by vannin » Fri Nov 15, 2019 8:42 pm
Boots Optical seems to have lost interest since I have been attending Amersham Hospital Macular Suite for monthly eye injections this past year. Just had 12th appointment there. The Opthalmologists find me very relaxed but you can't fight the needles, can you?
But their scans are so thorough, I would soon be sent for new specs if needed.
The Dry Macular Degeneration has been developing for 17 years and hasn't a treatment or cure. It is the Wet MD that is treated by the injections and, while it can't cure, it can hold the condition at bay. I remain pleased that there were good results from the cataract removals after they were followed by lasering both eyes for Capsulotomies, so I only wear reading glasses for small print.
Maggie, I wish you well in getting Boots to fit new lenses in old frames. They told me years ago that it could not be done with modern frames which apparently lose their tautness so new lenses would not be secure. So, right through the nineties and after, I was paying a fortune each year to have brand new complete pairs. I got wise to them in the end, and the cataract removal helped the basic vision when all the other conditions had started!!
So now my reading glasses are a few years old and still effective and distance pair has not been needed at all since 2015.