Too young to keep falling and getting injured.

I have always felt that varifocals contribute to a lot of falls in older people. Because the reading “strength” is at the bottom, it can be difficult to see or judge steps, kerbs, uneven roads, footpaths and pavements (and if you think the roads around you are full of potholes, that is often nothing compared to pavements) I always feel the need to steady myself with a handrail, especially in public places like Tube stations.
Other than that, it tends with me to be a combination of balance issues, lack of flexibility in feet and ankles, and slower responses.
I also used to find when Paw was really poorly and I was stressed, I was much likelier to take a tumble.
I fell off the wooden walkway at Moseley Bog a few weeks ago and it shook my confidence to the point that I opted out of a Boxing Day walk when I was in Birmingham at Christmas. A
It’s not funny is it ???

I think you have made a good point about varifocals Maw
I tried them for a few weeks last year thinking they would be so much more convenient than separate reading and distance glasses but I couldn’t get on with them for the points you made.

Obviously that’s just me though!
Plenty of people are fine with them.

OP, i think you should get a check -up at GPs, or minor injuries.

MaybeMaw, I agree about varifocals, my mother had several falls caused by wearing varifocals.

Please go to the hospital, that bruise is too dark.

Gosh I don't bruise half as much and I take warfarin which is famed for causing bruising at the least thing.
That's a whopper Scentia. Ask your GP to do a blood platelet test to rule out thrombocytopenia.

Then an eye and ear test.

JenniferEccles

I think you have made a good point about varifocals Maw
I tried them for a few weeks last year thinking they would be so much more convenient than separate reading and distance glasses but I couldn’t get on with them for the points you made.

Obviously that’s just me though!
Plenty of people are fine with them.

I discovered, some time ago, that varietals vary a lot depending on quality of the lens. It is a case of you get what you pay for. One optician encouraged me, some time ago, to go for a more expensive lens as apparently the graduation is different. I don't totally understand but I think means you don't have to move head so much if,for example, going down stairs. I tried a cheaper lens but had to revert to more expensive one. I think mine are Essilor Physio. Definitely makes a big difference .

Funnily enough Sloegin when I was choosing varifocals to try, the optician spent some time going over the different prices and how much better it would be to choose lenses at the higher end of the price range, as you said, because the gradient between the strengths wouldn’t be so noticeable.

Apart from the usual thought that of course she would recommend the expensive ones, I realised that if I was going to give them a good try it would make sense to get the best quality.
I seem to remember that I was able to have them for at least a couple of months, with the assurance that if I didn’t get on I would have a refund, which ultimately is what happened.

I developed a fear of travelling down on an escalator after looking down when I was wearing my varifocals!

After cataract operations I can now see distance very well and just have reading glasses.