Unutterably Silly So what are you doing RIGHT NOW?

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by recluse

The only way to get used to them is to wear them as often as possible. The ones you chose are very nice. Soon you'll have forgotten what you looked like without them.

Jon

I hope so. I wore glasses about 15 years ago, but I've changed a fair whack since then. I've always worn (non-prescription) sunglasses. Australians tend to not leave the house without them (if their not on the face, they're perched on the head).

And, thanks.

Cheers,
Marc

[recluse]

You're welcome, Marc.
I know it's hard to get used to, if your vision isn't too bad. But you'll be better off in the long run.
And the most dashing, debonair fellow in Oz.

Jon

[yvanleterrible]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

This afternoon I go for an eye test, having decided to get glasses. I'll get some normal and sunglasses in prescription. The normal glasses'll look like this

http://www.specsavers.com.au/glasses...h-01?brand=391
(though in a "copper", which doesn't seem to be listed here, but is definitely down at the store)

and the sunglasses like this:

http://www.specsavers.com.au/glasses...=135&start=135
(in the brown/copper, somewhat matching the normals)

I'll see how I go with the normal glasses. I'm pretty vain at times, so I might not tend to wear the normal glasses out.

Cheers,
Marc

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

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

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

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

[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!

[happy_terd]

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

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by happy_terd

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

It's cheaper to lose your vanity.

[happy_terd]

The prices also went down a LOT.

It isnt about vanity. I am sure they will still call you "big daddy" with or without the glasses. .

[yvanleterrible]

There are corrections not possible with laser, otherwise I would have had it done. Even with the 2% possibilities of it going bad.
I've worn contacts for soccer after a powershot to my face where the pair of glasses I was wearing was bent to the shape of my face. Painful. Contacts are also nice in rainy outdoor events... And you don't need special shades with them on.

[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.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

This afternoon I go for an eye test, having decided to get glasses. I'll get some normal and sunglasses in prescription. The normal glasses'll look like this

http://www.specsavers.com.au/glasses...h-01?brand=391
(though in a "copper", which doesn't seem to be listed here, but is definitely down at the store)

and the sunglasses like this:

http://www.specsavers.com.au/glasses...=135&start=135
(in the brown/copper, somewhat matching the normals)

I'll see how I go with the normal glasses. I'm pretty vain at times, so I might not tend to wear the normal glasses out.

Cheers,
Marc

We have very similar taste in glasses. I like those.

I don't need glasses except for reading, but the strength I'm using to read is 3.5. I can't read a thing without them. I use to wear pairs almost exactly like what you bought, but these days I need something a bit more solid so I use thicker frames. Think Clark Kent (although the actual glasses that go under that trademark are outside my budget.)

[yvanleterrible]

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.

That would be nice...

Someone at the Canadian Optometry order said that all eye disorders could be cured by 2014? Opticians won't like that...

[montsnmags]

For myself, glasses are the easiest. I've worn contacts, enjoyed them, but got bored with the cleaning routine. Now I know you don't have to do that anymore, but now it's watersports. I'd never remember to take them out for pool or surf, and be losing them.

I'm up for simplicity now, so the Lasik stuff is a bridge too far for me. I'm one who avoids medical interventions on my body, for assorted reasons (not all rational), and glasses to me fix things simply (it's a bit like our watering system. TL1 has a timer set up on it - me, I'd just go turn the tap on every second or third night. Less convenient, but...simple)

I'm used to looking after glasses as well, in that, as mentioned, I don't leave home without a pair of sunnies either on or perched on my head (an act so habitual I've on occasion taken them out at night). Now I'll have prescription sunnies, which'll replace my current non-prescription ones (perhaps not totally - I love the lightness, neutrality and clarity of Oakley's sunglasses).

I'm actually almost looking forward to it (it could still all just be vanity...just now for glasses.

Cheers,
Marc

[recluse]

I considered having Lasik done. Found out that I would still need glasses anyway because of the damage done from eye surgery at age 6.
Funny thing, because of that eye surgery, I need my glasses to shave the left side of my face. I can read normally without them, though.

[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!