[Magdalen] New specs

[Jay Weigel]

I couldn't wear my contacts recently for 2 weeks because I had a shingles
lesion in my left eye. It was incredibly annoying to have to wear the
glasses as they irritated the shingles on the side of my head and I was
delighted to get the OK from my eye doc to resume contact wear. I'm
considering asking him on my next visit if I'm a candidate for LASIK. I'm
scared of it but I'm tired of having to correct my vision and wondering if
that would improve things.

On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Wonderful description Marion!
> Heretofore I had also never ever been able to put my glasses temporarily
> on top of my head because of heavy glass lenses. Thankfully this new
> possibility coincided with the newly claimed habit of taking off glasses to
> "read the fine print" and other similar needs for the naked aging eye
> (despite having bifocals) LOL
>
> Lynn who needs an eye exam and new lenses soon even if Rx has not changed
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 8, 2015, at 10:17 AM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I had some of those.  They were like dragonfly wings, I said.  But in the
> end I was too hard on them and I had to abandon them after quite a few
> years.  They were great.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
> > On 9/8/2015 10:59 AM, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
> > I have found it interesting when friends with vision, on a par with mine
> (can't recognize faces across a room or read a grandfather clock at 12'
> away without them) are fine with this level of clarity unless there are
> other 'reasons' to don their glasses - like driving , maybe. I too could
> not imagine living and moving in a semi decipherable blur, as a choice. Not
> sure what I would do if nose discomfort prevailed. Perhaps seek out
> alternative nosepiece options and/ or lightweight frames/ lenses. The ones
> I've been wearing for 16 years are Silhouetts - temples are connected
> directly to lens and so is small nosepiece. Extremely lightweight and with
> polycarbonate (I think) lenses, light as a feather.
> > Lynn
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Sep 8, 2015, at 6:27 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The gf has a healed broken nose, making eyeglasses very
> > difficult to fit. She's always saying they hurt her if she wears them
> > for any period of time.
> >
> > She opens her purse.
> > She retrieves her eyeglass case.
> > She unfolds her eyeglasses and puts them on her face.
> > She reads whatever I'm trying to show her.
> > She carefully re-folds her eyeglasses.
> > She puts them in the case.
> > She puts the case in her purse.
> > We resume our conversation.
> >
> > Believe me, this lengthens any endeavor that involves reading.
> > It would drive me nuts! I want to be ready to read anything
> > at any time without any extra effort.
> >
> > At home, she carries them around tucked into the neckline
> > of her t-shirt. On a couple of occasions they've tumbled into
> > the sink or the trash.
> >
> > I put my eyeglasses on when I get up in the morning
> > and take them off when I go to bed.
> >
> > We are very different people.
> > -M
>
>