Glasses for nearsightedness starting in 6th grade. Half a century later, after several years with cataracts, I had surgery and now my distance vision is 20/20. The incredible change in color intensity and detail that I can see because of that surgery never ceases to amaze me...some good - the stars are brighter and more plentiful, the sky is bluer, the lake glistens more...and some not so much - I had more gray hair and wrinkles and my house was way more dusty than the day before surgery!
I use drug store readers for hand sewing, but not for reading...yet.