I am getting glasses; ask me anything!!

[proud2BlibKansan]

[Dave Reynolds]

1. Myopic?

I had glasses from age 8 to age 39, and then had LASIK.

Luckily, since you are an adult no one will call you "four-eyes" all the time.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Presbiopic

Did I spell that right?

[Dave Reynolds]

3. I think it is presbyopic,

but I may be wrong as well.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Well it is a bitch

I can't see the dashboard on my car!

[Shine]

53. I had glasses from 5 to 14. Contacts from 14-35. Then I had LASIK.

best money I ever spent!
Isn't it great??
Hi Dave!!
:hi:

[proud2BlibKansan]

56. Sorry - no way is anyone zapping my eyes with a laser

I don't think it works for presbyopia anyway.

[Shine]

69. Hey, that's cool. LASIK ain't for everybody.

and you're right, it doesn't correct presbyopia. At some point, I will have to resort to reading glasses as I get older. Even so, I have absolutely no regrets about doing it. Having clear vision, without wearing corrective lenses, has been a huge, transformative gift in my life.

[proud2BlibKansan]

72. That's great

I have a co-worker who did it, and then presbyopia set in and she had to get glasses again. LOL

[Dave Reynolds]

61. Money very well spent.

I need enhancements in both eyes, and will be doing so before March.

It is so cool to be able to wear REAL sunglasses.

:hi:

[Shine]

70. When did you do your LASIK?

I'm coming up on my 7 yr anniversary of my LASIK surgery, this coming March, in fact. :thumbsup:

I love being able to go camping w/out all the hassle of contacts and glasses. There are many, many benefits. In my opinion, the benefits definitely outweigh the risks.

:hi:

[Dave Reynolds]

71. I did mine in July 2003.

I was profoundly myopic, with astigmatism so bad that I was at the far end of what could be corrected.

I was not too far from Windsor, Ontario, so I went there. No regrets at all.

[evlbstrd]

5. What do I look like now?

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. Still strange

I don't get my glasses till next week.

[evlbstrd]

7. Alright then.

Next week I'll be strangely in focus.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. Are you going to DFA tomorrow?

I met another DUer who is going to be there!!

We are such social people. LOL

[evlbstrd]

11. Maybe.

Here's the agenda:
At 7:00 PM, Sandra Aust from Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures will discuss the stem cell legislation coming before the Missouri Legislature this Spring.

From 5:30 to 7:00, DFA will join with Drinking Liberally for a social hour and silent auction.
Nametags are encouraged.

edit to change my mind: See you at 5:30?

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. Yep - you want a ride?

Got my cell? I'll be coming from school so it's no problemo to swing by and pick you up. Call me.

[evlbstrd]

25. But you can't see the dashboard!

Oh, well. better to be in your than in front of it.
I don't have your cel no.

[proud2BlibKansan]

28. You know it's funny; technically I don't NEED them to DRIVE

unless I want to see INSIDE my car.

I will PM you my cell. Don't give it to any telemarketers please.

[evlbstrd]

34. Who needs to see the pesky speedometer

or fuel guage, anyway?
You do remember the industry I work in, don't you? And my bro was a telemarketer.

[proud2BlibKansan]

35. That's why I am giving you my cell with a stipulation

[evlbstrd]

40. Oh, alright. No selling phone number.

Can I scrawl it on bathroom walls?

[proud2BlibKansan]

43. Sure but I think it is already there

[evlbstrd]

44. I frequent some pretty low class bathrooms.

I can really "get your brand story out there." How do ya like the ad-speak?

[proud2BlibKansan]

46. You are a natural

for both advertising AND low class bathrooms.

[evlbstrd]

48. They are not mutually exclusive.

A lot of the bathrooms are in ad agencies.

[MissB]

9. Do you currently wear them?

I had to get a pair last week- I haven't worn them for 25 years. I'm only in my 30's.

My depth perceptions still sucks, although the fish bowl effect seems to be dissipating.

[proud2BlibKansan]

22. Only the Dollar Store variety

They are no longer adequate :cry:

[Sanity Claws]

10. CaN yo r ad th s?

If y u ca 't, it's go d th t yo 're get i g gl ss s.

[proud2BlibKansan]

23. Well I happen to be a

speshul edd teechur so i can desypher gust abowt ennything in riting.

[Sanity Claws]

26. Well, maybe you really don't need glasses!

Maybe the problem was the reading material, not your eyes. I'm crossing my fingers for you!

[proud2BlibKansan]

29. Nah I need them

bifocals - expensive too.

[DancingBear]

12. HA!

Geriatric old bastard.... :) :) :)

[evlbstrd]

13. Technically,

she's not a bastard. That's my job.

[DancingBear]

14. Good point

I stand corrected.

In the corner.

With glasses.

[evlbstrd]

15. Don't be too hard on yourself.

I, too, was confused at first. *ducking flying cast iron skillet*

[DancingBear]

17. She has quite the arm

From what I remember.

Stay low.

[evlbstrd]

18. I'm still on the floor.

I will fear teachers all my life.
Especially nuns.

[DancingBear]

19. My knuckles cringe at the thought of "penguins"

Then again, there is that fine story of riding through Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, CT on a mini-bike one drunken evening...

[evlbstrd]

20. Do tell...

[proud2BlibKansan]

33. I'm worse than any nun; they taught me well - HA!

[evlbstrd]

37. I'll vouch for that.

[proud2BlibKansan]

30. My daddy was a coach; I had dead aim by the age of 5

You guys better duck fast.

[proud2BlibKansan]

27. You tell DB to leave me alone evl!

He's calling me names :cry:

[proud2BlibKansan]

24. Name calling thread spoiler!

How WAS that 52nd birthday? eh?? Can't hear me? Should I type louder???

[DancingBear]

31. I can't see you, I can't hear you, my back hurts

and if this aging thing keeps up I may even forget your name.

Other than that, I'm doin' pretty good... :) :)

[evlbstrd]

36. You made p2B cry.

She wants me to beat you up.

[proud2BlibKansan]

38. No I am a nonviolent pacifist

Just belittle him.

[DancingBear]

39. She can turn on a moment's notice

Watch thyself.

[evlbstrd]

41. She's watching, so I have to belittle you.

You are a tiny, tiny bear. A cub.

[proud2BlibKansan]

45. Here; show him this

[proud2BlibKansan]

42. You guys need to stop

I have a ton of work to do that I have been putting off for two weeks.

Every time I try to walk away from my computer, you enable me and I stay right here.

[evlbstrd]

47. Okay.

I have to go eat tacos. Talk to you later.

[evlbstrd]

49. Man, she's as mean as I am.

She made me do this:

[DancingBear]

50. Check the files, man, check the files

You never know what you'll find.

Hell, I'll bet you think she actually is FROM Kansas.

Oh, my.

[evlbstrd]

51. Found it.

She may live there, now, but...

[proud2BlibKansan]

52. Well as a matter of fact, I was born in MO

and didn't move to Kansas till I was a year old.

[evlbstrd]

54. You think one lousy year is gonna bail you out?

Sheesh.

[LSK]

16. how do you feel about your new name?

Four eyes! :P

ps: I have had glasses my whole life.

[proud2BlibKansan]

32. I can handle it

My new glasses are really cool. Funky - and purple!! (I love purple)

[Maestro]

55. I've been myopic since I was 15.

I've had glasses ever since excpet for junior year in high school when I wore contacts and looked stoned all that year. And I swear it was because of the contacts! Anyhow, I am getting new ones tomorrow. What a coinkidink! I hope you like them.

[proud2BlibKansan]

57. Yeah sure, I wanted to use that contacts excuse too

But I had to buy Visine - lots of it. LOL

We got a new eye care plan so I took advantage of it right away. My frames are free :woohoo:

But those lenses :cry: I think they cost about a day's pay. Damn.

[Maestro]

58. My sister in law is an optometrist so my eye exams

are gratis. And attached to her practice is the same lens shop, and owner, that has done my glasses since I was 15 and they give me a 33% discount on the total bill. But even then my new frames and lenses cost $250.

[proud2BlibKansan]

59. Mine were $259

Wow another coinkidink.

Oh but the exam was $22.

[Rabrrrrrr]

62. Pearl Vision will give you around 50% discount if you are a AAA member

I got my $700 glasses and eye exams for about $320, after the AAA discount.

Not bad for a $40 a year membership. PLUS, AAA will tow me free whenever I need it!

And if you are a national chain kind of place, ask about if they have discounts for members of clubs/organizations. Some union members get discounts, there's AAA, also AARP, sometimes even the NRA. The lady at the store asked me about a few organizations before she mentioned AAA, but I can't remember what any of them were.

[proud2BlibKansan]

64. Pearl - my kid has worn glasses since he was 4

He is 22 now. When he was about 6, his glasses broke and the optometrist sent us to Pearl to get them fixed. They were not insured and the optometrist was trying to save me some money getting them repaired. The technician at Pearl broke the temple off and the frames were ruined. She apologized and told me to come back the next day when the manager was there and she would leave her a note telling her she broke the frames and Pearl should replace them.

So next day, I walk in the store and the manager says "Oh, you are the one my FIRED technician told me about." Not only did she refuse to replace the frames, she yelled at me and told me to get out of her store and quit causing her problems.

So I got on the phone and called every other Pearl Vision store in town until I found a manager who knew this bitch and had a bone to pick with her. She took the lenses out of the broken frames and gave us a new pair of frames. And she gave me contact info for the regional and national offices of Pearl.

I wrote a scathing letter, threatening to complain to my state attorney general. Bitch got fired.

After that, I always paid extra for the insurance on his glasses.

I haven't been back to Pearl since. I figure my Karma there has got to be pretty bad. :scared:

[xmas74]

60. How do they feel?

Have you worn them on the end of your nose yet and pushed them up, like an old time librarian? (this coming from someone who's had glasses since the fourth grade)

[proud2BlibKansan]

65. I do that with my cheap ones from the Dollar Store

So I suppose I will do that with my new ones too.

[Rabrrrrrr]

63. Yay! Only the coolest people wear glasses!

Welcome to the club!

Rabrrrrrr <-- 26 years so far of wearing glasses.

[proud2BlibKansan]

66. Yeah I am excited

I wore them before but my eyes got better. Now they are bad again - and lots worse than they were before.

[Left Is Write]

67. What kind of glasses did you choose?

I've been wearing glasses since 1977, and last year, for the first time, I finally got a wardrobe of glasses instead of having just one pair.

[Rabrrrrrr]

68. Wow - last year was the first time for me, too, to finally buy multiples

I'd always had just one pair at a time, and last year, after I broke my frame from a pair a couple years old, I bought THREE new pair! One really nice (and *#@(&% expensive) dress pair, one cheap (but nice looking) Sears $100-on-sale pair for home in case I fall asleep wearing them, and one pair with magnetic sunshades that I keep in the car.

Must be a class of '84 thing to finally get multiples on their 21st year out of the gulag.

[proud2BlibKansan]

73. The cute kind

:)

[struggle4progress]

74. SCZ?;lk v