"Note to self"
#12
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: MS
Posts: 2,624
Well, I've worn glasses or contacts for many years. Since I have dry eye syndrome, I can no longer wear contacts. the last contacts I tried over 10 years ago were actually "bifocal" Talk about having to adjust to them which I never did so I just went back to glasses.
Now I'm having vision problems and the dr can't figure out exactly what's wrong. I've almost lost all vision in my right eye which has always been weaker. But I couldn't even read the top line on the chart...could only see tops of letters. Then they did the "color book test" which is like those prints you see at the mall where if you look at it long enough, you can make out the actual subject in it. I didn't even pass the test with my right eye..(sometimes I think they try to trick you!) My dr just looks at me like "are you serious"? Well, yes!! So now I have an apt with a retina specialist and then will go see a neurologist. I did this routine 2 years ago and none of the doctors could figure out what was wrong.
I wear the progressive lens and usually don't have any problems with them. Right now though, if I stay on computer too long, both eyes will become so blurred I can't see anything!!! Dr did say that I needed cataract surgery in boh eyes but he won't do it until all other options have been explored.
My little 2.5 yo grandson had to start wearing glasses about 4 months ago. The glasses frame is rubber and the lens are acrylic. He is so cute in them!!
Now I'm having vision problems and the dr can't figure out exactly what's wrong. I've almost lost all vision in my right eye which has always been weaker. But I couldn't even read the top line on the chart...could only see tops of letters. Then they did the "color book test" which is like those prints you see at the mall where if you look at it long enough, you can make out the actual subject in it. I didn't even pass the test with my right eye..(sometimes I think they try to trick you!) My dr just looks at me like "are you serious"? Well, yes!! So now I have an apt with a retina specialist and then will go see a neurologist. I did this routine 2 years ago and none of the doctors could figure out what was wrong.
I wear the progressive lens and usually don't have any problems with them. Right now though, if I stay on computer too long, both eyes will become so blurred I can't see anything!!! Dr did say that I needed cataract surgery in boh eyes but he won't do it until all other options have been explored.
My little 2.5 yo grandson had to start wearing glasses about 4 months ago. The glasses frame is rubber and the lens are acrylic. He is so cute in them!!
#13
Super Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 2,061
Bifocals are the pits until you get used to them. I fell off curbs, upstairs, and stumbled around like a drunken sailor. When they offered me tri-focals I had a fit but adjusted to them overnight. Courage and some Tylenol will get you through! Good luck!
#14
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Normal, IL
Posts: 563
Many years ago I got a new pair of glasses. They gave me really bad headaches. I took them back and they said the prescription was out of alignment, they would a man with the widest spread eyes headaches.. They sent them back, got the prescrpiton fixed and no more headaches. Have them check them out thoroughly.
#15
Oh I feel your pain. I have been wearing glasses for almost 50 years and have never had trouble adjusting to a new prescription . . . until I got trifocals. Never did the bifocals, went from single focus to trifocal and walked around dizzy and with a headache for days. I have had them for about 4 years now, and am on my second pair but I still hate them. I have complained, changed doctors, changed labs and still can't see for sh--. I am just marking time until the doctor can find evidence of cataracts, then it is surgery and new eyes for me. He would do the surgery today, but insurance won't pay for it until he finds a cataract.
#16
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: In the middle of a mess...
Posts: 20,025
Sometimes the problem with the glasses is NOT you, it's the glasses themselves. They aren't fit right to your face. Queezyness and dizzyness should NOT happen when you put them on. Take them back and have them fitted to you again.
#17
I have worn glasses for a lot of years. The first pair of bifocals I got did to me what you are experiencing. I could not wear them (falling, tripping,etc.). After several trips back to dr they discovered that the line on one one different than the other. When they had that lens redone everything was fine and I had on trouble. Many years ago my husband got glasses that felt really strange. He had to teach a class that first evening after picking them up. As a joke heput them on upside down and guess what -- they worked fine. Dr said he had never had a pair of glasses with the lenses reversed.
#18
Well, I've worn glasses or contacts for many years. Since I have dry eye syndrome, I can no longer wear contacts. the last contacts I tried over 10 years ago were actually "bifocal" Talk about having to adjust to them which I never did so I just went back to glasses.
Now I'm having vision problems and the dr can't figure out exactly what's wrong. I've almost lost all vision in my right eye which has always been weaker. But I couldn't even read the top line on the chart...could only see tops of letters. Then they did the "color book test" which is like those prints you see at the mall where if you look at it long enough, you can make out the actual subject in it. I didn't even pass the test with my right eye..(sometimes I think they try to trick you!) My dr just looks at me like "are you serious"? Well, yes!! So now I have an apt with a retina specialist and then will go see a neurologist. I did this routine 2 years ago and none of the doctors could figure out what was wrong.
I wear the progressive lens and usually don't have any problems with them. Right now though, if I stay on computer too long, both eyes will become so blurred I can't see anything!!! Dr did say that I needed cataract surgery in boh eyes but he won't do it until all other options have been explored.
My little 2.5 yo grandson had to start wearing glasses about 4 months ago. The glasses frame is rubber and the lens are acrylic. He is so cute in them!!
Now I'm having vision problems and the dr can't figure out exactly what's wrong. I've almost lost all vision in my right eye which has always been weaker. But I couldn't even read the top line on the chart...could only see tops of letters. Then they did the "color book test" which is like those prints you see at the mall where if you look at it long enough, you can make out the actual subject in it. I didn't even pass the test with my right eye..(sometimes I think they try to trick you!) My dr just looks at me like "are you serious"? Well, yes!! So now I have an apt with a retina specialist and then will go see a neurologist. I did this routine 2 years ago and none of the doctors could figure out what was wrong.
I wear the progressive lens and usually don't have any problems with them. Right now though, if I stay on computer too long, both eyes will become so blurred I can't see anything!!! Dr did say that I needed cataract surgery in boh eyes but he won't do it until all other options have been explored.
My little 2.5 yo grandson had to start wearing glasses about 4 months ago. The glasses frame is rubber and the lens are acrylic. He is so cute in them!!
#20
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: SW TN
Posts: 592
Glad you are feeling better today with your new glasses.
Progressive lens did not work for me I wear bifocals with lines and now don't even see the 'line'.
Had a new pair one time and they reversed the lens (left one in right and right one in left). Would you believe that I couldn't see work a darn . Everyone makes mistakes.
Progressive lens did not work for me I wear bifocals with lines and now don't even see the 'line'.
Had a new pair one time and they reversed the lens (left one in right and right one in left). Would you believe that I couldn't see work a darn . Everyone makes mistakes.
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