Life How is your vision? - Page 4

**DaFace** · 08-05-2021, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by BWillie

I started going to them a couple years ago, couldn't believe the cost difference compared to my previous eye doctor. Don't know how they do it.

Yeah, it's pretty insane. I can point to a few things:

1. It's a volume-based business. They book people every 10 minutes I believe.
2. They use entry-level techs who need no prior experience for a lot of stuff (running the automated tests, fitting you for frames, placing orders, etc.)
3. I think most of their docs are either new in their careers or on "exchange" where they have another gig but work at America's Best for some extra cash.
4. The glasses bundle is nice, but now that I'm used to Zenni, it's pretty clear that the store cost for a pair of glasses is probably like $5, so that's not a huge cost driver.

I usually go once every year. I pay for the three-year contact club exam (for $130 I think), and I get a free set of daily contacts as a "trial" that I use to ski each year. I rarely go enough to have to order more.

Then, like I said, I order glasses from Zenni for maybe $20-$30 depending on extras. I'll miss once in a while and get a pair I don't like, but they're so cheap it's hard to care.

It's great.

Stewie · 08-05-2021, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

Then, like I said, I order glasses from Zenni for maybe $20-$30 depending on extras. I'll miss once in a while and get a pair I don't like, but they're so cheap it's hard to care.

It's great.

Will America's give you your prescription? I don't know about their frame selection. I just don't want to look like Mr. Magoo.

**DaFace** · 08-05-2021, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Stewie

Will America's give you your prescription? I don't know about their frame selection. I just don't want to look like Mr. Magoo.

Yep, you just have to ask for it. Pretty sure that's required by law. I recommend scanning it so you can just upload it to Zenni (or whatever other site you want to order from).

America's Best themselves have a reasonable selection of frames as well. My wife likes just doing that.

BWillie · 08-05-2021, 08:21 AM

Not good but that TV part is true. When I was in my mid-20's my vision started going bad and I just started buying bigger TV's. Eventually I had to get glasses. I'm too big of a pussy to touch my eye and do contacts. Need to get that lasik. I bet I'm -4.5 to -5.5

scho63 · 08-05-2021, 10:35 AM

I suffered two spontaneous retinal detachments: one in June 2020 in my right eye and two tears in my left eye in May 2020.

Both due to the stretching of my eye due to poor vision.

I had emergency surgery on both to save my vision.

I have scleral buckles on both eyes.

I've worn contacts since 15 years old.

My vision is horrible.

It sucks. Without contacts Im blind as a bat.

kcmecker · 08-05-2021, 11:43 AM

I am sitting in the Dr office now for my preop consult for cataract surgery. Not the way I wanted to spend the next 50 yrs on this earth. Besides, I have a 55' tv and can't see the ball anymore, golf especially.

**ptlyon** · 08-05-2021, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by kcmecker

I am sitting in the Dr office now for my preop consult for cataract surgery. Not the way I wanted to spend the next 50 yrs on this earth. Besides, I have a 55' tv and can't see the ball anymore, golf especially.

Getting the adjustable ones?

kcmecker · 08-05-2021, 12:00 PM

It wasn't on the list of options, but Im going to ask. The closest place that does it is like 150mi away, I think. Do not want to go straight monofocal if I can help it. O want to be without glasses as much as possible. Dix you get the light adjusted lenses?

**ptlyon** · 08-05-2021, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by kcmecker

It wasn't on the list of options, but Im going to ask. The closest place that does it is like 150mi away, I think. Do not want to go straight monofocal if I can help it. O want to be without glasses as much as possible. Dix you get the light adjusted lenses?

Yes. They are adjusted via a laser. They are called LAL for light adjustable lens.

They are adjusted by UV light. So for a period of about 2 months you have to wear UV resistant glasses, inside or outside. Even indoor UV light will ruin them. So yeah, you go around looking like Curt Rambis. They are adjusted in 4 procedures taking about 2 months.

kcmecker · 08-05-2021, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ptlyon

Yes. They are adjusted via a laser. They are called LAL for light adjustable lens.

They are adjusted by UV light. So for a period of about 2 months you have to wear UV resistant glasses, inside or outside. Even indoor UV light will ruin them. So yeah, you go around looking like Curt Rambis. They are adjusted in 4 procedures taking about 2 months.

The dr recommended toric lenses for me, but the more I read, the more I think LAL is the way to go.

ChiefsCountry · 08-05-2021, 12:08 PM

I've had shitty vision since I was 5 years old. The 90s were not a good time for eye glass fashion.

-King- · 08-05-2021, 12:17 PM

Got lasik(PRK) 2.5 years ago. Getting out of bed and just being able to go about your day and not having to put on contacts is such a luxurious moment for me.

Before the surgery my sight wasn't too bad during the day but went to shit at night. Astigmatism made it seem like I was living through a fireworks show that wouldn't end.

Eureka · 08-05-2021, 12:52 PM

My wife is an optometrist so I get to hear about the eye world. I tell a funny joke whenever I'm at her Christmas party, some event, or whatever.

"I'm waiting for my eyesight to get better when I get older"

I'm fortunate that my eyesight is still great in my early 40's.

Frazod · 08-05-2021, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Eureka

My wife is an optometrist so I get to hear about the eye world. I tell a funny joke whenever I'm at her Christmas party, some event, or whatever.

"I'm waiting for my eyesight to get better when I get older"

I'm fortunate that my eyesight is still great in my early 40's.

Ah, the early 40s. Those last few years of relative normalcy before everything started to break.

Enjoy them.

**luv** · 08-05-2021, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Stewie

My vision has changed since 2019. I have an appointment to get my eyes checked in a couple of weeks. Not a big change since I passed the drivers license test, but it's annoying.

All my local eye exam places are booked, so I went with America's Best Contacts and Eyeglasses. It's cheap, but I'm worried they might burn my retinas during the exam.

What issue does it take for you to get an eye exam?

I go to America's Best all the time. Never had an issue with an eye exam. I hate waiting weeks to get glasses, but, hey, they're cheap. Or, I just take the script and buy online.

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08-05-2021, 08:21 AM	#4
BWillie Are you ready to Rumble? Join Date: Apr 2006 Casino cash: $-1558759	Not good but that TV part is true. When I was in my mid-20's my vision started going bad and I just started buying bigger TV's. Eventually I had to get glasses. I'm too big of a pussy to touch my eye and do contacts. Need to get that lasik. I bet I'm -4.5 to -5.5
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08-05-2021, 10:35 AM	#5
scho63 Politically Incorrect Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Casino cash: $-1030000	I suffered two spontaneous retinal detachments: one in June 2020 in my right eye and two tears in my left eye in May 2020. Both due to the stretching of my eye due to poor vision. I had emergency surgery on both to save my vision. I have scleral buckles on both eyes. I've worn contacts since 15 years old. My vision is horrible. It sucks. Without contacts Im blind as a bat. __________________ *"The only difference between sex for free and sex for money is that sex for free costs you a WHOLE LOT more!"* ~Redd Foxx~ ~~2018 2019 2020 20212022 2023 2024~~ 2025 Adopt a Chief - Clark Hunt and Brett Veach "The men who drafted Patrick Mahomes"
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08-05-2021, 11:43 AM	#6
kcmecker Long Time Lurker Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Richmond, VA Casino cash: $-172672	I am sitting in the Dr office now for my preop consult for cataract surgery. Not the way I wanted to spend the next 50 yrs on this earth. Besides, I have a 55' tv and can't see the ball anymore, golf especially.
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08-05-2021, 12:00 PM	#8
kcmecker Long Time Lurker Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Richmond, VA Casino cash: $-172672	It wasn't on the list of options, but Im going to ask. The closest place that does it is like 150mi away, I think. Do not want to go straight monofocal if I can help it. O want to be without glasses as much as possible. Dix you get the light adjusted lenses?
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08-05-2021, 12:08 PM	#11
ChiefsCountry The Insider Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Lake of the Ozarks Casino cash: $-1681248	I've had shitty vision since I was 5 years old. The 90s were not a good time for eye glass fashion.
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08-05-2021, 12:17 PM	#12
-King- ▓▓▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓ Join Date: Jan 2009 Casino cash: $-1504257	Got lasik(PRK) 2.5 years ago. Getting out of bed and just being able to go about your day and not having to put on contacts is such a luxurious moment for me. Before the surgery my sight wasn't too bad during the day but went to shit at night. Astigmatism made it seem like I was living through a fireworks show that wouldn't end.
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08-05-2021, 12:52 PM	#13
Eureka C Chiefs once a year! Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Cali Casino cash: $-1353903	My wife is an optometrist so I get to hear about the eye world. I tell a funny joke whenever I'm at her Christmas party, some event, or whatever. "I'm waiting for my eyesight to get better when I get older" I'm fortunate that my eyesight is still great in my early 40's.
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