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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Welcome to the ranks of the ol' goats. Been wearing glasses fer half my life...

I wore spectacle for the second half of my life, until in 2008. I did the lazer surgery

Originally Posted by montsnmags

I should have been. I just haven't (vanity with glasses; laziness with contacts).

I did the checkup. Vision mostly fine (expected shortsightedness, and left eye astigmatism). Ordered glasses. Have to have a peripheral vision check when I pick them up (minor difference in photo in optic nerve part of right eye, so just baselining for glaucoma checking).

Cheers,
Marc

You seem to have what I had.

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

I've worn glasses since I was three (amblyopia and far-sighted) - went from "coke-bottle" lenses to present day feather-light plastic lenses. Still have permanent divots on the bridge of my nose.
Brief foray with contacts - way too much bother & mess - and I found out the hard way I was allergic to the preservatives in the wetting solutions. But contacts did give me one of my most memorable transcendental experiences. To put contacts in you lose your "blink" response when something approaches your eye. One day, walking home during snow flurries, I watched a single snowflake approach my eye and then melt on my lens. It was magical!

I was hopeless with contacts, they kept swimming out or me rubbing them out. I lost one in the movies once and had to get it back in in the dark with spit.

I don't miss the divots on my nose.

Originally Posted by happy_terd

There is always Lasik Eye Surgery. From what I understand they don't even need to cut you anymore.

Yay! You don't feel much, but you can smell the burning.

Originally Posted by happy_terd

The Lasik Eye Surgery has made massive amounts of progress over the last ten years. I think I will wait ten more years and see if the surgery is super cheap and super easy.

It would be awesome if all you need to do is take a pill.

I paid $5200 Ozzie in 2008 for both eyes, and the after care, check ups for a year all included.

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

I had Lasik done about 10 years ago. I can't even begin to express how happy I am with it! I was in glasses at 9, and then in contacts at 11. I stayed in the hard contacts for a really long time which had the added advantage of keeping my astigmatic eyes flattened and keeping them from further degradation. I did everything a contact wearer, especially a hard contact wearer is NOT supposed to do... I swam with them, occasionally slept with them, and even went through all of Basic Training (except the gas chamber) with them. I actually managed to hang onto one pair from my late teens until I was almost 30. I had my daughter on my shoulders at the Frankfurt Zoo, and she tipped a little and grabbed my face knocking one out. when I went to an optometrist to get them replaced he laughed at me and told me that he would have to have the equipment MADE to make my contacts! I had to go into the gas permeable ones then, and I never completely got used to them. when I was checked out for Lasik I was warned that I might still have to wear glasses in addition to the surgery. I was SO near sighted that I was happy with any improvement. my initial exam had me at 20-15. I know that I've slipped a bit as the most distant targets when I am shooting are a bit fuzzy. I think you can have a "tune-up" which I will definetly check out!

I am so happy with my results, I was so bionic I walked around looking at things in the distance for weeks and going "wow" every where I went. I was better than perfect. You can see whilst swimming, in the shower. At the gym. Anything sweaty is great without specs! And things you have to do upside down like awkward bluddy computer systems under tight and dark desks.

I think now after two years I have normalised, I am due for another visit to the optometrist to see if I have regressed. But I agree, I would look at a tune up too. Its soo worth it.

Originally Posted by recluse

I can't use contacts. My eye surgery created a condition called "bad binocularity" which only eyeglasses can correct.
Basically, my eyes focus independently of each other. Left for close up, right for distance. And they don't align properly. For years, without glasses, I was seeing two of whatever I tried to focus on. My right placed the object in it's true position, my left placed it closer, higher and to the left. When I was tired, I could feel my focus shift from eye to eye. Plus my left eye would drift, hiding my pupil when my right was in use.
I finally was given lenses to correct the problem about 7 years ago. Now my eyes work together without my glasses on and I have depth perception. And my vision stopped degenerating. My eyes are actually improving! I don't use them to read anymore and I stopped walking into things as much. I still don't have peripheral vision on the left and never will.

I have a friend who is like that, he would dearly love to have lazer surgery, but because of childhood accident and injury to his eye, would not be suitable.