Another clue as to why America needs Congresspeople who are serious about protecting the public from predatory monopolies. Obviously the GOP won’t do it, and Democrats who let the lobbyists write their legislation for them won’t tackle the problem either.
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I guess you haven’t heard. Eye exams in the United States are a scam.
I heard, and I agree to the point that they are a scam to wring as much money out of a person as possible, and the limits of “possible” change upward every year.
But my eyes are trash and I should make an effort to still be able to see for as long as I’m stuck on this planet. So… yeah.
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I followed the link and see they are featured at Eyes on Fremont which is where I typically get my glasses in person.
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Glad to hear you were able to get help for this! Scary!
On a side note - be careful that it wasn’t pseudo-myopia. Basically pseudo-myopia is a fake near-sightedness that happens when your muscles get stuck in an up-close focus. I strongly suspect a lot of other people have this- especially computer/screen workers. There came a point where I couldn’t see my coworker’s desk. Asked my optometrist (there are some great ones out there) and he asked some simple questions: Is your eyesight normal in the morning or when you’ve spent all day outside offline?.. yes… you have psuedo-myopia (can be checked with muscle relaxant drops) - I now implore all my friends to look away into the distance about every 5 minutes for a minimum of a minute to defocus their eyes. Using reading glasses can also help, as that causes the eyes to focus further away to see the page.
So… if it comes back, please see the above, and work on looking far into the distance as much as possible throughout your day.
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I do find with aging eyes that fatigue, lighting and other things are definitely factors in being able to see clearly. I have bifocals, and when I’m at work, I’m around and about enough that I’m not focusing exclusively on my computer screen. As a bonus, I sit beside a window, so I can glance into the far distance occasionally.
As for the Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma, I was initially told I was risk by an optometrist who teaches at Waterloo University (a science and engineering school; Stephen Hawking taught there briefly), and it was confirmed by the opthalmologist, who teaches at the University of Toronto. So I trusted their judgement, and felt I was in good hands. 
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