I have an odd question for those who live in Canada.
I was working today, doing a lot of sewing on a big plastic surgery case (reduction mammoplasty and abdominoplasty.) I wear contact lenses, but when I'm sewing, I tend not to blink often enough, so my contacts stick to my eyeballs (EWWW!) and hurt! Then I tear up and I can't see to sew! I had to call my Mom and have her go to my house and get my glasses and bring them to me at the hospital. She was a little put out because it was snowing and the roads were awful.
I got to talking with the surgeon about why I never wear my glasses, and prefer my contact lenses. I'm horribly nearsighted (-7.50) and now I'm starting to need bifocals. I also have astigmatism. I hate wearing my glasses, because even with the high index lenses, they are still quite thick (aside from the fact that I have absolutely NO peripheral vision with my glasses!) He told me that I need to take my glasses prescription to Canada and have glasses made there. He said that Canada has different requirements for glasses and safety glasses, etc., and I would be able to get much thinner lenses in Canada than I can get in the U.S. Does anyone know if this is, in fact, true? If it is, are there any 'quick' glasses places, like Pearle Vision, LensCrafters or Nu-Vision? I live in Mid-Michigan, so going to Detroit and over to Windsor wouldn't be much of an ordeal for me.
Thanks for any insight you can give me on this subject!!! I'd really love to have a pair of glasses that don't look like Coke bottles!
I was working today, doing a lot of sewing on a big plastic surgery case (reduction mammoplasty and abdominoplasty.) I wear contact lenses, but when I'm sewing, I tend not to blink often enough, so my contacts stick to my eyeballs (EWWW!) and hurt! Then I tear up and I can't see to sew! I had to call my Mom and have her go to my house and get my glasses and bring them to me at the hospital. She was a little put out because it was snowing and the roads were awful.
I got to talking with the surgeon about why I never wear my glasses, and prefer my contact lenses. I'm horribly nearsighted (-7.50) and now I'm starting to need bifocals. I also have astigmatism. I hate wearing my glasses, because even with the high index lenses, they are still quite thick (aside from the fact that I have absolutely NO peripheral vision with my glasses!) He told me that I need to take my glasses prescription to Canada and have glasses made there. He said that Canada has different requirements for glasses and safety glasses, etc., and I would be able to get much thinner lenses in Canada than I can get in the U.S. Does anyone know if this is, in fact, true? If it is, are there any 'quick' glasses places, like Pearle Vision, LensCrafters or Nu-Vision? I live in Mid-Michigan, so going to Detroit and over to Windsor wouldn't be much of an ordeal for me.
Thanks for any insight you can give me on this subject!!! I'd really love to have a pair of glasses that don't look like Coke bottles!