I'm short sighted. Not dramatically so (-3.50) but I have terrible binocular vision, an astigmatism that seems to worsen at every test (again it's not dramatic) and a squint.
I wear either glasses or contacts all the time. Prefer contacts. I did try toric lenses but they'd got my prescription wrong so I rejected them. Didn't feel I could see well enough to drive.
The squint in my right eye was corrected at 18 months; the squint in my left I eye was corrected at the age of 7 (nearly 30 years ago). When I'm tired, I really struggle to focus and my left eye crosses. When it's really bad I cannot do anything close up at all.
For some reason, for the past six months I can't seem to get the prescription correct in my left eye, particularly with contacts. I've had two eye tests and umpteen lens checks. I did have a problem with dry patches on my cornea which apparently cleared up using drops. Also changed my lens type and they feel tons better but I just cannot put my finger on why my vision feels wrong. But it feels wrong!
I go to Specsavers because it's cheap but I'm wondering if I should be trying an independent optician? The only other one that's reasonably local recently messed up my dad's prescription so I'm not sure about them either!
Or, would it be worth me trying to get seen by the orthoptics people at our NHS Community Eye Service? I did mention my squint years ago when dd1 was under them and they did mention adult services, but I have no idea how to access them! GP?
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2ndSopranosRule · 11/02/2016 15:30
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