Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Finally a CURE!!

So as you know, I have been having headaches for about a month everyday. I finally decided that just maybe if I were to get some prescription sunglasses. Maybe my eyes were just getting too tired from squinting in the bright sun. So we went to Lenscrafters and picked out some sunglasses. I was just hoping that they would fill them with my prescription on hand and we could get on with our day. Wrong. My prescription was two years old, so of course they required me to get a new eye exam. I hate eye exams.

So in the beginning they had me leave my glasses on and try to read some letters on a chart. Let's just say I could not read any of them. I thought... hmm... that's weird. Isn't that why I HAVE glasses? So we finish up the tests (including the glaucoma test with the puffs of air in your eye! I HATE that test!) and she has me take of my glasses and puts the chart up there. I could barely read the FP. How LAME is that?!?! So she reads my current prescription in my glasses and runs a test to see my basic prescription. Before I was a 1.5 in both eyes. She tells me that she is reading me at a 2.5. WHAT?!?! In the ten years that I have had glasses I have increased .25. That's it. And now all of a sudden a gain a FULL point? Blah! So long story short... we spent the entire day at Lenscrafters and I got new glasses. And... I CAN SEE!! I haven't had a headache since... and the world is BRIGHT again! SO wonderful!

But they did dilate my eyes and I hate that too. I looked like a freak all day and my eyes were so tired and sensitive to light.

Here are my new glasses!!

And my new sunglasses!!

So finally it is all over and it all makes sense. At least there was a happy ending to the story. (Not the two new pairs of glasses part, but the being able to see part!) NO MORE HEADACHES!! Yay!! (At least I sure hope so!!)

6 comments:

Jenny said...

Very cute glasses! Hope the headaches are gone for good.

Amy said...

No wonder you've been having headaches! A FULL POINT?!?! You'll be fine now, I'm sure of it!

Any Halloween plans?

Anonymous said...

I love how colors get brighter with glasses. I should probably go get some new ones as well. Maybe I would be able to see again. haha. At least I don't have headaches though. What a drag. Glad yours is gone!

sarah said...

I've been wearing glasses for over half my life (gee, I sound so old...started wearing them at aged 8, now i'm 20) now and nothing beats walking out of the place with a new prescription and actually being able to SEE again.

btw, very cute glasses!

dust and kam said...

Yay for no more headaches!! Yes, a full point... crazy!! Who knows, maybe that is normal. I don't know. I have only had glasses since I was 19 or 20. I am still new at this! Ha ha!! (Now I sound old!!)

And you are right her... there IS nothing better than walking out of the eye doctor with new glasses and the correct prescription! Love that! (but not the cost of that feeling.... thankgoodness for FLEX spending.)

Anonymous said...

I didn't realize you were having so many headaches! Mom's are always the last to know...or I guess I just don't pay very close attention to what is going on around me, sorry. I'm glad you finally found out your eyes were causing your headaches. You looked really good in your new glasses last night. They'er cute! Love ya, mom