[Magdalen] Specs advice?

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Scott-

Forgive my presumption, but you might be at an age where you would benefit from an exam from an ophthalmologist.  As we - ahem -age, issues other than acuity can arise.

Renee
Veteran of the retinal wars

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> On May 26, 2018, at 11:13 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm way overdue for having my eyes examined and new glasses made.
> 
> I won't be going to the venerable Granville Vision Center here in the
> neighborhood like last time. True, the optometrist, Dr. Ernest Watanabe,
> has been doing optometry and running his business for 40+ years, but last
> time I had to go back and insist on a retake of the exam and a remake of my
> lenses; I don't think he has kept up with technological improvements in his
> exam room. And he was a bit short with me for coming back...excuse me for
> wanting glasses through which I can see clearly. I have to say the frames
> have been great, though, and the total price was far less than for
> LensCrafters.
> 
> But what I'd love to do is have my exam at LensCrafters, with their good
> technology, and then take my prescription somewhere else for a reasonable
> deal on good glasses. Has anyone done this? I imagine I'd have to go in
> there with an uncompromising attitude to resist the pressure to buy glasses
> there. I understand one also needs to measure one's own PD (pupillary
> distance) if ordering glasses online, or I'd think they'd do this for me in
> any physical store I take the prescription to.
> 
> I know with new glasses I will be careful to put them in their case at
> night: my current ones developed a tiny ripple in the left lens that took
> me a couple of years to figure out: I had likely set my glasses on my
> nightstand in such a way that the lens touched, or was too close to, the
> base of my IKEA reading lamp, and the hinge just above the base gets very
> hot (as does the metal shade around the halogen bulb). Live and learn...
> 
> -- 
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA