I'm in a Masters program now that I doubt I will ever use directly (Food Studies) but it's feeding my brain in a satisfying way that makes work more bearable (and there's the outside chance that I could eventually transfer internally from digital media and into sustainability).
I am having a glasses problem. My current glasses are ~4 years old and need to be replaced. So, like a responsible adult, I made an appointment with the optometrist and got a fresh prescription. His diagnosis was that my old prescription was much too high, which was causing tension headaches since I spend most of my day in front of a computer (true!). But when my new glasses came, my night vision went utterly to SHIT, to the point where I felt unsafe driving after about 4pm. I went back to the optometrist and told him my concerns, and he condescendingly accused me of exaggerating/lying (yes, I can read the eye chart in the office, but out in the REAL FUCKING WORLD I was having trouble reading highway exit signs, and it was incredibly scary!!) but grudgingly wrote a new prescription which splits the difference between my old and new one.
So I'm about to return my new glasses to Zenni (for store credit) but I really don't know what to do about replacing them! Should I order my old (high) prescription, which lets me see comfortable distances in dim light but was truthfully causing headaches by the end of the day, or my new (medium) prescription which I don't trust because the doctor was such an arrogant dickbag? Or suck it up and pay for a third eye appointment with a new provider which my insurance won't cover?
(The astigmatism numbers on all versions of my prescription are as high as they can go. The only variable is the magnification level.)
Is it financially feasible to keep the current glasses for daytime use, and order a second pair of your old prescription just for night driving?
Yeah you may need two pairs! My vision is significantly different when my eyes are dilated (at night, or with drugs in the doctors office) and currently I only wear glasses when driving at night—when I had eye surgery they corrected for daytime vision.
One of the other mothers at drop off this morning (who now has 4 kids) said to me in a condescending manner (and not for the first time) "So now you have your whole day free". Yeah, thanks, I didn't already feel inadequate enough today.
Yeah, sounds like you might want to keep the old prescription for night/driving/night driving, but use the new one for work. I have computer glasses and they are great!
askye, the other important thing for me was wearing supportive shoes in the house so I was never walking barefoot on hard surfaces. The best thing for me turned out to be a pair of Crocs slippers. And yeah, it takes forever to get over, unfortunately.
said to me in a condescending manner (and not for the first time) "So now you have your whole day free".
I guess "okay, boomer" isn't the correct response here. "Bitch, please"? "Bless your heart"?
I guess "okay, boomer" isn't the correct response here.
No, she's younger than me, along with every other mother.
"Bitch, please"? "Bless your heart"?
I'm not sure I could pull off either of those. I'm not good with quick on the spot responses. I usually just go quiet and walk away.
I'm sorry you have to hear that, sj. People are terrible.
My computer glasses are literally just a weaker prescription of my distance glasses. And, yes, it is better for me to wear them all day long while staring at a screen an arm's length from my face, I notice the difference when I don't but I also cannot read the clock on the wall or street signs if I forget to change back when I leave my desk. I'm surprised you optometrist is being obtuse about that, Jess. tl:dr, it's time to have two pairs of glasses (maybe three, how is reading going?)
sj, you are the opposite of inadequate and that woman is jealous.
