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11 January 2006

Axe Mecha: Giving sight to the blind I need new glasses...→[More:]how do I go aboot finding an optometrist? I've had the same glasses and no eye exams for about 6 years now (I know, I'm lazy, and deserve to get cataracts, glacouma and eye parasites). My lenses are all scratched up and my perscription is probably a bit wrong.

So, how do I find an optometrist? Just pick one in the phone book at random (Dr. I.M. Notincompetent, humm, he sounds good)? Find a place that has glasses that I like and go to the optometrist next door? Start asking random people on the street if they are eye-doctors?

post by: Capn at: 11:01 | 7 comments

Hate to say it, but the expensive guys I've found do a better job. Last time I spent $800, but I got really thorough, multiple fittings.

posted by orthogonality 11 January | 11:17

I just went to one of those chain stores (Lens Crafters, etc.) to get mine done, because they were having a sale on cute frames at the time. Haven't needed to go back in a while since I make my contacts stretch out and glasses are awesome for a very long time. This was two years ago, btw.

posted by TrishaLynn 11 January | 11:25

Eye parasites? Do tell.

posted by Hugh Janus 11 January | 11:29

Ask your friends. Try not to go with random. In the six years I've lived here, I've gone through 3 of them and finally found one I like.
Doctor A, near home random choice: overly thorough, amazingly begadgeted, extraordinarily expensive.
Doctor B, near work random choice: incompetent (bad prescription)
Doctor C, friends' recommendation: laid back, relatively cheap, totally fine. Horrible looking office in a strip mall next to a Subway; I would never have found him randomly.

posted by mygothlaundry 11 January | 12:06

Eye parasites? Do tell.

I just assumed they exist (I've been watching the first season of House) and they're what you get if you're negligent about your occular health.

posted by Capn 11 January | 12:08

Capn: Or it could be vasculitis.

posted by TrishaLynn 11 January | 14:38

"10ccs Atropine push!" "But Dr. House!" "Do you want your patient to die?!"

posted by Capn 11 January | 14:44

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