help with eyeglasses
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valis2So. I put off getting new glasses a bit longer than usual (2.5 yrs instead of 2 yrs). The eye doctor I used to see has closed down shop, so I went to someone recommended by my sister.
I went to the appointment and I think I squinted waaay too much during the exam. When the new lenses came in ($450), I thought I'd be happier, but I could tell something was wrong. The left lens was fine, but the right lens...there was a double image. It wasn't very strong at first, but by the end of the day I had a headache.
When I look at text on a blank page, I can see a faint line of text in the blank space above a line of text. With my left there is no double image; with my right there is a faint double image, slightly stronger than both eyes together. This isn't just for closeup stuff; it's for everything. I still can't read street signs easily, and when it's dark, instead of seeing a round headlight on a car, with my right eye I'm seeing a comet-shaped light instead (tail going upwards). I couldn't quite articulate this at the time; all I knew was that something was wrong. I went back in and they said that my frames were crooked. After they fixed them, they said it should be better. It wasn't. And I went away for a week and endured headaches the whole time.
On Monday I went back in, and saw the doctor. I was feeling awful about the whole thing because I think that squinting during the exam messed things up. I mentioned it to the doctor, that it was better if I squinted.
He went through the lens modification maneuvers (and I did not squint!) until he got to a fairly clear image, and then he held another lens in front and asked me if it was better. It was a little better, and I said so. But it didn't seem perfect. He took me out into the hall and asked me to look out the doors of the building with my glasses, and then held a lens in front of my glasses. I said it was a little better.
Honestly, though, it wasn't really taking care of the doubling-when-not-squinting issue, I think. But he started telling me that my eye was rejecting the new prescription because I was in between two powers. Well, that's interesting and makes sense, so I thought, what the hell do I know? And they ordered a new lens.
And the lens was put in Friday. And it is slightly better but I am still getting horrible headaches.
Worse yet, those of you who know me in RL know that I have issues with atrophying muscles in my eyelids, and I've had surgery at different times on both eyelids to adjust the height of the lid so I don't have droopy eyelids. This new prescription is blurry/doubling when my eye is at a full and naturally open position, but normal if I squint with it, and now after three weeks I can feel that my eyelid is starting to droop to adjust to this. I don't want to have to have the next surgery prematurely.
I will have to call again tomorrow and deal with this, but I feel horrible about it--they've already made me two very expensive lenses, and now I am bugging them again. This is the kind of situation that makes me feel awful and stuff. Yes, I understand that they have a responsibility to get me good lenses and I really must go forth and try to get this fixed, but I can't help but know how things work from the other side of the counter and I feel like such a heel.
Anyway, the point of this whole tl;dr is this: does anyone have any insight about eyes and glasses and this matter? Anyone ever have or ever have had a similar issue? Any help would be appreciated.
I went to the appointment and I think I squinted waaay too much during the exam. When the new lenses came in ($450), I thought I'd be happier, but I could tell something was wrong. The left lens was fine, but the right lens...there was a double image. It wasn't very strong at first, but by the end of the day I had a headache.
When I look at text on a blank page, I can see a faint line of text in the blank space above a line of text. With my left there is no double image; with my right there is a faint double image, slightly stronger than both eyes together. This isn't just for closeup stuff; it's for everything. I still can't read street signs easily, and when it's dark, instead of seeing a round headlight on a car, with my right eye I'm seeing a comet-shaped light instead (tail going upwards). I couldn't quite articulate this at the time; all I knew was that something was wrong. I went back in and they said that my frames were crooked. After they fixed them, they said it should be better. It wasn't. And I went away for a week and endured headaches the whole time.
On Monday I went back in, and saw the doctor. I was feeling awful about the whole thing because I think that squinting during the exam messed things up. I mentioned it to the doctor, that it was better if I squinted.
He went through the lens modification maneuvers (and I did not squint!) until he got to a fairly clear image, and then he held another lens in front and asked me if it was better. It was a little better, and I said so. But it didn't seem perfect. He took me out into the hall and asked me to look out the doors of the building with my glasses, and then held a lens in front of my glasses. I said it was a little better.
Honestly, though, it wasn't really taking care of the doubling-when-not-squinting issue, I think. But he started telling me that my eye was rejecting the new prescription because I was in between two powers. Well, that's interesting and makes sense, so I thought, what the hell do I know? And they ordered a new lens.
And the lens was put in Friday. And it is slightly better but I am still getting horrible headaches.
Worse yet, those of you who know me in RL know that I have issues with atrophying muscles in my eyelids, and I've had surgery at different times on both eyelids to adjust the height of the lid so I don't have droopy eyelids. This new prescription is blurry/doubling when my eye is at a full and naturally open position, but normal if I squint with it, and now after three weeks I can feel that my eyelid is starting to droop to adjust to this. I don't want to have to have the next surgery prematurely.
I will have to call again tomorrow and deal with this, but I feel horrible about it--they've already made me two very expensive lenses, and now I am bugging them again. This is the kind of situation that makes me feel awful and stuff. Yes, I understand that they have a responsibility to get me good lenses and I really must go forth and try to get this fixed, but I can't help but know how things work from the other side of the counter and I feel like such a heel.
Anyway, the point of this whole tl;dr is this: does anyone have any insight about eyes and glasses and this matter? Anyone ever have or ever have had a similar issue? Any help would be appreciated.
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Date: 2010-04-12 04:44 pm (UTC)This is why I ask the flist about these things! This is such great information--thank you so much.
My optometrist is set up within an eyeglass shop, and they give a one year guarantee, so I doubt they'll charge me. They didn't charge me last time. I am really crossing my fingers that it works out.
I'm going in at three, and hopefully I will be able to really get through to them this time.