[sandy]

Dose it really last that long then? I hate walking in my vari focals as they make me a bit dizzy sometimes and then I have to keep putting my glasses on and off to focus on things in shops.......I may save up along with saving to visit my daughter in Australia! ummmmmmm!!!

[sellickbhoy]

if you are short sighted - like me

then it should last all your days!!! (if you ahve a stable prescription, some peoples eyes get worse over time, so if you ahve to keep getting a new prescription, it's probably not going to be much help)

ALso, as you grow older the muscle in your eye weakens - hence why people need to get "readers" to read things close up

I would need to get prescription readers if i didn't have surgery - as anything with a minus prescription must come from an optometerist.

However, after surgery, if i need readers i can pick up the ones form a chemist as they are all magnifiers (a + prescription) and can be bought over the counter

my prescription has been stable for years now, but that doesn't mean i won't need readers in a few years. just means i'll only need one pair of glasses rather than changing pairs constantly.

[sandy]

Mine is an age issue, used to be fine, I am now starting to use them for driving although as I said, the change is thier focus can make you feel a bit strange and I hate trying to find addresses in the dim lite, no sat nav so had to take a pair of better eyes with me ;)my OH

[Lord Summerisle]

presbyopia (needing spex for reading in your mid-late 40's)

Is 'presbyopia' the Greek for 'being shagged out and getting old, and starting to fall to bits'? Because that's what I've put it down to up to now.

[sandy]

Blimey.....Royalty!!!! I'm sure that presbyopia' is natures answer to us not being able to see what we are looking like, what we are eating and where we are going, in other words, if non of us had glasses we would all have much shorter life's, senility and loss of hearing and movement also contribute

[HappyHippy]

Presbyopia - it's the lens inside your eye that's affected. All through your life the lens grows new cells, when you're young the lens can alter it's shape easily to focus on near and far things, but as you get more and more cells the lens gets 'full up' of cells and can't flex so easily, hence you start to lose near focus. That's the simplest explaination I can give you I'm afraid, hope it makes sense 
The line about the muscles causing it is frequently used by optical assistants who don't really have much of a clue  Sorry 
But yeah, 'presbys' does come from the greek for old man or elder 
I'm alright  I won't need reading spex for a LONG time - I'm so short sighted that I doubt the magnification needed for reading will ever exceed my prescription - unless I live to about 120 !

[Fluffywelshsheep]

Now did you ever think that joinning up to a smallholding forum you would learn ophthalmic terminology?

I was interested in getting it done, So was hubby, but not sure if he can get it done he almost blind in one eye.

Linz

[sellickbhoy]

right, 1 more hour of myopic vision - hopefully i'll be able to see tonight and it'll all go fine!!!

If it does - the new business will be launched in January, polytunnels will be built, chickens will be adopted and i'll build a proper shelter for my outdoor hottub!!!

If it doesn't - anyone want to work a large area of garden, walk my dog and provide legal counsel for me whilst i try to sue the ass off Optical Express??

SEE you all tomorrow (hopefully)

[RUSTYME]

JUST IN CASE THINGS DON'T WORK OUT !!! HE HE HE !!!

CHEERS


RUSS

[cmorrell]

 

[sheila]

Oh you are a one Russ!!!!

[sellickbhoy]

Thanks Russ, but wasn't needed, i can see fine!!!

was very straightfoward, no pain for the procedure, joking away with the surgeon during the op

had a couple of hours of very watery eyes/blurred vision after - but a couple of hours in bed sorted that out and i'm close to 100% now

[MiriMaran]

Glad to hear it went well!

[Rosemary]

Congratulations!

I fancied having mine done but the opticial put me off. Maybe I'm going to the wrong optician! How much does it cost (hope that's not too cheeky)?

[sellickbhoy]

it varies on the presciption, but basically, for every .25 adjustment it'll cost about £70-130 per eye

the variation will depend on weather you go for the cheapest conventional lasik/Lasek, or wavefront lasik - or if you want a mechanicl flap cut or a laser flap cut