If you have no interest in reading about my vision problems then look away and come back later. I know I have lost some followers since I digressed from my usual topics but I also know that some of you are interested in how I am getting on.
Things have taken a more positive turn and my new glasses arrived this week. To say they are specialist lenses and two holiday periods got in the way they arrived remarkably quickly.
The lenses are plastic and blended lenticulars and so far I am very pleased with them.
The vision is better as I could have larger frames and no longer peer from behind the glasses when looking down which made going down stairs tricky.
The lenses are expensive - the NHS don't help people with my sort of vision and classify the lenses as purely cosmetic. The glasses do look better on - my eyes are less piggy looking - but that wasn't the main reason for my attempts to track down something better than the original lenses. Incidentally the NHS classified the first lot of lenses as cosmetic too as the high index glass is thinner than the standard plastic lenses - just imagine what they would be like.
My new optician has also saved me the expense of two more pairs of glasses for reading and for computer work. He showed me how to slide the glasses down my nose to focus on near or intermediate objects. No chopping and changing between pairs of glasses needed. This was a bit uncomfortable with the first lot of glasses as they pinched my nose but works perfectly with the new lightweight ones. I wonder how many opticians would do themselves out of sales like that?
I have written to the large multinational company and asked why, if a small independent optician can cater for my needs, they can't and also stated that I had paid out a considerable amount for a pair of glasses that don't meet my needs.
By the way in it's mission statement the said company claim they are:
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