[Magdalen] Specs advice?

[Judy Fleener]

 I love my ophthalmologist, after he did my 2 cataract surgeries he told me not to buy his glasses but to go  to Walgreens because I only needed cheap readers. I have found that the cheapest ones don’t last. I spend about $30 and if I am only slightly careful the last like prescription glasses.
Bill was going to some place for exams and glasses and got really frustrated because the glasses weren’t right. He had macular degeneration. Fortunately the treatment he receives keeps it somewhat under control.

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On May 26, 2018, at 1:02 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

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-
> 
> 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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> Sent from my iPhone
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>> 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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