[Magdalen] New specs

[Jay Weigel]

I personally HATE my glasses. They're in the way and constantly getting
smudged or getting stuff on them. I started wearing contacts very late,
only about 8 years ago, but now I wear them every day and love them. Still,
if I could not even wear them, I'd love that more.

On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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
>>
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