First of all.. That letter was very good! You made the point really clear..
I also agree.. I can't believe it's a law, but some eye doctor trying to make a few extra dollars.. Keep us up to date.
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Jimmy: if it helps,
http://www.oag.state.md.us/consumer/edge73.htm
The only other thing I could find was information on contact lenses.
I think the reason they were getting in a bind is possibly because corrective eye-wear are FDA regulated appliances. I dig what you're saying though... But most places are less interested in fixing the problem than covering their liability and fattening their coffers.
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I've had places make me up glasses here in Pennsylvania when my pair has broken with no eye exam.
I did the same last year for my prescription saftey glasses. I used 2for 1 (big chain here) and they didnt really want to do t, but after a little sweet-talking they did take the prescription off my regular glasses.
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Same thing in NY. My Fiancee and I went for new contacts and i needed some eyeglasses as we cant wear contacts at work and We both had to get new eye exams. I just had one a year ago. I know the eye Doctor very well which is why i go there and he said they just cant do it, if they ever got caught the state would fine them. He did give us free eye exams but still, what the @!#$ is up with that.
Jimmy: I'm going to point back to my comment about corrective eye-wear being FDA regulated appliances. I doubt it was anything personal.They're covering their asses, and your prescription was expired.
Think of it like a driver's license that expired if it helps.
As an aside though, my grand-dad's prescription hasn't changed in 30 years... even though he's legally blind now.
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actually JIMMYZ; You are going to be driving, therefore it IS the states responsibility to make sure you have the right script, and if your script hasnt changed in 20 years you are in the minority. Your script will change its just a matter of time, keep in mind all the cells in your body including your eyes are replaced every ~7 years. Granted your eyes dont 'grow', but they can and do change, for that matter you have 2 eyes, and they can be damaged, What you are whining about I would have anticipated, and accepted not just because I understand it, but BECAUSE IT MAKES SENCE.
Why dont you just get laser eye surgery?
Make sure you find someplace that uses Windows to control the laser tho, you wouldnt want to use a unreliable machine for soemthing like your eyes.
^^^ Macs would require an interface unit that's only available for PC's anyhow.
Either way, they use a proprietary *NIX, and laser corrective surgery leads to night-blindness more often than not, so I've heard.
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i like the way you put it, Jimmy.
I do agree with GAM though, and really, think about this...if you perscription had change--how much would it have compared to you sans corrective lenses? at least they could have made a cheap pair of your old perscription to get you that much closer to 100% vision as opposed to letting you go at whatever....nd chances are your vision wouldn't have totally reversed (i.e. nearsighted to farsighted)
why i'm so glad i don't wear glasses...yet <knock on wood>
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GAM (The Kilted One) wrote:^^^ Macs would require an interface unit that's only available for PC's anyhow.
Either way, they use a proprietary *NIX, and laser corrective surgery leads to night-blindness more often than not, so I've heard.
I know a few people who have had it done and none of them suffered from night blindness. One how ever suffered from being blind period lol....they fixed it of course but before hand, his vision was @!#$ up and it burned like crazy
My mom can't drive at night because of the procedure, same with 2-3 of my co-workers. Mom and one of my co-workers went to a place in the US to get the wave-front procedure done.
If you have minor night vision problems, laser surgery will most always exasperate it.
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I do have minor night vision problems already but my eye site isnt that bad in the first place. 20/20 in the left eye and 20/40 in the right. So i wont be getting it any time soon. And i do know plenty of people that dont have night blindness who have gotten the surgury done.
I think the main problem is it depends on how bad your vision is in the first place. That decides the type of surgury. A focal laser will not cause night blindness. Typically its only when your vision is horrible and they have to do extensive surgury that your peripheral retina loses rod cells which are needed to see at night. Even so, its not always that way. It only happens when its a really bad case in the first place.
If you have minor night vision problems, laser surgery will most always exasperate it.
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And if you fly or dive, the laser quite often leads to decompression/presuriztion blindness.
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Jimmy I agree its stupid for it to be legislated to us about how we care for our own eyes but welcome to the great state of Maryland. Honestly does something even this out there really surprise you in our state? It shouldn't.
Remember its the govt's job to be our big brother and take care of us and watch after us because after all we're just the stupid masses and have no clue how to do anything for ourselves.
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