| Author | Message | ||
     Rick_a |
Upon renewing my drivers license I got screened to have a vision test...which I found odd, as it's never happened in twenty years of being on the road. Some research found their vision requirements being easily met. Calling them elicited a canned response to which I thanked them for wasting my time and money. The wife booked me for some eye center that was apparently the best deal in town. The assumption upon my arrival from the get go was getting me into some frames. Ignoring this I went for the exam. They would not give me the results, only the recommendation for progressive bifocals and another prodding to pick out my frames for the two for one deal that covers the exam, and a refusal to sign off on the DMV paperwork. Some background, I have perfect vision in one eye and amblyopia in the other. It's been that way for my entire life. My only deficiency is a lack of depth perception at night. My vision has not degraded at all through the years. As a child it's been recommended to wear reading glasses to reduce eye strain. As an adult a military optometrist cautioned that anybody that attempted to sell me glasses was just trying to take my money. My left eye is physically perfect, but my brain suppresses it for reasons unknown. After a brief argument, the salesperson asks if I wanted to see their specialist. Yes, definitely! The eye doctor is a very professional and straight talking guy, and finally gives me my results. 20/20 right eye, 20/40 left eye, and 20/20 combined. He asked me where I got the term amblyopia, and I give him a brief history. At any rate it was a relief to confirm that my vision is unchanged after all these years, and the doctor recommended I seek the use of corrective lenses only at which time I may need them. The only positive out of this is that I took my childhood readers out of retirement, as they do help slightly, and have been trying some exercises to strengthen my weak eye, so far to no avail. When using the left eye only, it eventually gets "tired" and superimposes the image of my closed or covered dominant eye...making for a tremendous blind spot. Fascinating, but not helpful. Anyway, if I wasn't so stubborn I'd be wearing a fancy set of unnecessary bifocals right now. | ||
| Etennuly |
I really dislike that socialistic "one size fits all" approach to any retail sales business. Almost sounds like you walked into a slick car sales business. Good on you for standing up to them. I would have left with my money or choked someone into submission until I had it back! | ||
| Strokizator |
My last eye exam, the optometrist diagnosed me with fecal myopia. I asked him what that was and he told me, "You can't see for shit!" I've been using drug-store reading glasses for years. Started out with 1.25 and progressed to 2.0 through the years. | ||
| Rick_a |
To be fair, I'm not sure many people go to an eyeglass store to not get eyeglasses. That said, corrective lenses for someone with 20/20 vision and an uncorrectable condition in one eye seems pointless.
I'm hoping to prolong that as long as possible. The eye doctor emphasized the importance of keeping my good eye protected. Damaging that fella has always been a fear, and it's nearly been taken out a few times, now. |
