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[tanaise]

Okay, so I thought to myself, "I'm running late, I'll take a short cut through Chinatown." I'm not sure why I listen to myself, since I never *ever* manage to walk through Chinatown without ending up somewhere subtly different than where I thought I was going. This time, though I got massively *massively* lost, and ended up on Summer street, knowing the street name but totally unable to figure out where I was. (in my defense a) I'm blind, b) they fixed the intersection so it was no longer cones and fences and caution tape and c)the empty stores had been refinished and rented out. ) Which is when the eye doctor's office called and asked me if I knew I was supposed to be there. I figured out finally where I was (about three blocks from South station, across the street from the Sebastians cafe), and how to get where I needed to be, and made it to the eye doctor's. :) (In related news, the whole 'greenway' thing seems to be getting closer to existing. :)

So, we're going to try me on a hypoallergenic (read hydrogen peroxide based) contact solution, complete with a lens case that looks like the things you can buy for washing baseball hats, first with the new (oasys) lenses and then if I still have problems with the Acuvue2 lenses. If that still causes problems, we may try one day disposables. However, to go along with this, I *will* be getting glasses. Curses! Though, actually, I feel better about getting them than I did, since it sounds like we're hoping these will be supplementals, not daily wear. We'll try the sort of glasses I think will work better than the last pair I had (small thin lenses, close to the eyes) and if both eyes doesn't work, we'll correct my good eye up to perfect, and let my bad eye alone.

So. Now I have a week to read up on proper glasses for my face type. :)

Comments

[tikimama.livejournal.com]

Laura Roslin glasses!

[tanaise.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think they have to be something along those lines--the various sites I've read have said that people with round faces need angles in their glasses, so I'm thinking maybe the square edged versions like that? But luckily for me, I like the look of the newer glasses, the small lenses with wire/thin plastic edges.

I'd post pictures of me in glasses, but I don't seem to have any, not even of my favorite pair (thin rimmed green/black, with the flattish top-rounded bottom style lenses.)

[tikimama.livejournal.com]

I think a nice faux tortoise shell or something with a little weight would be good for you, don't get the wire or no frame ones. Too much hair for that!

[tanaise.livejournal.com]

See, I had faux tortoise shell when I was growing up, and I don't think they worked for me, really. It wasn't *bad*, it just...I don't know. Kinda bland. I should really ask my mom to scan my school pictures in with glasses, since it's been so long I don't even remember what they looked like.