Today I am old

Life is a funny thing. It can humble you and steal your strengths practically over-night. In less than 3 years, I went from having 20/15 vision in both eyes to being treated for glaucoma and as of today, needing glasses to pass a work physical. So, I will be off work for a few days until I can get my glasses made and pass the company physical for vision. At least I get a few days off and a chance to recover some sleep.

It also means that I am now officially old and I really don't like needing glasses at all!! When you have a large nose, wearing glasses means that you are a mustache away from Groucho Marx...I really didn't need that. I guess I will study the options.

I never thought this day would happen....at least not for another 10-15 years. I will not age gracefully, I can see that already.   

tomorrow you will be even older

Welcome to the club. Can you wear contacts.

I am looking for a walker and one of those giant horns for my ear.

Don't know about contacts yet due to the eye drops, but I will be looking into it....maybe get colored ones like a shark's eye or something.

As for tomorrow, I'm throwing my calendar away. It will say April 24 on all my future invoices.

If because needing glasses to see makes you old, I must be petrified. I have needed glasses to see since 1973.

Well that's a bumber, but this aging thing happens to all of us.    Better than an eye   I guess !   

What about that Lasik eye correction?......is that not any option with your glauc cond.?

Buck up little camper!
My father told me years ago that life is just one stab in the a$$ after another, so enjoy it while your not getting stabbed.

Pro Touch wrote:Buck up little camper!
My father told me years ago that life is just one stab in the a$$ after another, so enjoy it while your not getting stabbed.

I'm not sure I can fit that on a bumper sticker, but it isn't bad.

At least I had a chance to plan what to put on my head-stone......"You're Next"  

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That's cool!

milspec6 wrote:
At least I had a chance to plan what to put on my head-stone......"You're Next"  

That's a good one 

A little update:

I have been suspended from work until I get my vision corrected, so I caved in and got fitted for glasses....I almost chose to resign instead, but that wouldn't fix the vision, just the need to wear glasses.  

Here is where it gets good.  On my way to the vision center (where nobody has good vision by the way) I picked up my daily mail.  I keep a pretty busy schedule and decided to go through my mail while I was waiting........one of the envelopes contained my application for my AARP membership!!!  Apparently, I am 45 going on 70  

I think google knows something that I don't. 

Crazy timing 

I'll be fifty later this year and the AARP letters come with much greater frequency than before.     The Google knows more than we think my friend. 

Face the facts:
we come into the world, naked, slimy, wearing a diaper and wetting ourselves.

We leave this world naked, slimy, pruny, wearing a diaper and wetting ourselves.

My carpet cleaner wrote:Face the facts:
we come into the world, naked, slimy, wearing a diaper and wetting ourselves.

We leave this world naked, slimy, pruny, wearing a diaper and wetting ourselves.

I was kicking and screaming then too