It's probably a combination of things, my new frames are smaller than my old ones and I've lost some peripheral vision, which wouldn't be a problem for most people but is for me because my prescription is so bad. Also, when I'm doing the eye test the lenses feel fine, but my eyes aren't adjusting to the new prescription, so they may need to tweak things from what, on paper/in the test, seems to be OK. I've had to have this done in the past a couple of times.
I don't blame the optician because I'm a difficult case, but it's really frustrating having to go back to my old glasses when I actually see better with the new ones but can't wear them for long periods. STUPID EYES!
If there was ever a time I felt like breaking the no swearing ToS, it's now. I've just found the wife of a chap I know on another forum has an inoperable brain tumour and less than a year to live. It sucks so badly, he only married her fairly recently too.
Inoperable in the Uk doesn't mean inoperable everywhere. Same thing happened to a friend of mine, you met her. I can get the name of the doctor if you want? he's over in the states now. There was a guy in Hoylake that found his inoperable tumour was in fact treatable with the right funds not so long ago as well, it was Vanessa that pushed his friends into searching deeper
I'll get the name etc: but she's said they need to Google the tumour/condition and find out who and where is leading the treatment. Then contact the particular doctor in question.
It's not as daunting as it seems as once you start typing in medical names I would think Google would do the rest.
Eye exam today, thought I'd see why I can't read or see things up close anymore. Never thought an eye test would be so intrusive. The Doctor decided to look for cataracts, ok, so he check out the pressure in the eye with a bright violet light thingy, then he puts drops in my eye, and oh yea they sting a little bit as he tells me only a moment after he put them in, by then I already knew that he sends me into a room, evidently those drops dilate the eye, ok I get that, gotta see inside. Well imagine your camera shutter wide open, and then a torturer shines the brightest light he can find directly into your eye, I'm not sure but I think I saw the light shinning out to both sides of the room, not sure what that's all about anyway the water was running down both cheeks, must be why he handed me the handful of tissues in advance of the torture.
The good news is that my eyes are really good at distance, no cataracts, but reading glasses are needed for close up things. So he sent me on my way with plastic sun shades that he recommended I wear home. I wondered when I arrived why it was so dark in his office, well those drops that take a half hour to take effect last about 2 hours after. I walked out side and bam! mind you it was a cloudy day, unfortunately there is snow everywhere, talk about blind, on went the sun shades. Thing is I planned on shopping afterwards. So here I am at the store and not only am I not a shopper and can't find anything on a normal day, now I can't see very well as the only sun shades I have are the goofy ones the doc gave me and I couldn't bring myself to wear them in the store so it took me a while to find everything. Everyone's looking at me like I'm a crack head pupils as big as pie plates I finally had to tell the cashier that I just came from the eye doctor as I fumbled for money as all of it looked the same, I'm not sure she was convinced.
Nope! It made me laugh as well, but I have the excuse of having worked in eye research in the past and so am jaded. Also having had that sort of thing done to me, I am unable to be sympathetic to others!
However, glad to hear there's no major issues at the moment Obewan.
I've never had the dilating drops. I get the blue crap that tests how dry the eyes are. And I've had an optician do that to me while I had a runny eye! The worst eye test I ever had was with Vision Express. Avoid them like a plague people.
In spite of the fact South Africa has made some radical changes of the past few decades. A lot still needs to be done there to address the inequalities of poverty. So long as these inequalities exist stuff like this will happen. It's not a race issue. It's a cultural issue.
In the manner of an old man getting into and out of chairs I have started making involuntary noises when trying hard at training.
For some reason this has manifest itself by me grunting "BASSAI!"
I'm pretty sure there's no connection with the erstwhile MAP member of the same name. Pretty sure.