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Thread ID: 129114	2013-02-03 22:09:00	A tip if you're buying prescription glasses for the first time	BBCmicro (15761)	PC World Chat

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1326424	2013-02-08 21:24:00	The human eye was designed to typically give good service up to age 50. Untill the last century or two you were expected to be dead before hitting your 60's, so there's really been no 'evolution' (if I can use that word without offending some) towards a longer lived ocular system. Your son sounds like another case of astigmatism (smudged vision). Astigmatism mucks up long range and short range vision, can lead to fatigue and headaches. It's also one of the hardest issues for a person to detect for themselves. Best answer for astigmatism is to wear the corrective lenses ALL DAY EVERY DAY. As for yourself and your husband, you're likely effected by Presbyopia, a hardening of the lens that sits behind your pupil. This results in increasing difficulty adjusting your eyes for sustained close work. We all start to feel the effects of it after our early 40's, although some folks like to deny any issues well past that age. If your books look clearer if you hold them further away, then you've got Presbyopia, and reading glasses will help. The worse news is that presbyopia goes hand in hand with age related cataract. The process that causes Presbyopia is the same process that ultimately gives us all cataract (expect to need surgery by age 75 +/- 5 years). I need to stress that we are ALL on the path to a cataract. It's a fact of life, like death and taxes. Budget $7,000 of todays money for fixing the cataract in both eyes. So for those of us 55 and younger, it might cost $14,000 by the time we've reached age 75. Best to start saving NOW. There's no harm in simply going for a check and just seeing what the optom can determine. There's no need to wait til you have definite issues before getting checked. I saw a guy recently who'd lost 50% of the vision in one eye (permanently damaged) through going unchecked for a decade. He'd probably had glaucoma for 8 of those 10 years. An eye exam 5 years earlier probably would have made a huge difference to the outcome, so to everybody, please don't wait until you know there's a problem. Glaucoma is called the 'sneak thief of sight' because it doesn't give symptoms until far too late. Odds are you don't have it, and I don't want to panic you, but it's wiser to go for a test you don't need than to wait until you have a dire need for a test. wow thanks for that info............. and lol i dont have a husband ( or partner etc...nope) i was talking just about me and 2 kidlets....... but what you said was very helpful and i definitly go to the optician asap. how often do you recommend people get there eyes rechecked once they wear glasses? Thank you	beetle (243)
1326425	2013-02-08 21:35:00	I get a reminder from my optician to have my eyes checked every 2 years. I wear glasses. :)	Trev (427)
1326426	2013-02-08 22:27:00	Thanks Trev............. since my son wears his glasses so sporadically i forget he has them, and as i wasnt the initial person who took them to get tested ive forgotten how long he has had this pair...... and it wouldnt be me that gets the reminder sadly...	beetle (243)
1326427	2013-02-10 00:06:00	Paul.cov, I have an eye exam near the end of the month. Have noticed when reading without my glasses one eye is stronger than the other. Is this worth mentioning to the optometrist?	QW. (15883)
1326428	2013-02-10 00:23:00	If you have a current AA membership subscription, you are entitle to one free eye examination with Specsavers.	Renmoo (66)
1326429	2013-02-10 02:03:00	If you have a current AA membership subscription, you are entitle to one free eye examination with Specsavers. I guess you have to pay to get your second I checked.	CliveM (6007)
1326430	2013-02-10 02:53:00	Specsavers cost me a lot of money. I got driving glasses, reading glasses, & Polaroid lensed glasses. The frames were expensive and they couldn't make the lenses fit my Titanium frames, also the screws fell out. The first two were not as good as ones from the Chemist, the Polaroids are Ok. Next time I will go to a proper optician and get some decent ones.	mzee (3324)
1326431	2013-02-10 03:15:00	Yes specsavers are not all that they make out too be. I go to my local Visique optician, who also have Flybuys. :)	Trev (427)
1326432	2013-02-10 03:44:00	Paul.cov, I have an eye exam near the end of the month. Have noticed when reading without my glasses one eye is stronger than the other. Is this worth mentioning to the optometrist? No need. He/she will work it out quickly enough. When it comes to unequal perception between the eyes it's more important to mention if one eye sees red shades differently from the other eye, or if you've percieved a restricted field of view (peripheral vision) in one eye compared to the other. Run of the mill focusing differences are easily detected and correected (except with lazy eyes where there's a permanent, life-long difference).	Paul.Cov (425)
1326433	2013-02-10 07:08:00	Yes specsavers are not all that they make out too be. I go to my local Visique optician, who also have Flybuys. :) I went to Visique for several years. Last lot of glasses I got from them cost me over $500. Have found Specsavers to be better than Visique in some ways.	QW. (15883)
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