Derp. Optical goggle fail.

[mrs.jacinthe]

I wear speedo vanquisher optical goggles.  They fit me the best and I'm comfortable in them.  I don't really treat them very well, because I figure I'll need to change the prescription every year (ish) anyhow.  I did not replace them this year because I just haven't been swimming enough to make it worth it to order a new pair.  BUT at the 5k two weeks ago, I had SERIOUS problems with leaking and fogging.  SERIOUS.  Like, stopping every 10 pulls or so to adjust because I couldn't see.  I probably lost 10 minutes in the swim just from adjusting my dang goggles.  I pushed non-replacement a little too far.

I wandered over to amazon to place my order, since I have an OWS on Saturday.  I was all "I'll just get the same diopter as last year - 3.0 ... oh, maybe I should call the eye doc and verify that my prescription didn't go up ..."  Called the eye doctor.  The office lady was all "Uh, your diopter is -2.5.  Not -3.0.  Weren't you having headaches with your old goggles?"  I was.  But I blamed it on capping, because it eased when I took off the cap (and the goggles at the same time).

OMG, DERP. I feel like a total moron.

Moral of the story/TL;DR - Check the mother effing prescription before you mother effing order.

[Susie]

I remember when you were complaining about headaches and it made no sense to me. MYSTERY SOLVED, lol.

[thom]

Glad you got this figured out! I never even realized Rx googles were a thing. Totally makes sense though.