[Magdalen] New specs

[Jay Weigel]

Well, I don't have cataracts *at all*, no evidence of even the beginnings
of them,  which is surprising considering that my parents both had cataract
surgery in their 70s. My eye doc says my eyes "look great". I think LASIK
may be open to more people now.

On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> I seem to remember that LASIK over 60 is not as successful -but that may
> be a decade old piece of news.  I had a friend, 10 years ago who had
> cataract surgery on one eye (other eye was completely clear) and ended up
> having LASIK on the other, successfully. She was 54 at the time and is
> still glasses-free for distance.
> L
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> by Richard Rohr
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2015 11:05 AM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] New specs
>
> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>