[Magdalen] New specs

Tue Sep 8 17:59:24 UTC 2015

Scott>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.)

I'm with you there
Lynn

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

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From: "Scott Knitter" <scottknitter at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2015 12:29 PM
To: "Magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] New specs

> My youngest brother often encourages me to consider Lasik, as it's
> helped him a lot. >
> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA