Any discounts on glasses with Keratoconus?
Posted: Fri 17 Oct 2008 1:24 pm
Hi everyone,
I'm new to this forum - this is my first message.
I have been aware of Keratoconus for the last 3 years and have had no problem with contact lenses and my vision with contact lenses. However, glasses are a different matter. Every 3 months it seems my vision changes, certainly with my right eye - my left eye doesn't have keratoconus yet. The only thing is, I cannot afford to keep having my glass lenses changed every few months as an eye test is over £20 and new lenses are around £40. So, does anyone know if we can get discount at all? I get my glasses from Specsavers and they said they would give me 30% discount initially, but only if I buy a brand new pair of glasses from them, rather than just update the lens, and this wouldn't work out any cheaper.
My current glasses are really weak and I haven't had them changed for nearly a year - because I haven't been able to afford to. Like I mentioned previously, I could have gone about 9 months ago and had them strengthened but it all works out so expensive, especially as I'm paying over £100 for contact lenses too. I go to the opthomotrist at the hospital for my contact lenses but she says its better to go to Specsavers for my glasses.
Finally, after years of struggling with poor eyesight and having to keep going back to various opticians for eye tests and changing of glasses, I was diagnosed with kerataconus about 3 years ago. I'd been going to Specsavers for about 10 years and after years of telling them that my vision was poor and that I couldn't see very well out of my glasses a new lady optician realised I had kerataconus. I couldn't believe that none of the other opticians had diagnosed it after 10 years. Is this normal?
Anyway, hope someone can help.
Thank you.
I'm new to this forum - this is my first message.
I have been aware of Keratoconus for the last 3 years and have had no problem with contact lenses and my vision with contact lenses. However, glasses are a different matter. Every 3 months it seems my vision changes, certainly with my right eye - my left eye doesn't have keratoconus yet. The only thing is, I cannot afford to keep having my glass lenses changed every few months as an eye test is over £20 and new lenses are around £40. So, does anyone know if we can get discount at all? I get my glasses from Specsavers and they said they would give me 30% discount initially, but only if I buy a brand new pair of glasses from them, rather than just update the lens, and this wouldn't work out any cheaper.
My current glasses are really weak and I haven't had them changed for nearly a year - because I haven't been able to afford to. Like I mentioned previously, I could have gone about 9 months ago and had them strengthened but it all works out so expensive, especially as I'm paying over £100 for contact lenses too. I go to the opthomotrist at the hospital for my contact lenses but she says its better to go to Specsavers for my glasses.
Finally, after years of struggling with poor eyesight and having to keep going back to various opticians for eye tests and changing of glasses, I was diagnosed with kerataconus about 3 years ago. I'd been going to Specsavers for about 10 years and after years of telling them that my vision was poor and that I couldn't see very well out of my glasses a new lady optician realised I had kerataconus. I couldn't believe that none of the other opticians had diagnosed it after 10 years. Is this normal?
Anyway, hope someone can help.
Thank you.