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Postby cherishu2 » Tue 16 Jan 2007 11:37 am

I think i may have mixed my lenses up as i cant see much, either that or they are rubbish again.
they have a broken - - and a - which way round are they meant to be againwhich is left and which is right?.At moment i have unbroken - mark in my right eye.

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Postby Sweet » Tue 16 Jan 2007 11:45 am

Hhmm have you tried them in the different eyes? Maybe you have just got them mixed up?! Hopefully it is that as swapping lenses is much better than a sight problem.

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Postby Lynn White » Tue 16 Jan 2007 3:14 pm

Would have to know the make of lenses to be definitive here but generally the unbroken line is the right eye so it sounds like you do have them the right way round! :)

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Postby Andrew MacLean » Tue 16 Jan 2007 3:19 pm

cherishu

I got my optometrist to give me lenses that were different colours (or rather, different shades of blue). Dark was left. light was right.

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Postby Kirsten » Tue 16 Jan 2007 4:54 pm

Andrew MacLean wrote:cherishu

I got my optometrist to give me lenses that were different colours (or rather, different shades of blue). Dark was left. light was right.

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I did the same. Blue for left and a brown/grey colour for the right. So much easier.. I never even worried about which side of my case I was putting them in.

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Postby cherishu2 » Tue 16 Jan 2007 7:06 pm

oooo thats a good idea.
Thanks all.
I think left eye has just got worse but these are temp lenses until graft appointment in june.
She basically signed me off after giving me these. Will i still be able to go back to her. Cos baby is due soon and i cant see well.

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Postby Andrew MacLean » Tue 16 Jan 2007 9:44 pm

cherishu2

Here is the way it works.

You are the customer. They are the shopkeepers. You keep going back as much as you need to until YOU are satisfied you have got it right.

Even if you are seen in a hospital clinic, this is a service for which you have paid, and go on paying. Even if you do not pay income tax, you pay plenty of VAT on practically everything you buy (except newspapers),

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