Contact Lenses

[RogerS]

Laser surgery if definately the way to go. My wife had it done in March after wearing glasses and contacts for 20 years. Her sight is now better than mine with a pescription of less than +0.5. She was 7.5 and 7.8 which is massively strong and glasses with thin lenses were costing £300+ every two years plus a £25 direct debit per month for contacts. It cost £1800 but will have paid or itself inless than 5 years. Don't let the scare mongerers put you off. Some people do have problems with it but the proportion is small when compared to the thousands who end up with problem free, very good results.

No way, hosay! I have two eyes only. They might change in the future. I might need to add a bit on ...that has previously been burnt off by the laser. They might screw up the original treatment as well.

"Some people do have problems"......you must be joking to risk something like laser eye surgery.

 

[Harbo]

Rob - do them over a sink with the plug in and do not throw the solutions in the containers away until you are happy with the fit - they are very difficult to tell which is the correct side and often turn themselves inside out. A poor fit after a few minutes will soon tell. Take it out, rinse in the reserved solution, turn the correct way and fit again.
I have been wearing lenses for many many years but now only wear them for swimming and other sports. As I got older I had to carry reading glasses and then mid range glasses as well (to see computer screens) - in the end got fed up with carting around all these specs so now wear varifocals for most of the time.
I am short sighted and can see very well close up without any aids - it's much easier to slip off your specs than take out lenses especially in the workshop.
I use dailies with a long distance lense in my dominant eye and a reading one in the other - the brain soon gets used to it and that way I can read the speedometer when driving
My wife (who needs reading glasses only) gets away with wearing a lense in one eye only!
Contacts are great and give a great deal more freedom but don't forget to wear safety specs!

Rod

 

[Smudger]

A couple of thoughts.
I used to wear lenses for years, but had to stop after I developed an allergy to my own proteins - this was in the days before daily disposables. That lenses period was a wonderful time, free from glasses. It is well worth a little initial discomfort. You get over the squeamishness very quickly, and the eye is physically tougher than you think.

Laser surgery - a friend of mine's missus had the op done a couple of years ago, and she was very, very pleased with it.

If I were younger (ie could still get away with a single prescription) I would go back to daily disposable lenses.

 

[RogerS]

How did it go, Rob?

 

[Dibs-h]

Laser surgery if definately the way to go. My wife had it done in March after wearing glasses and contacts for 20 years. Her sight is now better than mine with a pescription of less than +0.5. She was 7.5 and 7.8 which is massively strong and glasses with thin lenses were costing £300+ every two years plus a £25 direct debit per month for contacts. It cost £1800 but will have paid or itself inless than 5 years. Don't let the scare mongerers put you off. Some people do have problems with it but the proportion is small when compared to the thousands who end up with problem free, very good results.

No way, hosay! I have two eyes only. They might change in the future. I might need to add a bit on ...that has previously been burnt off by the laser. They might screw up the original treatment as well.

"Some people do have problems"......you must be joking to risk something like laser eye surgery.

I used to think that and waited 10 years before getting around to it. My prescription was -3.5 in the Left and -3.0 in the Right with -0.5 astimatism in both. I had the dominant eye lasered in April and 3 months later the non dominant eye.

My current binocular vision is between 6/5 and 6/4 - which is extra lines on the Snellon chart than most. I think the std is 6 lines. Mines is 7 and occasionally 8.

It's the best 2K I every spent in my life - having worn glasses for the last 20 years. Even now when it rains - I look up - I haven't felt rain on my face and each time it feels weird. Chaps with glasses will know what I mean.

At least this way I won't need bifocals in 10 or so years time.

 

[filsgreen]

I wear contacts and glasses, the contacts are a blessing in my job. I'm too much of coward to get laser surgery and at 49, I'm thinking that it's a bit late in the day. I know my niece had it done and she has never looked back.

Phil

 

[Chris Knight]

I know my niece had it done and she has never looked back.

Presumably it welded her eyeballs in a fixed position?

 

[2020]

I've noticed you can buy bottles of what claim to be "No Rub" solutions - and yet, my optician always tells me to clean my lenses properly. I once bought this solution that was almost acidic... Well, I may be wrong there, but it was the kind where you're supposed to put your lenses in and LEAVE THEM for eight hours! :roll: Stings like b****, I can tell you!! :shock: :wink:

Most C/L solutions are "No Rub", but many C/L wearers have high protein build-up problems with their lenses, which may require additional cleaning. The solution that led to "b****" stingy eyes was probably one that has a built in catalyst in the case which neutralises the solution after 6 hours or so. Never use it un-neutralised

Dave

 

[Jenx]

I'm fed up with me glasses :x so I went into SS on Saturday for a free trial (free consultation, lenses etc) I was seen by a very personable young blond lady ....

The only 'down-side' was, once the lenses were correct and fitted... the Personable Blonde lady turned out to be called Bernard, and she had a beard to rival Bin Ladin's. :wink:

Is that 'Ironic Hindsight' ? :wink:

 

[Steve Maskery]

. the Personable Blonde lady turned out to be called Bernard,

That is really bad eyesight
S