Reply to: Ow my eyes!

[BoredBloke]

Shouldn't have gone to SpecSavers mate

I went to vision express for my current pair. They were stupidly expensive, about 300 all in, but I needed them quickly as I'd lost my last pair on a ride at Thorpe Park - driving back that night was fun in my sun glasses. But I took out the insurance and I plan to what I did last time. When they get old and dated I'll 'sit on them' and then have them give me a new pair! So 300 suddenly is 150!

It's all just a con though. 10p worth of wire and the same in glass - that will be 100 pounds! When I went to spec savers sometime before, the guy doing the test told me he was self employed also but has to be to work there - yet they supply all his kit/customers/offices and dictate who he sees, when and how - so I reported the fecker to the IR. Well I think it was them but I couldn't really tell because of my new tulipty bins!

[shaunbhoy]

The Wiki article on presbyopia used to display a chart of age versus dioptres left in the visual system, which is now removed for some reason. The WayBack version has a very small version of it though, which you might have trouble seeing without your specs +2 equates to 50.

Cheers TW. Tried accessing the Wiki site but my PC is a bit temperemental where Wikipedia is concerned for some reason. Anyway, gleaned enough from what you explained earlier. Thanks again.

[Lester]

Keratoconus can be caused by diabetes and certainly uncontrolled diabetes will cause fluctuations in eyesight especially to the extreme ends of prescription. It is worth going for tests.

Yep, 6.6 mmol/l. GP told me 7.0 is the threshold for being diagnosed as diabetic.

[Paddy]

. My optician tracked down a lab in Germany that makes them in 1.74. Before that, they were from Japan.

Diagnosed with keratoconus about 8 years ago. Thinking seriously about giving Colagen Cross Linking a try cos the rate of change in my presecription recently has been pretty scary.

Currently
R -0.25 / -9.75 / 91.5
L -3.25 / -5.50 / 74

Was
R -1.25 / -8.50 / 90
L -4.25 / -3.50 / 74

only two years ago. My (previously) OKish left eye is pretty tulip now

Keratoconus can be caused by diabetes and certainly uncontrolled diabetes will cause fluctuations in eyesight especially to the extreme ends of prescription. It is worth going for tests.

[shaunbhoy]

I fell for the Specsavers Varifocal trick too

Don't do it, its just so they can charge more money.

and I only wear glasses for driving at night or cinema i.e. not very short-sighted at all.

I feel foolish for getting ripped off.

For my occasional glasses usage I recommend glassesdirect.co.uk - you'll save a packet.

Cheers sg. I'll bear it in mind.

[TimberWolf]

Wow!! Do you give technical advice on "Silent Witness" TimberWolf??
Pretty much spot on..............approaching 52 as it happens.
I wouldn't complain, but at my age leching is a significant hobby, so anything that interferes with that pastime ought to be attended to.
On the up side, I am finding that the proportion of females in the population that is actually worth "vetting" is rising exponentially though!

The Wiki article on presbyopia used to display a chart of age versus dioptres left in the visual system, which is now removed for some reason. The WayBack version has a very small version of it though, which you might have trouble seeing without your specs +2 equates to 50.

[sasguru]

Wow!! Do you give technical advice on "Silent Witness" TimberWolf??
Pretty much spot on..............approaching 52 as it happens.
I wouldn't complain, but at my age leching is a significant hobby, so anything that interferes with that pastime ought to be attended to.
On the up side, I am finding that the proportion of females in the population that is actually worth "vetting" is rising exponentially though!

I fell for the Specsavers Varifocal trick too

Don't do it, its just so they can charge more money.

and I only wear glasses for driving at night or cinema i.e. not very short-sighted at all.

I feel foolish for getting ripped off.

For my occasional glasses usage I recommend glassesdirect.co.uk - you'll save a packet.

[shaunbhoy]

It means you are slightly long sighted in both eyes (+1), have a small amount astigmatism that negates it slightly on one axis (cyl and axis), are presbyotic (+2) and are probably approaching 50, and have provided an additional prescription for intermediate distances (+1.25).

Wow!! Do you give technical advice on "Silent Witness" TimberWolf??
Pretty much spot on..............approaching 52 as it happens.
I wouldn't complain, but at my age leching is a significant hobby, so anything that interferes with that pastime ought to be attended to.
On the up side, I am finding that the proportion of females in the population that is actually worth "vetting" is rising exponentially though!

[TimberWolf]

Lots of good stuff on here. Went for an eye test last week at Specsavers. Got my prescription from them and was told that I probably ought to have varifocals for most everyday situations. Have been using prescription reading glasses for PC work for a couple of years now and although they are fine for that, I have found that my vision without them now seems to have deteriorated quite markedly.
My prescription reads

SPH CYL AXIS Near-Add Inter-Add
R +1 -0.5 70.0 +2 +1.25
L +1 -0.25 100.0 +2 +1.25


Whatever the fook that means!
Was thinking of getting some cheapo ones off the net, but have now resolved to head to Boots instead. Any other recommendations from the bespectacled ones on here would be much appreciated.

It means you are slightly long sighted in both eyes (+1), have a small amount astigmatism that negates it slightly on one axis (cyl and axis), are presbyotic (+2) and are probably approaching 50, and have provided an additional prescription for intermediate distances (+1.25).

[Lester]

-9.75 CYL Can't be too many labs that can make those.

. My optician tracked down a lab in Germany that makes them in 1.74. Before that, they were from Japan.

Diagnosed with keratoconus about 8 years ago. Thinking seriously about giving Colagen Cross Linking a try cos the rate of change in my presecription recently has been pretty scary.

Currently
R -0.25 / -9.75 / 91.5
L -3.25 / -5.50 / 74

Was
R -1.25 / -8.50 / 90
L -4.25 / -3.50 / 74

only two years ago. My (previously) OKish left eye is pretty tulip now

[shaunbhoy]

Lots of good stuff on here. Went for an eye test last week at Specsavers. Got my prescription from them and was told that I probably ought to have varifocals for most everyday situations. Have been using prescription reading glasses for PC work for a couple of years now and although they are fine for that, I have found that my vision without them now seems to have deteriorated quite markedly.
My prescription reads

SPH CYL AXIS Near-Add Inter-Add
R +1 -0.5 70.0 +2 +1.25
L +1 -0.25 100.0 +2 +1.25


Whatever the fook that means!
Was thinking of getting some cheapo ones off the net, but have now resolved to head to Boots instead. Any other recommendations from the bespectacled ones on here would be much appreciated.

[ASB]

FWIW, my advice would be to find an independent optician who you can trust. Eyesight isn't something I want hand over to the lowest cost provider.

Mrs Lester just paid £520 for new frames with varifocals. My most recent lenses (to cope with a -9.75 CYL astigmatism) cost me £335. And need replacing every 6/7 months .

Our optician loves us.

-9.75 CYL Can't be too many labs that can make those.

[Lester]

FWIW, my advice would be to find an independent optician who you can trust. Eyesight isn't something I want hand over to the lowest cost provider.

Mrs Lester just paid £520 for new frames with varifocals. My most recent lenses (to cope with a -9.75 CYL astigmatism) cost me £335. And need replacing every 6/7 months .

Our optician loves us.

[Paddy]

I'll be honest, I've been wearing glasses for 25 years and I didn't understand much of that! I don't think I've ever done a Hess test and I don't know what PD is. Which makes me feel a bit stupid. I've simply left it to my trusty optician to worry about that. Then he retired. I felt a bit stranded, hence trying SpecSavers.

I have some astigmatism in one eye which makes contacts difficult (you need some special lens type which can't rotate). I tried contacts once for a week and simply hated them. The astigmatism, so I've been told, also makes Laser surgery not an option. IIRC my prescription isn't strong, I think it's the astigmatism that's the real issue.

Thanks for all replies. I'm resolved to see (1) Boots, and (2) An independent, so I can compare and contrast, then get some new specs. Cost is not a factor when it comes to my eyes.

http://www.lexum.cz/index.php?p=en0301#as

[moorfield]

Where do you folks (the few who don't have 20:20 vision ) get your specs? Do you use varis for screen work?

Vision Express. Can't fault them.

And you get to sit in a darkened room with a fit optometrist inside your personal space.