipes)

Goof vision isn’t just about relying on bifocal glasses. It’s about nourishing your eyes with the right foods. Your diet plays a crucial role in keeping your eyesight sharp and clear. Incorporating certain foods into your meals can go a long way in maintaining eye health. In this blog, you will get the list of the best foods to improve your eyesight, along with some mouthwatering recipes to make them even more enjoyable.

Foods That Promote Eye Health

Carrots 

Carrots are rich in beta-carotene, which your body converts into vitamin A. Vitamin A is vital for maintaining healthy vision, especially in low light. It also helps prevent night blindness and protects the retina.

Spinach

Spinach is packed with lutein and zeaxanthin, powerful antioxidants that help protect your eyes from harmful light. These compounds are especially effective in filtering out damaging blue light, which can lead to macular degeneration over time.

Salmon 

Salmon is loaded with omega-3 fatty acids, which are essential for maintaining the health of your retina. Omega-3s can also reduce the risk of dry eyes and support overall eye function.

Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes are another great source of beta-carotene, which plays a key role in eye health. They’re also rich in vitamin C, which supports the blood vessels in your eyes, reducing the risk of eye-related issues.

Blueberries

Blueberries are packed with antioxidants, which help reduce the risk of cataracts and age-related macular degeneration. These tiny berries improve blood flow to your eyes and support clearer vision.

Almonds 

Almonds are rich in vitamin E, an antioxidant that protects your eyes from oxidative stress. Regular consumption of vitamin E can help maintain eye health as you age.

Bell Peppers  

Bell peppers, particularly the red and yellow varieties, are rich in vitamin C and beta-carotene. These nutrients are essential for preventing cataracts and promoting overall eye health.

Delicious Recipes For Your Eye Health

Carrot Ginger Soup

Ingredients:

4 carrots, chopped

1-inch piece of ginger, peeled and grated

1 onion, chopped

3 cups of vegetable broth

Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

Sauté the onions and ginger until fragrant, then add the chopped carrots. Pour in the vegetable broth and bring it to a simmer. Let it cook for about 20 minutes or until the carrots are tender. Puree the mixture until smooth, then season with salt and pepper. This creamy soup is packed with beta-carotene and is perfect for your eyes. 

Spinach and Feta Omelette

Ingredients:

2 eggs

½ cup fresh spinach, chopped

¼ cup feta cheese, crumbled  

Salt and pepper to taste  

Instructions:  

Whisk the eggs and pour them into a hot pan. Add the spinach and feta cheese while the eggs are still slightly runny. Let it cook until the eggs are set. This simple omelet is a great way to start your day and pack in some lutein and zeaxanthin.

Grilled Salmon with Dill Sauce  

Ingredients:  

1 salmon fillet  

Salt and pepper to taste  

1 tbsp olive oil  

1 cup Greek yogurt  

1 tbsp fresh dill, chopped  

1 tsp lemon juice  

Instructions:  

Season the salmon with salt, pepper, and olive oil. Grill for about 4-6 minutes per side, depending on thickness. For the sauce, mix Greek yogurt, dill, and lemon juice. Serve the salmon with a generous spoonful of dill sauce for a tasty, omega-3-rich meal.

Blueberry Smoothie  

Ingredients:  

1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries  

½ banana  

1 cup almond milk  

1 handful spinach  

1 tbsp chia seeds  

Instructions:  

Blend all ingredients together until smooth. This vibrant smoothie is packed with antioxidants and vitamins to keep your eyes healthy and bright.

Stuffed Bell Peppers  

Ingredients:  

2 bell peppers, halved and seeded  

1 cup cooked quinoa  

1 cup black beans, drained and rinsed  

1 tomato, diced  

1/4 cup cheese, optional  

Instructions:  

Preheat the oven to 375°F. Mix the cooked quinoa, black beans, and diced tomato in a bowl. Stuff the bell pepper halves with the mixture and top with cheese. Bake for 20 minutes, and enjoy this colorful dish that’s rich in vitamin C and beta-carotene.

The Bottom Line

Maintaining healthy eyesight doesn’t have to be complicated. A few simple tweaks to your diet can help you maintain your vision and even reduce the need for a visit for an eye health exam. With these foods and recipes, you’ll be on your way to sharper, clearer vision in no time, and no bifocal glasses required!

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Do Attack on Titan Fans still refer to this Blog for Repost of the Stories from the Attack on Titan Short Stories Booklet/Smartpass? 👀

Sorry I’m Long-Sighted now and still without a PC/Laptop plus Real Life distracting me, so typing out the Stories can get tedious! But will try start upload again soon!

[despairinglife]

New year means new glasses + shitty filter 😁

[docdufresne]

Lactose intolerant AND colorbilnd?? docdufresne you've outdone yourself

M AN..............

[royalich]

Rook facetiming with Neve and Belle before their morning meeting

[gwydionmisha]

Personal: Glasses and Computer Update

Friday I stayed up half the day because both my glasses and Goth Millennial's were ready, so we went just after open to claim them. OMG the new glasses are good.

I had thought I maybe missed a window on learning to use bifocals properly. I'd given up on trying to use them for reading, as it was easier top look over the glasses and hold whatever is was up to my face than to use them. I had basic problems like dialing a phone number because the position on my nose that let me read the numbers was completely incompatible with the phonebook or pill container I was trying to read numbers off and I didn't have a third hand to shift my glasses back and forth.

Part of why I have such a large out of pocket cost for glasses is I must have bifocals and Medicare never covered that at all. This year they are contributing enough to cover the low tech bifocals I have had for the last half a decade.

Which my optometrist does not make anymore because they are terrible. (Optometrist is one of two places making Medicare covered glasses that I've been able to find here. A decade ago it was for sure just one. Not my Optometrist. At that time my optometrist was the only one taking Medicare for exams. It was a Whole Drama. Before that you had to get cheap government frames so flimsy they would break in a year, but glasses replacements were only allowed every two years. This too was an Entire Drama every fucking time).

Anyway, the Medicare discount is nice as it means I no longer have to pay full cost for the bifocals I am required to buy. It was about 25 more for the second highest tech ones than the minimum quality they were willing to make there. (Best was much more expensive and well out of the price range). This is also about the price of scratch resistant coating, which I also need, or the blue light thingy that's supposed to reduce eye strain. This seemed a reasonable price to pay or significantly better lenses. As always the biggest cost was the ultra lights which I need because they will not grind a prescription this expensive without it, with my total share of the bifocals being a bit less expensive with the applied discount even though they are three levels out of four higher in quality than Old Style bifocals.

Jesus fuck are these better. They promised a much larger range of quality vision, which seemed sus but proved to be real. They correct the deterioration to my right eye caused by the Horrible Eye Emergency. (I must reiterate do not rub your eyes no matter how you are tempted because it turns out you can Literally GO BLIND). My right eye remains noticeable better than the left despite everything. We just narrowed the distance some.) (I am used to reading with my right eye alone as it's easier than trying to force them to focus together without glasses. My eyes still both work, but as a team? Not so much).

Anyway, these are intuitive and easy to see things with instead of it being a constant struggle for me to try to focus and refocus my eyes moving between distances, requiring me to move them up or down my nose for even small changes in distance, or just give up and take them off if I need to do close work or close reading. (You try mending close when while watching TV where you constantly have to move your glasses out of the way to work then resettle them and find the right distance if you want to see an action sequence. I ended up mostly giving up mending clothes as too hard between bifocals being useless and the arthritis hands.)

So it turned out I'm not so much bad at bifocals as they cheap bifocals I could just barely afford with a lot of sacrifice were really bad at bifocalling. I would have been better off with a set of far glasses and close glasses on chains around my neck like my grandmother used to do. These though? i had to call in subscriptions and I kept having to stop myself doing the one eye trick out of habit because I could see the writing on the bottle at phone level.

It is still infuriating that it took this long for Medicare to grudgingly cover bifocals at all, and they really really need to cover the whole cost plus the ultra lights a lot of older people need, but it's something that the glasses are this much better at nearly the same cost as the much worse ones I usually get.

Reminder: I bought the glasses before the computer started to die and it was to late not to continue.

Computer Update: There is hope of my getting a replacement computer next week. It will cost more than the Housing tax payment and the bill shuffling next month will be ugly (I don't see how I can do Housing tax AND pay the biggest bill both), but Aidan laptop is slowing to a crawl and it's getting harder and harder to accomplish things. The extra is coming out of sleep and it's wearing me down, down, down.

[chicago-geniza]

"Why do you listen to audiobooks instead of reading" I am Extremely farsighted and have nystagmus; I get eyestrain headaches after about 30 mins even with reading glasses. Thanks

[spoofyleaf]

To people who are rather dependent on glasses to see clearly bc now I’m curious:

Pls reblog bc I’m genuinely so curious

[downtherabbitholewithlucy]

👓Sam in cute 'lil spectacles👓

[jackcast2021]

Long sighted lovely wearing split lined bifocals.

[salisburyoptometrist]

https://salisburyoptometrist.com.au/blog/can-bifocal-glasses-help-with-amblyopia-lazy-eye/

Treatment for amblyopia works best when caught early. Children’s brains are more adaptable, making it easier to retrain the weaker eye. Adults, however, face a tougher challenge since the brain’s plasticity decreases with age. This difference highlights the importance of timely and thorough eye examination tests. These tests are not your routine “read the smallest letters on the chart” kind. They dive deeper into vision alignment, focusing abilities, and eye dominance

[oh-gh0st]

hate getting bruises or pimples on my nose where my glasses usually rest

[spoofyleaf]

Imagine being scared of me (a short agender person who wears silly earrings and doesn’t shut up about cartoons and dinosaurs)

[disabledtranshellagay]

Extreme Farsightedness

So, I'm going through something where my farsightedness is so severely bad that I kind of always need to wear glasses. The problem being that the glasses basically just make me nearsighted. Even with bifocals of computer and reading, its not enough. And even the computer side of the glasses works only to a point and then I need an even lighter prescription, or its more eye strain. I can look at a billboard, not be able to see it, not even be able to force myself to focus to see it, and then I back away and suddenly I can read it. Essentially it is harder for me to see at mid range vision than It is for me to see far away and up close (though up close involves strain). Does anyone have advice? My only plan is to get some form of trifocals. Probably two pairs, one inside one outside, with the inside one being 3 levels of reading glasses, and the outside one being 2 reading levels and one distance.

edit i just remebered progressive lenses exist. Im gonna go to the eye doctor and evaluate both options