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[cazxx1]

im am feeling so low all because i wont go for an eye test i know i need new glasses but it scares me to death i have no job cause if i go for a job i would need to feel forms in and i wouldnt be able to read them well my glasses are quite strong now i know this sounds really silly and there is so many people worse off than me but it is really getting me downi am sitting here crying my eyes out writing this i havnt told anybody about this cause it seems so silly but not to me it is now ruining my life i wish i could go to the optitions and just tell them and they give me new ones without going through them tests my husband wears them pound ones and i can see out of them a treat when i put them on the top of mine....cheers for listening to me

[redcrx]

kwicky, Im sure thats helped caz no end. How long ago was that? The test i had recently for glaucoma was nothing like that at all, they just blow a puff of air into your eye, no injections or pain involved.

[arburgirl]

Totally agree,"redcrx" the test for glaucoma is only a little puff, so don't be put off at all by that thought "cazxx1" . Go on now, phone for that appointment and think to yourself you are going to look forward to going and getting new style frames. - then maybe treat yourself, some nice piece of clothing, probably a scarf would be good for this weather ! Think ahead whilst you are in the test, (but don't forget to concentrate on what they are asking !!) and imagine the treat you are going to get afterwards in the next shop !

[annavc]

As everyone has said there really is nothing to be scared of. I've worn contacts for about 15 years now and get my eyes tested once a year including that glaucoma test which as others have said is just a little puff of air - nothing to worry about at all.

Generally I've found all opticians to be really nice, friendly people. I recently went to a new one because I've moved and so had to have a test from scratch. Without my contacts in she asked me to read the smallest line I could on the chart on the wall and I squinted for moment and said "well I think the top letter is an A but I wouldn't swear to it" - that's how bad my eyes are and the optician just laughed and said "ok then!".

Don't worry about it, honestly you'll be fine. Your eyes are too important to ignore and if you're having trouble seeing things then you'll be straining your eyes and just making them worse.

Good luck.

[kwicky]

The fact that you can use your husband's cheap glasses shows there is nothing intrinsically wrong with your vision so a trip to the supermarket to find a cheap pair of specs with a greater magnification is all that is required!

[kwicky]

Further to my comment about having a test for glaucoma I should have pointed out that this was carried out in a university and involved trainee graduates so I suppose they were looking for something extraordinary to do with glaucoma.

[arburgirl]

i dont like to contradict anyone, but I really wouldn't just go to the supermarket and buy off the peg glasses, although you think they are ok for you they could be straining your eye muscles and you maybe wouldn't realise it, also, the opticians usually look right into the eye and see the back of the eye too, this can detect any thing that may be at fault way before it could become a problem, so , pluck up the courage, go and get checked , you will have piece of mind and a lovely new pair of specs to show.

[cazxx1]

omg......you wonderful people are not going believe this after writing to you all yesturday i plucked up the courage..(god knows where i got it from it must have been you lot) i phoned up at 2.30pm and they said i could have an appointment at 3.00 so i shot off in my car and just about got there shaking like a leaf i had no time to think about it i had to go straight in....i have to have different glasses you know them ones like reading glasses as well like with the little bridge at the bottom of them.......but i would like to say a big THANKYOU to you all without you lot there is no way i would have gone even the people that was not so nice that made me more determand to go...so from the bottom of my heatr THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[annavc]

That's great news - I'm really pleased you went - see it wasn't all that bad was it?! You won't be scared next time now either.

Well done.

[arburgirl]

good for you cazxx1 ! brilliant result !