Got my eyes diluated and ordered my glasses  

mtdewgurl, if you need those eyeglasses that badly, you should get them immediately. i wonder how have you managed to keep on without those most needed eyeglasses, more so because, you tinker with the computer.

actually, even if i can ably read without my reading eyeglasses, i have to wear them whenever i am at the computer. the monitor so hurts my eyes if i don't have them on. you know the pain i feel and then within just a few minutes, i feel drowsy. i hope all the best for you, friend, do get those most needed glasses and feel much better whenever you are doing some chores about seeing much easier what goes on. good luck on the saving, may you be able to produce the needed amount so very soon.

Well I went checked up about the price of exam and it is $77. Lucky that I can enlarge the writing on my computer it is set at a font size of 16. My husband moved the furniture around a few days ago and put my chair farthest from the television and now the writing is blurry and I can't read it what is on the television. I will be getting a pair this year. I am trying to get assistance from the Salvation army I will have to pay $25 I think of the $77 But alot of paper work to fill out and have to get approved first.

I found my hat. It was at the optometrists. So I was all right walking home. I will get a rebate because I am over 65, but I was worried for a while, and since I do have cataracts, if I am at the computer too long, I get a bit too tired and my eyes will get blurry. I can see well enough, but if the shade of the print is almost the same as the background, or if it is too small, i.e. prescription pill bottle warnings such as "if your arm falls off, stop taking this," I need to wear them.
We have Blue Cross, but do not know if that covers the glasses.

We had Blue Cross many years ago and if I remember correctly, they not only covered glasses, but it was a good plan..I hope yours does, I know the cost can be big without good insurance..

I think they are covered. My husband is extremely near sighted and he gets them. The trouble is that it depends on what he has left after the insurance, with all the prescriptions he has, I get sort of short shift so he did not bug me to get an eye exam until around Christmas because the insurance would cover it.

I just need them for reading, and I have a good distance vision, but since I have diabetes, although mild, I have to get my eyes checked all the time, and wear sunglasses when I am out because of the glare of the snow. I ordered a nice looking pair with blue frames. Blue looks good on me.

That is about how much my husband's cost. He has trifocals and is near sighted. I just need reading glasses and I have double vision, and a slight astigmatism, so for me they are not that expensive, but close to $200 is a bit too much. And because of my cataracts, it is hard to get an accurate reading, so I have my pick up at the store other reading glasses around just in case.

yup seems a bit much just for reading glasses.
Must also be an adjustment for the astigmatisum. and double vision.
Now I have to wait a week to get my glasses for they need something special done for the cataracts but I see nothing different in my colors or anything my momma told me hers cleared up when they changed her lences in her eyes She was 80 when she had them removed and was amazed at all the color she could see.

If I get tired, my eyes bother me and I have to wear sunglasses for a while when I go out. It is my double vision and astignatism, and I am trying to get rid of my cataracts. The trouble is my husband thinks that I do not need sunglasses unless the sky is extremely blue and the snow radiantly white.

cant help what he thinks! wear them when you ned to they are your eyes and you know best of what to do.
My glasses change to sun glasses when I get outside!

thanks for BR

I used to be on welfare because my father was disabled and my mother had just died and they gave me the ugliest glasses they could find. I did get an operation and I had had to wear glasses until I was in my fifties.

Sorry I meant to say I did not have to wear glasses until I got to be in my fifties.