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    1. The Poisonous Euros Atmosphere Fan‏Verified account @DawnHFoster 27 Feb 2019

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      Yes, I know lots of people can go online and get cheap glasses. But if your prescriptions over -10 you can’t, and this is the best way I’ve found of getting cheaper glasses, because the NHS only give you ~£30 towards the cost of thinning the lenses.https://twitter.com/DawnHFoster/status/1100767908366553088 …

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      For other myopia-afflicted types, this is the best/cheapest way to buy designer specs: go to TK Maxx, buy some frames, get tested and the lenses put in at Specsavers. Saves me ~£80-120 and the frames are way better than Specsavers’.
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    2. The Poisonous Euros Atmosphere Fan‏Verified account @DawnHFoster 27 Feb 2019

      You also have no choice but to get thick plastic frames because your lenses are so thick even after being thinned to the highest possibility, so no cool hipster wire frames for us lot.

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    3. The Poisonous Euros Atmosphere Fan‏Verified account @DawnHFoster 27 Feb 2019

      I know people are trying to be helpful, and thank you, but most people replying think “bad eyesight” is -5 diopters, when for lots of us it’s “the NHS pay for our eye tests, give us money off specs, and warn us to watch out for retinal detachment.”

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      The Poisonous Euros Atmosphere Fan‏Verified account @DawnHFoster 27 Feb 2019

      I do want to write about how people on very low incomes cope with the fact that glasses are so expensive when you have very poor vision, so if that’s you or you work with people who do, email me!

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        1. Phoenix is nsfw & is on Fansly!‏ @PhoenixDK 27 Feb 2019
          Replying to @DawnHFoster

          As a fellow incredibly myopic lady - hell yes! Even the average £80 cost to bring your own frames is prohibitive, but still, theres so little alternative to just paying whatever an optician wants 😫 And my eyesight has changed every single year since I was 8 yrs old 😬

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        2. ipstenu (Mika E.)‏ @Ipstenu 27 Feb 2019
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          I just didn't buy glasses until I could afford them. (-11.5 w/ +1.75 for bifocaling). It's worse in the US where even when you do have insurance, they won't cover things like ultra-thin lenses you HAVE to buy, because they won't make your lenses in anything else :/

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        3. The Poisonous Euros Atmosphere Fan‏Verified account @DawnHFoster 27 Feb 2019
          Replying to @Ipstenu

          Argh, that’s a nightmare! Especially when, as you say, they won’t fit in frames without ultra-thinning

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        1. David Neil Robinson‏ @DDIGITALMEDIA 27 Feb 2019
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          My Dad did this with a pair of reading glasses and had the lens swapped out in Vision Express. At 78 there is no way he could afford new frames given he need long and short distance vision glasses.

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        2.  🌍 🌱Tricia 📚 💙‏ @TrishLowt 27 Feb 2019
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          Why is it taken as given that we'll buy new frames every two years? I get funny looks when I ask them to put the new lenses in my old frames, but they do it.

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        3. The Poisonous Euros Atmosphere Fan‏Verified account @DawnHFoster 27 Feb 2019
          Replying to @TrishLowt

          Yes, it really annoys me that asking for just new lenses is discouraged just so opticians can make money. Used to be common that opticians would refuse to put lenses in your own frames.

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        1. BenefitsBlues‏ @BenefitsBlues 27 Feb 2019
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          My prescription is around -8 in each eye. I'm desperate for new specs as my lenses need updating, I haven't had an eye test in over two years but just can't afford it. Even charity grants rarely offer money towards specs. I've been looking into it.

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        2. Abigail Pedlow  💙‏ @AbiPedlow 27 Feb 2019
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          When we were skint (mat leave, kid in childcare) I didn't go near an optician. Once she started school I could afford eyetest/new prescription. Bugs me that short-sighted get no financial help unless extremely myopic, and then it's peanuts.

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        3. The Poisonous Euros Atmosphere Fan‏Verified account @DawnHFoster 27 Feb 2019
          Replying to @AbiPedlow

          Yep, I’m -14 so get a tiny amount of help, but while I was at uni/in my first job I didn’t get new glasses for six years

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        2. Mrs H‏ @delirioushappy 27 Feb 2019
          Replying to @DawnHFoster

          After having minus 6 plus for years now after my cataract intra optic lenses I have no myopia. No more £400 glasses. Now can't read but £4 specs from pharmacy are fine!

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        3. The Poisonous Euros Atmosphere Fan‏Verified account @DawnHFoster 27 Feb 2019
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          Amazing result!

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