[Magdalen] Dumb question about eyeglasses

[Chad Wohlers]

Some time ago I had day surgery on my left (good) eye at 
Dartmouth-Hitchcock - a major big hospital in the area. As part of the 
follow-up I had an exam by one of their optometrists. They don't do 
glasses at all, so they said to go find an optometrist in your area 
(Dartmouth-Hitchcock is over an hour's drive away) with the prescription 
and they'll get you new lenses for your glasses. Now that such places 
are opening back up, that's something I need to do.

I've never gone to chain places like Lenscrafters - always, always to 
independent optometrists. That's what I suggest you do. Ask around for a 
recommendation.

-- 
Chad Wohlers
chad at satucket.com
Woodbury, VT   USA


On 6/23/2020 12:55 PM, Scott Knitter wrote:
> Just asking around:
>
> I'm years overdue for an eye exam and new glasses.
>
> What I'd like to do is get an exam at a place that has the most up-to-date
> technology, and take the resulting prescription to shop around for an
> affordable deal (quite possibly online) on the glasses.
>
> What I fear is that I'll go to a place like LensCrafters, get the exam, and
> have to fight off a hard sell on looking at their glasses. I won't,
> because I cannot afford to come out of there with $800 glasses.
>
> But has anyone done this successfully? Got a very good exam and then
> shopped around?
>
> Last time I got glasses I like, but it took two tries to get a prescription
> that worked. I went to an independent optician who was phenomenally highly
> regarded, many decades of experience, but I didn't think he had the best
> equipment and didn't get the first exam right. So I spent two weeks in a
> fog before making him redo my exam.
>
> I've also thought of going to an ophthalmologist, but at this point I think
> I should just get a good exam from an optometrist and be referred to an
> ophthalmologist if there are any concerns.
>