Trust me, I’m sympathetic. I’ve pulled worse ones than you did. Just chalk it up to being human and having had a tough day. (uploads comfort treats of choice)
Yup. Astigmatism correction plus progressive reading correction don’t come cheap in contacts. Sigh.
Where were you when I needed you??!?
…is not available in my prescription. And I’m still a little sad that the pretty color contacts aren’t available in my prescription either. On the plus side, I finally found a lab that can produce lenses for my glasses in the correct prescription, so I don’t have to force myself to wear contacts on days when my eyes are feeling crummy.
I did look up how to reset it, there’s a button to the left of the steering wheel. I pushed the button. It says I have to drive thirty miles before the light will go off. We’ll see.
That’s what everybody asks me!
Yeah, I’ve wanted to try, too, but my optometrist friend keeps telling me that they rarely work as well as I’d want, considering my Rx.
I’ve written about them before.
IME the pure astigmatism contacts are maybe 90% as good as pure astigmatism spectacles. Adding the progressive feature degrades the contacts to maybe 70% as good as equivalent specs.
For me the convenience and vanity advantages outweigh the loss of acuity. As I age the quality decrement gets larger. I’m approaching the end of that road. Sigh.
I can’t see the point of either of those “advantages”. I had contacts back in my youth, and though the visual acuity was fantastic, I’d never use the word “convenience” to describe the experience. I eventually gave up on them even though they gave me better than 20/20 vision mainly because of the hassle, and also I think I got an eye infection at some point.
In my capacity of freely dispensing useless free advice, I’ll say that you might want to consider that stylish glasses can look quite fetching, as illustrated by the undeniable evidence below in which I’m personally modeling a pair!
My ophthalmologist told me I couldn’t get multi-focal lenses with astigmatism correction at all.
They certainly exist. And have for decades. They are admittedly a specialty product.
Whether they’re unsuitable for you personally or whether your doc is out of date about what’s available I cannot say.
Silly pup, while glasses can look quite fetching whilst sitting there, doggles will stay on when running & playing & look oh so fashionable in the car!
Many years ago when I was getting my eyes examined the doctor asked if I was interested in getting contacts because they were now able to make ones that could correct my astigmatism. I declined, for the same reasons that I have always given to sticking with glasses: the thought of trying to put something in my eye gives me the willies, much less having to do so first thing in the morning when I’m barely awake.
Yesterday, I went through US customs on my way into the country (but in the airport in Canada). They have the border agents who see you, and the guards managing the line. The guard managing the line told me to go to Window 8. I couldn’t see the numbers from where I stood (people were in the way), so I started for the open window which seemed to be the right place and was next to Window 7, whose label I could see. One step, and he barked at me, “That’s Window Six. I said Window Eight.” I said, “I’m sorry. I couldn’t see the numbers from where I was standing.” Again, he barked at me: “Shut up,” and he told me to go to the Window 8.
I went to the window. I was shaking. I told the agent that I didn’t think it was necessary that I be told to “shut up.” Then the guard, who I guess had overheard, came up to the window behind me and shouted, “I gave you a command, and you need to follow it. Now answer the agent’s questions.”
I did, and there were no problems there. I went through. I was too flustered to get a name or a number and report the asshole. But I did notice, when I thought about it afterwards, that nobody said or did anything about this. Loads of travellers and his colleagues saw and heard the entire interaction.
It’s not really relevant (or is it?), but guard and I are both white guys, and this was at eight o’clock in the morning.
I’ve been wearing glasses for nearly 60 years. Even though they are annoying at times, I have never felt comfortable with the thought of installing contacts.
These days I am happy to get my shoes on without incident.
This morning I got called to do a courier run so I hopped my car and headed out. Once dispatched, I have 30 minutes to get to the Red Cross for pickup. My own street was blocked by a neighbor driving an RV so I went down a block to get around him, only to come upon a cement truck on one side and parked cars on the other. There was no way my car was going to squeeze through so I had to back up and head for another street. That was the plan. Too bad a construction trailer I didn’t see was behind me. (It wasn’t an office trailer but the kind hauled behind a pickup truck.)
I was backing up, watching the rearview mirror instead of the camera view. Suddenly – BANG! My car never beeped to warn me of approaching danger. I hit the trailer and a shovel handle demolished my rear window. The collision also destroyed my taillight, dented the tailgate, and punched a hole straight through the 'gate. No airbags deployed, thank goodness. I’m sitting in my car shaking and one of the guys rushed over and says, “Is my trailer okay?” Yeah. Oh, and I’m fine, too. Thanks for asking.
Now I have no car, can’t work, and there goes my insurance payment.
Something bit the side of my foot, and I now have an itchy welt in an area that’s usually covered by a sock and shoe.
I had a pouch of Sanders Dark Chocolate Bourbon Sea Salt Caramels which I was saving. They are supposedly supposed to be good until November. The chocolate got warm, or just doesn’t age well. Very disappointing. I will be sticking to York Peppermint Patties, because they do age well.
Last week I ordered bras from my favorite shop. They had a fire in their distribution center and have canceled all orders, and may not be shipping for weeks or months. Since they already took my money, they will refund the money. As it is in a different currency, I will probably lose money on the canceled shipment.
And I still need bras. So I’m going to travel about 1.5 hours tomorrow to go to a specialist shop. It’s going to be about 90 fahrenheit tomorrow. Perfect weather for trying on bras.
Oh, jeez. I am so sorry! It’s terrible the way that troubles can compound and intensify each other.
Those things are magical. That sweet, cool peppermint and dark chocolate is such a good combo.
They perfected the mint IMHO.