Table 2.

Deciding when to seek help

1	“I made the decision, when I was about to cross the road, there was a car coming and I could not see it properly, I had the operation then”. [FG1]
2	“I have to get (my glasses changed) when my arm gets too short”. [FG2]
3	“Obviously when you are reading (and) the words start to swim around….you just know you have got to go and get your eyes tested”. [FG2]
4	“Probably I couldn’t see the small print of a bible I was reading. Had to get larger print. So that was probably it”. [FG2]
5	“I’ve had the same prescription now for probably about ten years…(If I had not lost my glasses) I probably would not have gone (to the optician) because…there appeared to be no change, I could still read at the same distance, the same size of print…” [FG6]
6	“You probably realise that you’re getting (cataract) or something and I believe there is no great hurry to get it done, they make you wait a bit anyway. So I may not go every couple of years.” (laughs) [FG6]