RW, I'm not at the bifocal stage yet, I hope! My distance vision has gotten a bit worse. On a side note, I was told that if you are mildly near sighted the chance of become farsighted (needing reading glasses) are less.

Anyhoo...I made an appointment with the neuro-opthamologist tomorrow at 9:15 am. I told them I thought I was having a relapse of O.N. so they got me right in. Now my eye isn't aching so I wonder if I'm over-reacting and will arrive tomorrow and they will say, hey why are you bothering us with nothing?? Of course I start getting panicky that the Tysabri isn't working anymore and I will have to go off it. I'm trying to keep the anxiety down to a minimum but it's hard.

My eye guy told me that as we age our eyes become less elastic and able to adapt to changing conditions (ie: near and far)

I am mildly nearsighted. I need glasses to see far away when I drive, to read signs. The trees in the distance are a blur, but I can see the individual trees that are closer, even when they are grouped together. When I put on the glasses, I can see all of the trees as individual trees.

I only use my glasses when I drive although I did need them to see the blackboard when I was in school due to my desire to stay off the radar and sit in the back of the room (and I blocked others' view of the board!)

It's only been in the past few months that I have found myself resorting to reading glasses, even though I have had a scrip for bifocals since 2001. Denial worked for me, but it doesn't anymore...so I use them when I need them. When I found myself moving the books closer and further away in order to focus, I knew it was time!

Saw the neuro-opthamologist today. He said everything looks okay -- peripheral vision normal, optic nerve not swollen. Vision is only slightly reduced, but in both eyes actually so it could just be changing vision related to age. My left eye (O.N. eye) aches off and on though. He consulted with my neuro--no steroids since it is not bad enough and they would prefer not to do Tysabri with IV steroids unless it gets much worse. So I just watch and wait. And I got a new prescription--my eyes have definitely gotten weaker. Maybe this explains why I feel like I am always squinting????

(so then you ARE getting old? )

I really hated it when the opthalmologist said that!!

Yup, my body is just wearing out.