but I felt it deserved an entry of its own as it asks its own questions.

My vision test for the physical... ... let's just say my eyes need each other. He had me cover my left eye and the entire chart was blury... I tried to decypher the 8th, 7th, 6th and 5th lines on the chart, in that order... I may have gotten a couple letters right. He then had me cover my right eye, to much of the same result. Then he had me read line 6 of the chart with both eyes -- backwards and forwards -- and I had almost no problem (though it was still a little blurry).

Something tells me that my days of near-perfect vision are coming to a close rather soon. I should have expected it. Both of my parents have needed corrective lenses since they were my age or younger. Rather surprising that my vision was so good for so long, actually.

I'm thinking I should see an optometrist to figure out whether I need glasses, or whether my eyes are compensating for each other appropriately (e.g. what if this compensation is hurting them more in the long run and I'd save my vision from falling completely apart if I started correcting my vision now to prevent my eyes having to compensate for each other... etc). I haven't been able to figure out whether my health insurance covers vision... so I'm assuming it doesn't (as when I was working, vision was separate coverage that we had to elect and pay for separately, though it was significantly cheaper... something like $4/month).

But yeah. Thoughts? Do I need to rush to an optometrist? Should I just plan to consider going to one? Or am I being silly even considering it at all? :)

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