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Yeah, but glasses also come in different sizes, so you need to make sure the front piece actually reaches the sides of your head, and the ear pieces reach the back of your ears. In a store, you can tell in just a second by trying one on, but online, you need to look at the numbers.
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Another vid/description for opthalmic migraine. I get them too, a red, green and grey zigzaggy line expands like a ripple on a pond.
http://www.allaboutvision.com/condit...r-migraine.htm
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Shawnee you'll need to measure your pupil distance, if you don't know it. I held a ruler up to my eyes and took a photo of it. Then read the scale. There is a small disfference between your PD at near distances and infinity, so you may be asked if it is for reading or distance specs.
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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Maybe I'll wait until I can see a professional. I already don't understand. Years ago I was told I have a slight astigmatism, but I don't even know what that means.
I've always had great far vision, still do. It's up in front of my face I can't see.
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You have a beautiful astigmatism.
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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Heh.
I thought it meant blood would come running out of my eyes, but it never happened.
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A-Stigmatic means you don't have wounds on your feet and hands.
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While I'm not a doctor, it sounds to me like an opthalmic migraine, so these guys have helped you out.
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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Shawnee, either way you will have to go see an eye doctor first to get the right prescription (which will include correction for astigmatism, if you have it.) While you are there, try on a few pairs of glasses in the office. Find one that is the right size, and write down those measurements. Then go online.
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Yeah, it's pretty easy. The pupil distance was included in my last prescription, so that's not something you'll need to measure yourself.
The glasses online are so cheap, it's worth your time to just go to one of the websites and poke around for a few minutes. |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Shaw, don't buy glasses on line.
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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Spexx, I really would like to go the professional route, but money is an issue.
I'm not planning to do anything about it right away, so maybe i'll finally be caught up and can have the professional care...right now cheap is appealing. Same reason I've stayed with readers. Never cost as much as these stupid teeth I feel like smashing out with a hammer, though.
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GoodWill is an excellent source.
Just take something to read so you can check out close-, mid-, and distance-vision. |
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Holy crap. Check out the area west of DC on Google Maps with traffic on.
I'm only mildly irritated because I wasn't planning on leaving until eight anyway. If this lasts much past that, the irritation level will spike.
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