Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 at
7:45 pm
I have eyeglass prescription from almost 3 yrs, for little blurry vision (-0.25 left eye -0.5 right eye). I seldom used glasses, because it is such a small number, and traditional frames are uncomfortable a lot.
Yesterday I again got my eyesight checked, eyesight is still the same, no change, thanks God! but I asked doctor about my discomfort with normal frames. He advised larger frames, with photochrome lenses.
I asked optician, he advised to use sunglass (goggle) (with tinted fibre lenses) type frames will be most comfortable (covers side vision also), for a large faced person like me. I ordered one. But it is not photo chrome, but has permanent dark blue tint. He said can be worn contently, day and night.
is it safe to wear powered goggles constantly? or will such practice harm me in long term?
I do not see people using powered goggles. if someone has eyesight problem, he goes for normal clear glasses or vision correction surgery or contact lens (not possible in my case and very uncomfortable).
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 at
5:23 am
I got my first glasses at 16. I stopped wearing them. I went to get glasses again at 22 because I could tell a difference in my vision (lots, lots of computer work). The doc was a total jerk. "Look outside, can you read that sign" (huge letters, side of a semi) across the street. I said, "yeah". He said, "well you don’t need glasses, but I’ll sell you somem if you want. you want contacts, too? I’ll sell you some". I was just shocked. I didn’t have a spine them and paid (still in shock. I should have walked out). I went for another opinion. That doc (a family friend in my hometown) said I could use some glasses. Now I’m almost 27 and went to the doc again. 20/15 in my left eye (superb) but I could only see about half-way down the chart with my right. I see OK with both but get headaches and have problems driving at night (depth perception). This doc said wear glasses when driving and at work. Do you think he was being patronizing, or do you think I really need them?
I infer doctor motive aside from my health because of the doc that said, "You don’t need them, but I’ll sell them to you if you want them. Want some contacts too? I can sell you some if you wanna buy ‘em from me." Jerk. That is why I doubt it. Thanks.
I infer doctor motive aside from my health because of the doc that said, "You don’t need them, but I’ll sell them to you if you want them. Want some contacts too? I can sell you some if you wanna buy ‘em from me." Jerk. That is why I doubt it. Thanks.
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Friday, May 21st, 2010 at
5:29 am
I got these new pair of eyeglasses at the beginning of the summer, but from the very beginning noticed an issue with them. I had been up to that point simply using contacts – almost 24-7 – and was eager to get a new pair of glasses for around-the-home and night-time use, as my old glasses were years behind my current vision impairment.
The problem is that, while they make my vision extremely sharp, they also ‘bend’ every vertical* and horizontal line that does not enter my vision from the direct center – creating an elliptical distortion of my vision – which gives me an enormous headache just seconds after looking through them. They are also quite a bit thicker than expected – just about as thick as my mother’s, even though her prescription is much greater than mine. (*I have a slight astigmatism in my left eye – which is usually corrected by my contacts – but this distortion is far worse, and in both eyes, and with even horizontal lines – which I’ve never had a problem with.)
This is where my current conundrum lies…
It has been almost 4 months since I’ve gotten the glasses. I haven’t really had a chance to take them back, and for a short while completely forgot about them simply reverting back to my contact-only routine. Will I still be able to go back and have the lenses fixed (or rather ‘replaced’) without having to pay another exorbitant amount of money?
The doctor was correct in his diagnosis and prescription, as that very prescription is used with my contacts – which, as I mentioned, work perfectly.
It was probably some idiotic lab technician who clumsily punched in the wrong figures into the computer – which does all the parabolic math anyway. Just as pharmacists have become indolent with new technologies making their work into nothing more than measuring, so too have those who make medical equipment.
I am accustom to glasses as well, and I can tell you that this distortion is very far from what is to expect.
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