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Whee, eyes.
Got the eye exam. My eyes are healthy and my prescription has only changed a very little bit in four years. Yay. And the doctor actually had some useful suggestions for the dry eye problems. Also yay. And I found some cute new frames. Further yay. And my company has a good vision plan, and I have a flexible spending account that will cover the extra bits (antireflective/scratch-resistant/UV-protecting coating, for instance, and the exam copay). Yet more yay.
Not so yay: it'll be a week or so to get the new glasses, and they weren't going to be able to do anything about my broken ones without ordering a part, which will take just as long as getting the new glasses. I did manage to re-tape the broken bit in such a way that it seems to be staying put better, so perhaps they won't drive me quite as nuts as they have been the past two days. But I will very much be looking forward to my new ones!
Not so yay: it'll be a week or so to get the new glasses, and they weren't going to be able to do anything about my broken ones without ordering a part, which will take just as long as getting the new glasses. I did manage to re-tape the broken bit in such a way that it seems to be staying put better, so perhaps they won't drive me quite as nuts as they have been the past two days. But I will very much be looking forward to my new ones!
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While I will not sing their praises for quality, $8.95- $19.95 for full sets plus $4.95 shipping no matter how many pairs you order makes for good back-up.
Took about 2 weeks to arrive, if that.
You just need your prescription information and CC info. :)
(and when I say quality, I refer to the frames themselves- a bit squeaky- I got plastic ones- the lenses/prescription are just fine)
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Broken glasses? Ick. Decent vision plan. Cool. :) I used to have one, when I was teaching. Now only the eye exam is covered, under my medical. Ended up getting my latest pair at Costco(!) of all things.
My prescription has changed a lot over the past seven years: five improvements. :p Probably because that's when I started treating my sleep apnea, so I'm not tired all the time. My eyes are back to the way around the end of uni...I'm starting to have to take the glasses off to read or work at the computer again, because I'm overfocusing up close. :)
Dry eyes? Lessee...my blink rate is less frequent than human normal, my mother and I both have faulty tear ducts, I sleep with my eyes partway open, and my CPAP mask slips sometimes and leaks into my eyes. I've been keeping bottles of artificial tears handy for something like 25 years now. My biggest problem has always been remembering to put them in before my eyes shrivel up.
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My eye doc recommended a different sort of OTC drops for me. The brand name is "Soothe." They're basically mineral oil, of all things, along with lubricants. They purportedly help restore the lipid layer that keeps the tears in, so they don't evaporate as fast.
He also had me get some omega-3 supplements. Apparently those can help too.
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(Anonymous) 2007-09-01 12:01 am (UTC)(link)I hope these work better for you.
Omega-3? Hmm, hadn't thought of that.