Glad you caught that. I wrote a few days ago about getting your eyes checked regularly. I don't know if it's just me, but it seems like there is plenty of chatter about people getting their eyes checked in the forums. Since I started on this path, I've gotten mine checked twice and it's so much easier now knowing that there isn't a $300-$400 "eyeglasses charge" attached to it.
http://glassyeyes.blogspot.com/2008/09/dont-mess-with-your-prescription.html Good luck, keep us informed. - Ira On Sep 9, 12:32 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've worn glasses for over 40 years and have been pretty diligent > about getting my eyes examined every year or so. I pay the extra > bucks for dilation and the visual field test, and even sprung for the > retinal photograph 9 months ago (cool!). I've never had anything > really wrong pop up other than my ocular pressure being a little on > the high side. > > Until now. > > I was jonesing for some new (cheap) frames to feed my spectacular > addiction, but had noticed that my up close vision wasn't that great, > so I decided to have my eyes checked a little early before I plunked > down $20 for a new pair of glasses. > > My astigmatism had changed a bit but otherwise everything was peachy, > until he looked at my retinas. "Do you have high blood pressure?" he > asked. > > Borderline high blood pressure was something I'd had for years (runs > in my family) but had been controled with a diuretic. Recently it had > gone way up because of a new medication I'd started (which I can't > stop) so they added another drug for hypertension. I'm feeling great > except that now I have BLEEDING IN MY RETINAS!!! > > It looks like it's already resolved itself and he's going to look at > it again in a month, but I'm just saying what you already know. They > can tell a lot about your general health by what's going on in your > eyes. Don't assume that just because you can see with your 4 year old > glasses that you don't need to go to the optometrist. Every 2 years > is minimum. Every year is better. Cheers! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Check us out at the oft-updated http://www.glassyeyes.com! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlassyEyes" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/glassyeyes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
