Hi all
I'm pre-diabetic and currently trying to sort with diet, which has helped a lot.
I'm a secretary so on a screen all day. In the afternoons my eyesballs have started to ache - there is a word for it that optician used but I've forgotten it. I thought I needed new glasses (despite only getting new ones last Jan 2013 so saw optician yesterday.
Optician said he would give me a slightly higher prescription but that I should wait a while as it could be blood sugar causing it and that I could be OK with my old prescription again in a couple of weeks.
So I guess I'll have to wait anyway before I do anything. Just wondered has this happened to anyone else?
Other thing is I wear varifocal glasses but was thinking about changing to contacts. Optician says there is only bi-focal contacts so I might struggle to see middle distance. anyone else tried these? He said the cost is £100 initial then around £20 a month for the contacts. so I don't want to pay the £100 then find I hate them. Although I do need to check other opticians yet to see if there any deals about.
And is it sensible at all to change to contacts when nurse said that even if manage to fend off the diabetes now with diet, eventually I will get it?
Thanks
Jannor
I'm pre-diabetic and currently trying to sort with diet, which has helped a lot.
I'm a secretary so on a screen all day. In the afternoons my eyesballs have started to ache - there is a word for it that optician used but I've forgotten it. I thought I needed new glasses (despite only getting new ones last Jan 2013 so saw optician yesterday.
Optician said he would give me a slightly higher prescription but that I should wait a while as it could be blood sugar causing it and that I could be OK with my old prescription again in a couple of weeks.
So I guess I'll have to wait anyway before I do anything. Just wondered has this happened to anyone else?
Other thing is I wear varifocal glasses but was thinking about changing to contacts. Optician says there is only bi-focal contacts so I might struggle to see middle distance. anyone else tried these? He said the cost is £100 initial then around £20 a month for the contacts. so I don't want to pay the £100 then find I hate them. Although I do need to check other opticians yet to see if there any deals about.
And is it sensible at all to change to contacts when nurse said that even if manage to fend off the diabetes now with diet, eventually I will get it?
Thanks
Jannor