I can see clearly now

[cyrano]

New glasses ordered. I did not, in fact, have to fight tooth and nail for glass lenses, but I did pay through the nose. I didn't realize how much extra they'd be until I was getting rung up (which was at least partially my fault for not asking) and it's probably more than I would have *liked* to but not more than I can take. I got the cool magnetic sunglass attachment thingies, and the shape is a fair approximation of the lenses I currently have. The exam indicates that my eyesight has improved over the past six years, so take *that*, 'getting older', you big doodyhead.
Ten working days from now, they say I should have them in hand.

Comments

[rhiannonstone.livejournal.com]

P'raps I missed it in an earlier post, but why on Earth do you prefer glass lenses?

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Mostly because they don't scratch as easily as plastic. And if they hang out with me, they're likely to get into situations conducive to scratching.

[rhiannonstone.livejournal.com]

Me, too, but I spring for the scratch-resistant plastic. Glass is heavy enough to give me a headache.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Mostly people tell me that glass is dangerous, but I do hear that glass is heavy also. I'll probably eventually opt for plastic lenses and then say 'Oh my god, why didn't I do this sooner?' but with nothing to compare it to I don't notice the weight. (:

[rhiannonstone.livejournal.com]

I laugh in the face of danger! But I cower in the face of constant headaches. ;)

If your vision is improving, your lenses probably aren't as heavy as mine were. I'm blind as a bat with ever-worsening vision, and I had the classic Coke-bottle lenses before I finally discovered the wonders of space-age polymers.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I'm lucky that way. If my glasses weren't adorable wee tiny lenses, then I would have said 'screw scratches' long ago and leapt headfirst into the coal car of the plastic lens train.

[gconnor.livejournal.com]

Did they fix up the old ones? they probably would be glad to fix them...

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

They offered, until I showed them that the metal on the nosepiece had corroded from age and only about half of it was still left. And I just tighten the screw on the hinge every day or two and (so long as I remember to do so) that part's fine.