[Magdalen] New specs

[Scott Knitter]

My youngest brother often encourages me to consider Lasik, as it's
helped him a lot. My thinking has always been that I rather enjoy
wearing glasses and have no particular desire to have my eyeballs
carved up. (I know it's safe, etc., but don't want it enough to have
it done.)

On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>



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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA