got my new glasses

[cornerofmadness]

And I don't have glaucoma. It read high last time but it's perfectly normal. He figured I tensed up on the stupid puff of air one.

As for the new glasses...I don't love them. They are pretty. However, they are like having a ton sitting on my nose. They are SO heavy. I did get the lightweight polycarbs but not the super duper lightweights since it was more than my insurance pays for and let's face it, glasses suck hard anyhow. I never wear them so it's a waste.

But the real reason i don't love them is they're so damn tiny. I have NO peripheral vision. It's a joy having to turn your head majorly to merge onto a highway. Thank god for contacts.

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[mulzrule.livejournal.com]

Yayz for the negative test! One less thing you have to worry about.

Glasses suck, but I can't live without them. The heavier ones leave itchy marks that never go away. I'll back you up on the tiny lenses with the no parephrial vision. If you're a squirrel on the side of the road, sucks to be you. *splat*

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

i have no intentions of ever giving up my contacts. they were the best thing i have ever done for myself

[mulzrule.livejournal.com]

I do regret not being able to wear them myself. They molded my eyes to a better prescription. After I had to have surgery because they cut my eye as I took them out, I figured that was enough for me.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yes that would be a problem

[anguisel.livejournal.com]

I have NO peripheral vision.

I have little to no depth perception.....yeah. There are people out there that ask me why I usually don't drive....

Congrats on the neg test though. At least that's one thing you don't have to worry about.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

no depth perception would be a real problem do they know why since that's not that common

[chaos-by-design.livejournal.com]

yeah, i've been thinking about getting contacts again.

i hate that fucking air puff test. hate it with a bloody passion.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

my eye doctor in FL had something OTHER than the air puff which was so nice

[0-mother-0.livejournal.com]

Barry had the same problem when he got glasses time before last - they were so small he couldn't see down (on stairs he has to take innumerable times a day) or off to the side. So his new pair (that I hate) are a lot bigger and kind of remind me of what they wore in the 70s. At certain times, I flash back to my DAD. But, he can see which is the important thing.

(and YAY no glaucoma!)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that was it. I could wear the HUGE glasses circa 1985 that have come back in style or these tiny things. Since i rarely wear them I opted for tiny

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

for once i didn't get worse but my old ones were just that old

[stars91.livejournal.com]

I had my eye exam last Tuesday. I'm *still* waiting on my new glasses! Ugg! Not that I use them much, I wear my contacts all the time. Like you, I have zero peripheral vision without them and that drives me insane, so unless it's an emergency I wear my contacts.

Oh and the glaucoma test...yeah they had to do it like three times on one eye because it wouldn't take. I think it's the whole 'you know it's coming' thing so you're preparing for it and then they take forever combo! Regardless, it sucked.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

i had to wait three weeks for mine because the lens are so bad. sheesh

hates that glaucoma test

[kashicat.livejournal.com]

I'm glad the glaucoma test this time gave you good news. That must be quite a relief.

I hear you on the tiny glasses. I hate that they're the big fashion right now. Last time, I hunted and hunted for larger glasses, and finally found some that I wasn't thrilled with, but at least they were somewhat bigger.

Who can see out of those tiny strips??

I'd sure rather be able to see a lot more of the world without having to turn my head every time, than be ultra-fashionable.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

it was either super tiny or super huge