Still Can't See

I don't know exactly what I expected out of Dr. Chang today, but it's a good thing I wasn't expecting to walk out of his office being able to see. He gave me some new disposable lenses that he said are better than the ones I was wearing; if he means that it's better to have a headache and blurriness in both eyes then he's right. He examined me and ordered yet another kind of lenses for me to try. I'm sure they'll take weeks to come in too; these custom lenses aren't normally stocked. He still won't give me a new prescription for glasses until Dr. Hung gives the all-clear, and that won't be until August 30 (the follow-up to the laser iridotomies). He did say, however, that I'm now old enough to need drugstore reading glasses on top of my contacts. Swell.

Comments

[Nancy]

I wear reading glasses over my lenses, too! (snark-snort geek laugh)

[Susan Barr]

Not to make light of it - I know you're really worried about this - but perhaps anxiety is making it even worse. Do more of whatever you do to relax; it couldn't hurt.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you.

[Karan]

You can get some really cool rhinestone specs here: http://www.peepers.com/ . I love mine!

[dana]

I just got new lenses, also am very farsighted. For years I have worn the same prescription, +375 in both eyes, my new doc said that I needed much stronger lenses and that my eyes needed a different strength. I had been wearing the dreaded reading glasses with the old lenses, but wow, now that I have the new lenses, I see wrinkles that I never knew I had (or anyone else for that matter). However, I have a hard time now with the distance. So, I am wearing the old strength for driving long distance, but am really loving the new strength for reading. I am now wearing accuvue oasis. They are awesome! I hated the old accuvue, but the Oasis lense is truly amazing. I still love my other strength, but to read without reading glasses is amazing! Good luck.