[Magdalen] Specs advice?

[Scott Knitter]

Renee, thanks for mentioning that! I'm 57 and you're probably right. I do
have a good ophthalmologist I've visited before, when I had something weird
going on with my lashes on one eye: they were growing down instead of up,
and an eyelash curler wasn't helping much. Could have had weird surgery but
it cleared up on its own.

On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 10:41 AM flyingfish224--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > 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
>
>

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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA