Life How is your vision? - Page 4

Stewie · 08-04-2021, 10:51 PM

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?

-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.

**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.

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.

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.

**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.

**luv** · 08-05-2021, 01:27 PM

As for vision. I didn't get glasses until I was 24. Went to get my driver's license renewed, and noticed some letters were hard to read. The person at the DMV said I did good enough to pass, but that I might want to get my eyes checked.

In my thirties, by stigmatism kept getting a little worse, and I kept getting slightly more near-sighted. Now, I'm 44, and I just started wearing progressives.

Abba-Dabba · 08-05-2021, 01:34 PM

Good enough to make it to the bathroom in the middle of the night without running into a wall or stubbing a toe.

No longer can drive without glasses though.

Age related ****tardness.

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.

oldman · 08-05-2021, 01:59 PM

I wore contacts starting at age 26 or so until my late 50s. The problem I had when I got to about 56 or 57, they started gooing up quite a bit and extended wear contacts are not made for daily cleaning. So, being the cheap m-fer I am, I just gave up and went to glasses about age 60.

My insurance covers all but $20 for an annual eye exam and I buy my glasses from Zenni. They're much cheaper than Wallyworld, Target, or that 1-hour place. I don't know about America's Best, the closest one to me is 35 miles. I usually have to change about every 2 years. Glasses are in the $30-40 range and sunglasses are a little higher. I demand style!!

https://www.zennioptical.com/tv

tyecopeland · 08-05-2021, 01:59 PM

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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.

Ugh. ****ing floaters. Used to have a bunch of those before I got lasik. Now it's very rare that I notice them.

Fish · 08-05-2021, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by tyecopeland

Ugh. ****ing floaters. Used to have a bunch of those before I got lasik. Now it's very rare that I notice them.

Mine is about 20 times worse than that pic...

tyecopeland · 08-05-2021, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish

Mine is about 20 times worse than that pic...

Yeah, I understand, although I didn't have them as bad as you, mine was worse than that picture too.

I wouldn't notice them all the time but when I would notice them it was hard to stop seeing them. Sometimes I'd sit in class and chase them around. I'm sure I looked like a crack head doing that if anyone noticed.

Mosbonian · 08-05-2021, 04:38 PM

I had 20/20 until I reached my 60th......then realized I was squinting too much when I read things. Finally went to the eye doctor and was told my eyes we just changing as I got older. Managed on reading glasses for a couple of years...

Now, because of my Type 2 Diabetes I go every year. Now my eyesight (without glasses) is 20/25 in my left, 20/30 in my right eye. I have trace cataracts but nothing that needs surgery right now.

But getting to the right prescription was a pain....one was too much, the other 2 little. And like some here, the distance vision sucks.

Eureka · 08-05-2021, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Mosbonian

I had 20/20 until I reached my 60th......then realized I was squinting too much when I read things. Finally went to the eye doctor and was told my eyes we just changing as I got older. Managed on reading glasses for a couple of years...

Now, because of my Type 2 Diabetes I go every year. Now my eyesight (without glasses) is 20/25 in my left, 20/30 in my right eye. I have trace cataracts but nothing that needs surgery right now.

But getting to the right prescription was a pain....one was too much, the other 2 little. And like some here, the distance vision sucks.

So you're saying my vision won't improve as I age?

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08-04-2021, 10:51 PM
Stewie MVP Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: West of the Equator Casino cash: $-1820099	How is your vision? 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?
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08-05-2021, 12:17 PM	#46
-King- ▓▓▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓ Join Date: Jan 2009 Casino cash: $-1424257	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	#50
Eureka C Chiefs once a year! Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Cali Casino cash: $-1273903	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.
Posts: 8,545

08-05-2021, 01:27 PM	#52
luv You think you can get by this? Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Springfield, MO Casino cash: $-1250000	As for vision. I didn't get glasses until I was 24. Went to get my driver's license renewed, and noticed some letters were hard to read. The person at the DMV said I did good enough to pass, but that I might want to get my eyes checked. In my thirties, by stigmatism kept getting a little worse, and I kept getting slightly more near-sighted. Now, I'm 44, and I just started wearing progressives.
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08-05-2021, 01:34 PM	#53
Abba-Dabba MVP Join Date: May 2001 Casino cash: $3582970	Good enough to make it to the bathroom in the middle of the night without running into a wall or stubbing a toe. No longer can drive without glasses though. Age related ****tardness.
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08-05-2021, 01:59 PM	#55
oldman Curmudgeon Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: North by Northwest Casino cash: $5836784	I wore contacts starting at age 26 or so until my late 50s. The problem I had when I got to about 56 or 57, they started gooing up quite a bit and extended wear contacts are not made for daily cleaning. So, being the cheap m-fer I am, I just gave up and went to glasses about age 60. My insurance covers all but $20 for an annual eye exam and I buy my glasses from Zenni. They're much cheaper than Wallyworld, Target, or that 1-hour place. I don't know about America's Best, the closest one to me is 35 miles. I usually have to change about every 2 years. Glasses are in the $30-40 range and sunglasses are a little higher. I demand style!! https://www.zennioptical.com/tv Last edited by oldman; 08-05-2021 at 02:00 PM.. Reason: Forgot link
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08-05-2021, 04:38 PM	#59
Mosbonian On Hiatus Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $-1330300	I had 20/20 until I reached my 60th......then realized I was squinting too much when I read things. Finally went to the eye doctor and was told my eyes we just changing as I got older. Managed on reading glasses for a couple of years... Now, because of my Type 2 Diabetes I go every year. Now my eyesight (without glasses) is 20/25 in my left, 20/30 in my right eye. I have trace cataracts but nothing that needs surgery right now. But getting to the right prescription was a pain....one was too much, the other 2 little. And like some here, the distance vision sucks.
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