I had double vision

Our eyes are a deceptively valuable and complex organism. As with many things, it seems that we don't understand its value until its not there. Last fall, I spent 8 days with double vision. Never before, and not since, have I heard of such an illness befalling on someone who hadn't received a knock in the head.

eye glasses over 40

About the time I turned 40, my eye troubles became serious. I was checked out at a fancy eye clinic and I was fitted with one pair of glasses for $350. Ouch. I was pleased though, because for the first time in several years, I saw things that had been hidden from me.