I had cataract surgery, so it’s really only the lenses in my eyes that are plastic. Whatever, they can’t adjust to different distances, so I have special pairs of glasses sprinkled around for seeing at various distances, one pair for the computer, one pair for playing music, one pair at church for playing handbells, etc. For just walking and reading, bifocals are fine. It’s the intermediate distances that are problematic, for example, I have to have a special pair of glasses for trimming my beard.
FWIW, so-called progressive lenses on eye glasses, which are supposed to take care of this problem, only work with one’s neck cocked in a certain direction. When you have a stiff, arthritic neck, progressive lenses don’t really work.
Now that I think of it, 2012 was epic in another way, but not a good one. I lost my beloved Golden Retriever, Brewster, that year.
I should probably say something HA related so as not to get pitched from the forum. I’m waiting for a call (since October) from my audiologist, who is going to help update my HAs. I’m quite excited about the idea of getting blue-tooth connected with the world.