tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post2444578774803304457..comments2024-03-29T08:14:32.748-04:00Comments on Bonfire of the Vanities: 20/25; 20/30Fr Martin Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-27477772855430019772007-11-09T10:02:00.000-05:002007-11-09T10:02:00.000-05:00I am getting my first pair of bifocals and decided...I am getting my first pair of bifocals and decided to go with no line. However, I differ from others that wear them. I do not need to read when walking so I talked with the doctor and decided to wear the glasses I have now all the time and put the bifocals on when I need them, sitting at the computer at work or school. <BR/><BR/>School has driven me crazy and is the only reason I am getting bifocals. I keep switching glasses between looking at the board and my papers and books. So I decided to get some no line bifocals. I went to the Wal-Mart here in Macomb, IL and got the exact same frames I already wear. They cost me $448.00. I have no insurance so it was a cash sale. I got the medium lens, ant scratch, etc...<BR/><BR/>Good luck with your new glasses. Give them time that is what I would suggest because that is what everyone has told me.<BR/><BR/>Glasses 200-600, see the doctor once a year. If your script doesn't change but every few years you should be good. Just put 10-20 dollars a month up in a glasses fund. Or wear contacts and reading glasses over them. But if you do that your reading glasses have to get stronger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-30117568547958620982007-09-19T23:04:00.000-04:002007-09-19T23:04:00.000-04:00I am reminding everyone that perhaps around age 40...I am reminding everyone that perhaps around age 40 it's important to be checked regularly for glaucoma to prevent future blindness. If found, medication can keep it from progressing. This disease is genetic and way more common than you would expect.<BR/>I was shocked when I learned I had it. There are no overt symptoms - it is only discovered upon examination. If anyone in your family tree has experienced this disease, or if you are past "a certain age", be sure to get it checked out.<BR/><BR/>AnnieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-22053670743125478492007-09-15T18:22:00.001-04:002007-09-15T18:22:00.001-04:00Oh, and he said I should expect a new prescription...Oh, and he said I should expect a new prescription every two years.Fr Martin Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-82441239553927668202007-09-15T18:22:00.000-04:002007-09-15T18:22:00.000-04:00I paid a little over $200; the kind doctor charged...I paid a little over $200; the kind doctor charged me nothing for the check up.Fr Martin Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-89841039334510399392007-09-15T15:51:00.000-04:002007-09-15T15:51:00.000-04:00Yech. I've had the same eyeglass prescription for ...Yech. I've had the same eyeglass prescription for 15 years. Actually, I had the same prescription for ten years, and have not been back to the eye doctor since I went off my parents' insurance six years ago - no optical coverage at any job I've had yet. I'm really dreading having to go back someday...may have to re-fi my home to do it... :-pKasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12252276821520357094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-24545446770148012112007-09-15T11:02:00.000-04:002007-09-15T11:02:00.000-04:00Welcome to the ranks of the four-eyed! MIddle age ...Welcome to the ranks of the four-eyed! MIddle age is a pain, but I'm grateful for modern optometry.<BR/><BR/>I tried bifocals many years ago and just couldn't adjust. So now I have distance glasses for driving, reading glasses, and compromise glasses to wear indoors. (I can read with the compromise glasses in the evening, but in the morning I really need those reading glasses. My optometrist says it's because the eye muscles have to "warm up" at the start of the new day.) So all day long I'm whipping glasses on and off. But it beats bifocals.<BR/><BR/>Thank goodness we had eyeglass insurance through my husband's work so that I could gradually builld up my stable of spectacles!Catholic Bibliophagisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10697706672495544901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-84495625974795394692007-09-14T20:27:00.000-04:002007-09-14T20:27:00.000-04:00Father, I have progressive bifocals, so I will say...Father, I have progressive bifocals, so I will say the lens alone are probably around $300.<BR/><BR/>Every year get a checkup!The Digital Hairshirthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15585915716220088744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-31974927941234615162007-09-14T15:19:00.000-04:002007-09-14T15:19:00.000-04:00I would guess you paid, for no-line bifocals, the ...I would guess you paid, for no-line bifocals, the exam and everything between $300 and $350.beezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185433444648099531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-92221275002712719242007-09-14T15:00:00.000-04:002007-09-14T15:00:00.000-04:00I have a tough prescription on top of needing bifo...I have a tough prescription on top of needing bifocals and my most recent pair cost me $400 AFTER my insurance.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070920215647366613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-46247071370598604292007-09-14T13:58:00.000-04:002007-09-14T13:58:00.000-04:00Oh, my husband has transitions, scratch proof, etc...Oh, my husband has transitions, scratch proof, etc. That may be why they were a little more expensive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-26411969783974964712007-09-14T13:56:00.000-04:002007-09-14T13:56:00.000-04:00We just paid $250 for my husbands and that was aft...We just paid $250 for my husbands and that was after insurance; no line bifocals. He will go to the other kind next time because he thinks it causes him to be MORE dizzy than the others would because there is not definite line for separation. Be careful driving till you are used to them. I noticed something was wrong with mine when I was sitting in back of Church during Mass wondering if that was Fr. So and So or the other Fr. So and So (too bad they were wearing the vestments the Pope and other were wearing the other day...GAWDY..would have had to put on sunglasses it was so loud!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-45562925695419413022007-09-14T12:08:00.000-04:002007-09-14T12:08:00.000-04:00I think it is a conspiracy! I didn't need glasses ...I think it is a conspiracy! I didn't need glasses all my life and then at the age of 27 they told me I need them. I'm too young to have glasses! <BR/><BR/>Your dad had flip up glasses!? Sounds like a cool guy! ;-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00570196313847615587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-77896693227485908862007-09-14T10:12:00.000-04:002007-09-14T10:12:00.000-04:00Welcome to the gift that comes with being over 40!...Welcome to the gift that comes with being over 40!<BR/><BR/>As a wearer of eyeglasses since I was 6, I can feel your pain. As a child I needed a new prescription every 6 months. At 15, my eyes were stable enough to get contact lenses. Since it was many years ago and the only option available to me for my prescription was hard lenses, I got used to them and guess what? my prescription didn't change for the next 25 years. But then 40 crept up and with 40 came reading glasses with my contacts and at 42 came the dreaded bifocal with my glasses.<BR/><BR/>My contact prescription hasn't changed much, but the reading glasses have.<BR/><BR/>By the way, my husband started wearing bi-focals in fourth grade.<BR/><BR/>It's an expensive pain in the neck to change prescriptions, but heck, it beats the alternative.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381445346226109566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-67028065258572143222007-09-14T09:15:00.000-04:002007-09-14T09:15:00.000-04:00Hey hey, I have had bifocals since I was 1 year ol...Hey hey, I have had bifocals since I was 1 year old. I first had the blended (invisible) bifocals at 13 and that took me forever to get used to, but now I wouldn't switch back for anything.<BR/><BR/>$250? And every six months?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-55070859143711164772007-09-13T22:45:00.000-04:002007-09-13T22:45:00.000-04:00Hope you can get used to them. After 3 yrs of fee...Hope you can get used to them. After 3 yrs of feeling off-balance (but never had headaches), I gave up on bifocals & just trade off for near/close. Much happier.<BR/>May you adapt soon. What Sara says<BR/>about walking downstairs is very important.<BR/><BR/>AnnieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-1129563028505392492007-09-13T21:47:00.000-04:002007-09-13T21:47:00.000-04:00I wear half glasses; they sit down on my nose when...I wear half glasses; they sit down on my nose when I am doing non print things and I look through them when I am on the computer etcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-32204735307748849682007-09-13T21:41:00.000-04:002007-09-13T21:41:00.000-04:00A couple hundred.Every year.What do I win?A couple hundred.<BR/><BR/>Every year.<BR/><BR/><BR/>What do I win?Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675918069376931859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-38481017464916727332007-09-13T20:37:00.000-04:002007-09-13T20:37:00.000-04:00Father, try being told you need bifocals when you'...Father, try being told you need bifocals when you're only 25! I went with the progressive lenses and am pleased with them.<BR/><BR/>I'll warn you now though--they are HARD to get used to. Be careful when you're walking down stairs and be prepared for headaches for a while. My opthamologist's advice was to wear them until I got used to them and to not switch back to my old frames.<BR/><BR/>Having bought two pairs now--I feel your pain about the price.<BR/><BR/>Best of luck.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070920215647366613noreply@blogger.com