"Ok, does it look better with 1 or 2? Now, does it look better with 3 or 4? Now does it look better with this or that?"
If you mess up, you are going to be stuck with glasses that are wrong for a while.
Then, they put those awful little drops in your eyes that makes it impossible to see anything. And, when you are all done, they send you out to pick out new glasses. When you can't see three inches in front of you.
I wasn't falling for that, so I came back a few weeks later. Then you still have the impossible decision, because YOU NEED YOUR GLASSES ON TO SEE IF YOU LOOK GOOD OR NOT!!! Argh! That's why I hate going. I hate making decisions, and especially super important ones.
This year, I didn't spend forever and a week picking out my new glasses. I narrowed it down, went with my first choice ( after sending what's app pix to hubby and daughter).
I came back two weeks later to get my glasses and .... They were no good. I could see distance fine, but I could not read any what's app messages, or read in general.
The glasses went back, and I was told they could raise my bifocal a drop to give me more reading area.
Pick them up after a two week wait and ... They are still no good. This is crazy. I've never had this problem with cheap glasses from Costco! My husband suggests I have them recheck my eyes against the prescription.
So, guess who goes back again. Same ole, is is better with 1 or 2 routine. I must have done something right, cuz they came up with the same exact prescription.
They take the glasses out, and compare the new ones and old ones.
They come back, with all these dots on them, markings where the bifocals are. More putting on, taking off, finally, I'm asked to look at a specific spot on the card, and the technician covers one eye, then the other, then the first. Woah! What a neat trick she played. The number 6 jumped from one spot to another, got smaller and bigger.
Problem solved. My eyes are not focusing together. My left eye is drifting a little. (Bad eye! Shame on you!) Now I get the honor of the doctor and another tech (who never saw) this coming in. He took a prism, put it by my right eye, and voila! I could read small print clearly again! Wow, like magic!
Convergence insufficiency. It has a name. And lucky me, I get to do special eye exercises, pencil push ups. Yay, another exercise for me not to do. Jk, I'm actually doing them. Anyhoo. I got my new reading glasses, which is a huge pain. These are only for reading. But I've never had only reading glasses. So when I wear them, I can see clearly close up. Everything wise it's a horrible blur. And when I wear my regular glasses, I can see distance, but reading, looking on the phone, or on the computer, causes eye strain. Granted, I've only had them for a day, so hopefully I will adjust quickly. It just hard to remember to switch. And my eyes hurt when I don't.
Main point of this post? If something doesn't feel right, don't let anyone tell you you are wrong. Keep going back until it's right.
Now pass me that pencil so I can look at it until I'm cross-eyed.
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