• Somewhere between 40 and 50 we all start to lose the ability to adjust to see up close; this is a normal physiological change. It will continue to change until you're around 65 and it is time for cataract surgery. The two are actually related, and a completely normal process that we all go through.

–Cecelia Koetting, OD

• What you are experiencing are normal changes in your focusing as the eyes mature.
• Although most people are affected, it can vary depending on your unique prescription and daily visual demands.
• At each exam, we will go over your current visual status and what solutions will work to make you comfortable and clear.

–Gina Wesley, OD

• It isn't fair, but it affects us all. The main reason this is happening is because you've had too many birthdays.
• We have a focusing mechanism in our eye (a lens) that changes over time. This lens thickens each year, kind of like an onion, and thus our ability to focus predictably goes down.

–Roya Habibi, OD

• What you are experiencing is normal and also an inevitable aging change.
• Everyone eventually gradually loses some ability to focus up close.
• The good news is we have many options available that will help make reading comfortable for you again.

–Elise Kramer, OD

• This is part of the normal aging process but we have solutions!

–Dorothy Hitchmoth, OD

• It happens to everyone.
• We have multiple treatment options.
• The focusing lens is not as strong as it used to be. Just like muscles in our bodies get weaker with age, so does the lens in our eye that helps us focus up close.

–Nathan Lighthizer, OD

• I usually joke with them and tell them there is a rumor it’s caused by number of birthdays. Or I ask them “Have you had any birthdays?”

–Milton Hom, OD

• Welcome to the “I can’t read” club. I am also a member, and I know how it feels.
• We address it with changes in your glasses or contacts, or if you are a candidate, we can try an eye drop.

–Tracy Schroeder Swartz, OD