How is your vision?

[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?

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by DaFace

I'm cheap, but I've gone to America's Best for years and then mostly ordered glasses from Zenni. I have insurance coverage, but it's actually more expensive.

Eye exams aren't rocket science.

You cheap ass LOL

Seriously, you might look at going to a regular eye doctor periodically. Out here in bum **** nowhereland the local guy screens for all manner of shit and takes like 8 different pictures of the back of my eye. I'm not going to pretend to be smart enough to know what it all is, but it is for something, for sure. Plus he checks for weird shit like your tear ducts plugging, which is a thing.

Anyway, losing your eyesight is nothing to **** around with. My grandpa got macular degeneration in his 60s and mother**** all that shit. I'll pay...just keep my shit working.

I have to pay more for the test without dilation, because **** getting your eyes dilated.

[tyecopeland]

Originally Posted by JohnnyHammersticks

Getting Lasik surgery about 15 years ago was one of the best things I've ever done. Never been back to the eye doctor, and zero deterioration in my vision since I had it done. You can have one eye set for close up and one set for distance and your brain supposedly seamlessly makes the switch, but I had both of mine set for distance since I play a lot of golf. That's where I really notice it, on the golf course. There, and when I go to Rockies games at Coors. I swear I can see facial expressions on people sitting across the stadium from me. It's like laser vision. Before I had it done I couldn't see far away at all without contacts or glasses. Everything was just a blur. Now I can see like a freaking hawk.

Need readers to see anything within arm's length clearly, but that's no problem at all. Can't believe I put pieces of plastic in my eyes every day from the age of 13 until I had the surgery. What a pain in the ass that was. Could not recommend Lasik more highly. For me it was truly life-changing.

Lucky you. My MIL got lasik back when it was new and hella expensive and has never been back.

I had to have a follow up procedure within 5 years. My vision is still good now but not as good as it was. So I'll probably have to have another later in life.

I still recommend the shit out of it tthough.I had thick ass glasses for when I took my contacts out. Doing an eye test one time without them before lasik, I was told I tested legally blind (so 20/200 or worse). Although, I distinctly remember being able to see the E at the top of the chart so that Dr must have been lying to me.

[Fishpicker]

I've had better than 20/20 eyesight my entire life. I expect that to give out any time though.

[DeepPurple]

I wear glasses when watching TV, I've got a 75" HD TV and I sit 12 feet away, but my vision has deteriorated a lot in the last 10 years.

I had cataract surgery performed by the VA in 2014 when I was 64, it was free, a $3,000 savings, but probably a bad idea. I played shortstop in a senior softball league 50 and older, I had to have great vision at short and it was getting bad so I stopped in 2016.

Now I'm golfing as my main sport, I average about 220 to 235 on my drives, but I lose sight of my ball at about 100 yards. Others will see it for me, but I really lack the feedback to know what I'm doing.

I had to get new glasses in February and the optometrist said I had the worse case of dry eye she has ever seen. It's all because of that cataract surgery has left scar tissue which caused my eyes to dry out quicker.

[Holladay]

We should change this to the "Old Bitches" forum. I am old. I can't imagine younger folks reading this stuff.

I agree, worn glasses for 40 yrs. I just find it humorous at some of the threads posted.

Not sure what some of our younger posters think of us

[jdubya]

I haven't read most of the responses so excuse me if this has been said.

I go to a real eye doctor once a year for the full exam. Why? My dad who is now 87 years old used to fly F100`s in the 1950`s. He has always been healthy but never went to an eye doctor until nearly 5 years ago. When he went, he was determined to be nearly blind with glaucoma. Glaucoma is hereditary so one should be examined annually. That shit is serious. Not talking about "reader" glasses from Costco..........IMO after 50 years old, we should all be getting real eye exams annually

[kcmecker]

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.

[tx4chiefs]

59 years old. 20/25 not worth correcting. I still see better than people half my age. I just wish the rest of the body was still as good.

[bevischief]

Ask for them to for your pupil distance. So you can check prices online.

[Stewie]

Going for my one year exam tomorrow.

America's Best knocks it out of the park for eye care.

Eyes haven't changed as far as I can tell, but a checkup is in order. It's free.

[TLO]

Originally Posted by Fish

This is basically what I see in my right eye when I look at the sky. Except my squiggly is in the shape of the western African coastline.

I have an ass load of floaters. Always have

[Megatron96]

I've had it all. As a kid through HS I was 20/40. Then in college something happened and somehow my vision corrected itself to about 20/15. That was static until about 3-4 years ago, when it started to degrade a bit each year, and now I'm back to 20/40. But my near vision is really messed up; i can't see up close anymore.

Since 2017 I've been going to see the eye doc every year, mostly to track how much degradation I'm seeing (or not) year-to-year.

The last two years have been static, though I'm pretty sure my close vision has gotten a little worse since last year. Contacts seem to make it worse.

I'm 52; I would recommend anyone over 45 see the eye doc annually.

[Stewie]

Originally Posted by Hank Hill

I have an ass load of floaters. Always have

Me too. Doc isn't too concerned since they're peripheral.

[crayzkirk]

As we get older, the gel in our eyes, vitreous fluid shrinks like Jello in the refigerator. When this happens, it causes floaters and other visual artifacts. Last year, my eye doctor saw something on my macula and sent me to a specialist because it concerned her.

Diagnosis is Macular Pucker; this means that part of the vitreous remained attached to the macula (where focus occurs). If this progresses, which means that it continues to shrink, it will put pressure on the macula and can affect vision.

Oh, the joys of getting older...

See a specialist; you only have one pair of eyes...

When I turned 50, my vision changed dramatically; I didn't require correction for distance as I've been nearsighted my entire life. Now, I need to wear reading glasses and my far vision is 20/25

I've seen an eye doctor annually since I was 12. Had to have correction until I was 50. It's like your teeth, take care of them and they will last you as long as you need them. Ignore them and ...

[Stewie]

Originally Posted by crayzkirk

As we get older, the gel in our eyes, vitreous fluid shrinks like Jello in the refigerator. When this happens, it causes floaters and other visual artifacts. Last year, my eye doctor saw something on my macula and sent me to a specialist because it concerned her.

Diagnosis is Macular Pucker; this means that part of the vitreous remained attached to the macula (where focus occurs). If this progresses, which means that it continues to shrink, it will put pressure on the macula and can affect vision.

Oh, the joys of getting older...

See a specialist; you only have one pair of eyes...

When I turned 50, my vision changed dramatically; I didn't require correction for distance as I've been nearsighted my entire life. Now, I need to wear reading glasses and my far vision is 20/25

This is why I do yearly exams. I'm 62 and cherish my vision. An optometrist is my first line of defense. Ophthalmologists for something out of the ordinary.