[Magdalen] Specs advice?

[Grace Cangialosi]

And I would second that. I have mild glaucoma in one eye and the beginning of a cataract in the other. An optometrist might have picked up on that but wouldn’t be able to treat.

Also, an ophthalmologist can do a field of vision test and take photos of the inside of your eye, which would give you baseline information.

> On May 26, 2018, at 11:40 AM, flyingfish224--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> Scott-
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> 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:
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>> 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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