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From: mommydionne
Date: 10-24-2006, 10:46 AM (1 of 13)
Ok I just got reading glasses  and I keep trying to look around the room with the damn things on, I'm about to reach for the gravol, any tips out there? Ugh. I think I may go back to squinting and getting headaches. But they do help with the reading, (I actually got them for sewing  )Going thursday to get the grey covered up too  This approaching 40 thing is getting expensive (can't wait to see the replies to this one  )
Jeanette
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From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 10-24-2006, 11:45 AM (2 of 13)
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My first pair (full glasses size) stayed on my sewing machine.. I got half frames so I could look over the top with my regular vision .. Hope that you understand what I meant there.. You have to learn to do like granny and look over the top to see anything furthur away than 18 or 24 inches.. It gets easy after just a little while.. Easier than taking them off and on every 3 seconds.. Another tip, if reading glasses are all you need.(like Me) go to the Dollar Tree and get them .. I buy 3 pair each time my eyes change.. One for purse, one for desk, and one for sewing room..
Sew With Love
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From: lendube
Date: 10-24-2006, 12:09 PM (3 of 13)
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Hi Jeanette, It is a transformation but you'll get used to it. There's no way to avoid what you're talking about if you've got the full size lenses. They may look better but you'll end up taking them off and putting them on again ad infinitum. String around the neck time.  It'll drive you crazy! Get small half glasses. They look better. There are some very chic ones (retail) out there that come in beautiful cases. You will adjust to the tiniest readers and still be able to see the rest of the world. Good luck, Lennie |
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From: DorothyL
Date: 10-24-2006, 12:18 PM (4 of 13)
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I got some too -- I just couldn't handle the bifocals. I kept taking them off for close work. These are bright red with rhinestones and are little skinny things I can pull down on my nose like granny and look over them. I love them. Dorothy |
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 10-24-2006, 03:49 PM (5 of 13)
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If you're having that much trouble then you either have the wrong prescription, they're adjusted wrong or the lenses weren't ground properly. Glasses shouldn't make you sick...even if you're new to wearing them...my husband got glasses for the first time a few yrs ago. He kept complaining he felt weird, so I made him go back for an adjustment...that fixed it. I've been wearing glasses for 42 yrs now...I know that if they aren't correctly adjusted or the lenses are just a bit off, I can't wear the darn things...they make me dizzy, sick, give me a B A D headache. (right between my eyes and right in the back of my head.) So I go and get them adjusted till they're correct, no matter how many times it takes.. Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
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From: DorothyL
Date: 10-24-2006, 04:16 PM (6 of 13)
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Sometimes you get so adjusted to seeing without glasses you need or with the wrong prescription that the right ones seem off at first. Reading glasses and bifocals can be really bad too. Sometimes it just takes a little time. Dorothy |
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From: mommydionne
Date: 10-25-2006, 03:39 PM (7 of 13)
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no, I'm doing it to myself looking up from knitting to the tv etc. I did get very small frames so I can look over and that does help. they are a funky metallic purple, I figured I'd have a bit of fun with them. I wore glasses for years 'till I had Lasik 2 1/2 years ago, so I did get some glasses free time in there I will get used to them, I think they will live perched on my head a lot!! I have had problems with lenses that had an improper angle of curvature in the past but with that I could usually tell right away (the floor would curve up or away from me) Jeanette
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User: mommydionne
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From: MaryW
Date: 10-25-2006, 06:50 PM (8 of 13)
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I thought once you had Lasik, you never needed glasses again. Purple metallic and red rhinestones!!! Spooky bunch. 
MaryW
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From: lendube
Date: 10-25-2006, 09:20 PM (9 of 13)
It is Halloween, after all Mary! 
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From: plrlegal
Date: 10-25-2006, 10:32 PM (10 of 13)
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I had lens implants done but I still have to wear reading glasses cause I took the 20/20 distance lenses. I have glasses all over the house, both cars and my office. However, and yeahhhhh!!! I can wear regular fashionable sunglasses of which I also have several pairs in both cars. Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
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From: mommydionne
Date: 10-26-2006, 12:19 PM (11 of 13)
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the lasik was for my distance vision, I could see about 8 inches, unfortunately does not prevent hardening of ones lens as we age, dammit. Some people will get one eye done to improve distant vision and the other for near vision, didn't go for that.
Jeanette
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User: mommydionne
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From: SheliaHC
Date: 10-26-2006, 02:01 PM (12 of 13)
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I have the one eye near and one eye for distance with contact lenses (it's called monovision) and I agree that I would not want that done permanently. I've had them for about 4 years and although my sight is good far and near it's a weird feeling. Shelia |
User: SheliaHC
Member since: 12-28-2005 Total posts: 95 |
From: lsoutherla
Date: 10-26-2006, 03:44 PM (13 of 13)
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I've got the monovision contacts as well. it is strange at first. I still use the cheap-o readings glasses you can pick up anywhere ($1 at Targets) for threading needles, etc. I find it hard to wear glasses tho - the headaches, etc. I'd love to have the lense implants. My vision is as poor as some of you say yours are. 8" out is probably a stretch for me. I wish insurance would pay for it. |
User: lsoutherla
Member since: 05-04-2006 Total posts: 72 |
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