Deborah Thuman on wed 5 may 10
why they don't work for me)
I've been searching for eyeware for close up for years. I'd check the
glasses in the drug store. None worked. I'd check the glasses in the
hardware store. None worked. Why?
I'm nearsighted and eventually, I got old enough to need bifocals. I'm
VERY nearsighted. -4.00 in one eye and -3.75 in the other. Now... you
take the bifocal numbers and add them to the distance vision numbers
and you get.... a negative number. ALL the OTC readers are positive
number (+1.25, +1.75).
So... if you are nearsighted and wear bifocals, you need something
that you can't get OTC. I'm having my eye doctor make me up a pair of
readers so I can see the computer screen without aiming my face at the
ceiling.
Should you be inclined to go to Famous Name Chain Eye Store and take
advantage of their $29 readers.... skip it. I went and was told that
they would not make me readers because I needed a negative number
prescription. Huh? People were abusing the system? Huh? You see these
bifocals here on my nose? How does the system get abused? Seems people
who were nearsighted were having distance lenses put into the reader
frames. BIG FAT HAIRY DEAL! You see these bifocals on my nose? I need
readers and I need them with a negative number prescription. All to no
avail.
I gave up and I went to my regular eye guy this morning. I took an old
pair of frames, they gave me a 10% discount on the lenses, and I'll
have my readers in a week. I'm hoping these will help me with close
work when I'm playing in the mud.
Hope this helps some other nearsighted artist out there.
Deb Thuman
http://debthumansblog.blogspot.com/
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=3D5888059
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Deb-Thumans-Art-Page/167529715986
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