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i have a problem

travelr712 posted on Jul 19, 2008 | views: 102 | Tags: eyes, a small rant, health eyesight
my glasses are killing me! i don't know if it's because they're bifocules, or because the frames hit me wrong, but i get headaches all day wearing them. i have to take them off. then i can feel the blood rushing through my ears and the headache goes away for awhile. i've worn glasses for over 20 years, and never had a problem till i bought this pair. and the prescription's 3 years old, so i can't even see that well through them.
 
i want to replace them, but that's hundreds of dollars that i don't have. and i need so many things. i need to pay for divorce filing. i need to have my taxes done - yes, i haven't had them done yet, i couldn't afford it.
 
i need a new couch. i need a new tv. the tv i have now, i have to leave on and just mute the sound, because if i turn it off and then back on later, it just comes on with a thin line across the middle until i smack it on the side. i'm afraid that the next time i turn it off, it won't come back on at all. and since they're gonna change the signals next year, i need to buy one of those flat panel hdtv's so it'll take the digital signal and i can plug my computer into it. but that's between $800 and $1200.
 
so yeah, i'm getting by. i have food. i have a decent apartment in a good complex. i've got furnature. i don't care about how it looks, i care about how it feels.
 
and yeah, i've got a good job now, making decent money. but i had such low paying jobs for so long, and went several months spending all my money supporting other people, and then had a couple weeks without a paycheck at all, so i'm still trying to play catchup. and in the mean time, everything just keeps getting more and more expensive, so it seems like i'll never get ahead, i'll just keep getting by. i'll end up doing a rent-a-center for a tv when mine finally goes out, and it'll cost me $3000 for an $800 tv. so i'll still never get ahead!
 
and i guess i really don't even mind that. i don't want to be rich. i just want some glasses that don't give me a headache, cause i can't see shit without them!
 
ok, rant over.


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  • polarheart said on Jul 20, 2008....
    Hey Trav, so sorry to hear about your poor eyes and the subsequent headaches.  I do understand you need many things, but after paying the things that cant wait, like the bill for the divorce and your taxes then pls get your eyes seen to.  That is defo more important than a couch or the tv.
     
    Feel better soon!
    Polar x
  • queenparanoia said on Jul 20, 2008....
    dude buy them first... afterall what the use of other stuff if you have a headache...
  • botoni said on Jul 20, 2008....
    Trav what you're going through is tough.  I hope it will encourage you if I tell you that I was exactly where you are a number of years ago.  It looked like I'd always live from cheque to cheque and just barely scrape by.  It all changed for me in time and I'm sure it will for you.  Hang in there and believe.
  • pickersplock said on Jul 20, 2008....
    Do you have health insurance through your new job?
    If you do, they usually cover one eye exam every year or two.
    So you should check that out.
    Also, you can get a prescription and take it to another optician.
    It's usually the frames that are really expensive, not so much the lenses.
    So, you could check out a local Walmart, or check online sites, and see if they have anything within your price range.
    Check out this site.
  • travelr712 said on Jul 20, 2008....
    polar - you're right, glasses are more important than a couch, but a tv, hmmm, don't know bout that one! :-P
     
    qpdoll - if i got no tv, i got no background noise and then the lonliness sets in, so it's important to have that too i guess
     
    botoni - things are better now than they have been in the past 5 years, that's for sure!
     
    pickers - i'll have insurance in another 9 weeks if i last that long, which i think i will. but i intend to shop around, yes.
  • RollingC said on Jul 20, 2008....
    I'm almost in the same boat but I'm begining to see a light at the end of the tunnel.
     
    I just hope it's not the headlamps of an oncoming  train ! (LOL)
     
    We haven't really talked about divorce yet but it's coming as my wife has already moved out.  I finally found somebody trustworthy to rent the room to (someone I've known and worked with for years in another company) but I still need a part-time job to make ends meet and keep afloat.  Luckily with the rent money I'll be giving much needed updates to the townhouse (like the room I rented just got some wood flooring on it and got rid of the old moldy rug full of stains).
    Little by little I'll get things back in shape but for now I'm going to have to buckle up and work 7 days (nights really) a week for a period of time.
    Rc
  • RollingC said on Jul 20, 2008....
    Ps.... Your eyesight comes first ok? I'm having a problem with mine (left eye) and I already got a scheduled visit at the Bascom Palmer on Aug.1.  I'm lucky that the insurance (which is provided free to all employees by the company) is accepted there as luckily the Co. changed Insurance just last month. 
    Rc
  • travelr712 said on Jul 21, 2008....
    what's a bascom palmer?
  • silverwhisper said on Jul 21, 2008....
    dude, if you can't see or have headaches, you can't work. your benefits should cover glasses, no? and you should definitely get your prescription updated.

    what happened to your last pair? are they toast or just not up to snuff anymore?

    ed
  • travelr712 said on Jul 21, 2008....
    i don't know what my insurance will cover, as i have another 9 weeks before i'm covered. and my old pair weren't bifocules, i wouldn't be able to see at all through them anymore.
  • silverwhisper said on Jul 21, 2008....
    ah, now i understand your situation--man but that blows!

    ed
  • RollingC said on Jul 21, 2008....
    Bascom Palmer Eye Institute....a well known (in this area) eye medical institution.
    Rc
  • travelr712 said on Jul 22, 2008....
    yeah silver, it does! i went to rent a center yesterday to check out their prices. if i get a tv from there, the payments are so high that when i pay it off 15 months later, i will have paid double the price. literally! it was an $1100 tv that with 15 payments = $2200! i don't know how they get away with charging 100% interest / yr!
     
    rolling - ahh, ic, we don't have those here :D
  • silverwhisper said on Jul 23, 2008....
    yeah, those rental places are a great exercise in how many ways you can be screwed over, dude--avoid 'em like the plague, b/c that's what they are.

    ed
  • travelr712 said on Jul 23, 2008....
    i know they are, but they weren't that bad two years ago when i rented a washer and dryer, it was only 50% add on. besides, with my credit, it's the only way i can get a tv without having to have cash.

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