Slow on the uptake

[Mary Featherston]

I just figured something out.  I've been having headaches since I had my implantation on Friday, and it just didn't seem right, it was the wrong kind of head pain to be attributed to the surgery. 

It's the glasses that I can't wear.  I have progressive lenses, so when I tried removing the earpiece they just ended up crooked and then I wasn't able to see through the right zone in my prescription.  It's funny, though, once I realized what was going on, the headache stopped bothering me much.  At least I know what it is.

Did anyone else have that problem with their glasses?

[Mary Beth]

@Mary Featherston

 

I also have progressive lenses and a very strong prescription.  I took one arm off of an old pair of glasses and used duck tape with thin board at the junction of the remaining arm to anchor the glasses so they sat correctly.

[Mary Featherston]

This is where poor planning comes into play:  I recently took all my old glasses and hearing aids up to Costco and donated them, there's a charity that makes them available for people who can't afford them.  I kept one set of frames - those really thin titanium ones - Silhouettes, if you're familiar.  Because I thought I might use them again.  But they're pretty old, and the prescription was even worse than my current pair crooked.  :-) 

 

[Mary Beth]

Yikes.  How sore is it if you attach the missing arm and place a thin piece of moleskin between the arm and your head? 

[Mary Featherston]

I may try something like that tomorrow.  I have avoided it so far because this particular pair of glasses is fairly snug and I don't want it pressing on the incision, which goes right around the back of the ear.  (My husband said it looked like the hear came off and got sewn back on, a la Frankenstein).  It's probably better to let the incision heal and just deal with the headaches for now.  Or lay off the computer.  My near vision is good enough that I can read comfortably without glasses if I hold the book or my e-reader at the right height.  I should probably just read but I like the interaction online.