Aging and Eye Problems: A Personal Reflection on Vision Changes
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Summary
A personal blog post reflecting on aging and eye problems, specifically linking to two other bloggers (Robert Breen and Bryce Wray) who wrote about their own age-related vision issues. The author shares a personal anecdote about experiencing double vision (seeing two rows of data on a spreadsheet) after turning fifty, and mentions using dark mode as a coping strategy.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledEleven years ago, just after my fiftieth birthday, I started having trouble reading late in the day.
Instead of a single row of data on a spreadsheet, I saw two, one below the other.
If I closed one eye, everything was fine.
Despite studies I cited back then, I am now making use of dark mode whenever possible.
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