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My eyes are 8% worse

whisky

whisky

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Dosnt sound much, but its the difference between seeing things, and seeing things clearly.

Guess its new glasses time.
 
I just got some new reading glasses yesterday (the non prescription kind you get at the drug store). I CAN SEE for now.
 
whiskey, are the medical exams/glasses covered in a medical plan in England?
we have to pay for kids' eyeglasses, but the medical exams are covered until they're 18.
 
whisky said:
Dosnt sound much, but its the difference between seeing things, and seeing things clearly.

Guess its new glasses time.
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They never tell me how much worse my eyes are. In fact at my diabetic eye exam last week they just said "your prescription has changed that much"

Which reminds me...they gave me a new prescription for new glasses but I left without picking new glasses out, so I need to go back.
 
curiousa2z said:
whiskey, are the medical exams/glasses covered in a medical plan in England?
we have to pay for kids' eyeglasses, but the medical exams are covered until they're 18.
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Eye tests are free if one of your parents has glaucoma, but if you have to pay its not usually that expensive.

My new glasses cost £45 and were ready in an hour, got them on now in fact, and things have edges again, which is nice.
 
I'm a few years overdue to get my eyes checked. I know I need a new prescription, and possibly bifocals at this point.

I'm almost certain I won't kill myself when I get the news officially. Almost.
 
Bifocals seem as though they'd be really annoying to use. I suppose you get used to them eventually, but you'd probably still do that thing where you flick them off quickly because they're getting in the way.
 
It took me a long time to get used to my bifocals until I got the progressive lenses where the focal area stretches from side to side instead of just that little tiny round space somebody decides your eyes will look through. They cost more but they are worth it. You can't see the lines in mine at all.

I've heard if you have a hard time getting used to bifocals, then get the ones with the lines. Also, wearing them to watch tv helps get your eyes used to them.
 
I've worn glasses for a long time. I've always had progressive tri-focals: distance, mid-distance, up close and personal. I still need a pair for computer work: distance, computer, up close and personal. Sometimes you have to move your head around to find the "sweet spot" that coincides with what you're looking at. Then you look like a parrot eyeing a particularly interesting thing. Or maybe I've spent too much time with my parrots.
 
Enkephalen said:
I've worn glasses for a long time. I've always had progressive tri-focals: distance, mid-distance, up close and personal. I still need a pair for computer work: distance, computer, up close and personal. Sometimes you have to move your head around to find the "sweet spot" that coincides with what you're looking at. Then you look like a parrot eyeing a particularly interesting thing. Or maybe I've spent too much time with my parrots.
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I've worn glasses since 2nd grade. And my eyes just keep getting just a little bit worse each year.
 
Enkephalen said:
Too bad, Lok. My eyesight improves slightly each year. Still, it's not enough to go without glasses.
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How'd you gain that superpower? Spider bite? Gamma Radiation? Cosmic Rays? Lone Alien Survivor From A Doomed Planet with a Red Sun?
 
eloisel said:
Uncontrolled or poorly controlled blood sugar levels can cause vision and dental problems.
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So can genetics. Mom and dad both have the poor eyesight. But yeah it could be the blood sugar thing too. I'm lazy and procrastinate when it comes to my health.
 
I'm myopic (near sighted), so as one ages, the cornea flattens and voila! improved sight, albeit only slightly. Just enough so that you must redo your presceription.
 
Bitch you be trippin'! I'm near sighted as well.

Edit: Pardon the language, I just watched Jamie Foxx on SNL.
 
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