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Vision - Glasses, Contacts, LASIK, Born Right

buckeyebri

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  • Curious as to how BPers fare with their vision?

    I have worn glasses or contacts since about 1973. Most of that time has been contacts. I have tried all types, hard, soft and gas permeable to some levels of success. My current gas permeable lenses are bifocal, which I got about a year ago. I am really to the point of frustration with my contacts, especially my right eye. For some reason, I just can't keep my contact clear no matter how much I clean it. I also have a tough time seeing the flight of my ball when playing golf.

    While I would love to do the surgery, I just can't find 4K magically laying around anywhere. I know I would still have to wear reading glasses or glasses when driving at night if I did the surgery, but I am pretty okay with at this point.
     
    I got glasses in High School, then switched to contacts immediate. Last year i switched to Daily contacts... never looked back, best thing I've done, no solution no cleaning, new set of contacts every day. Contact rips/drops in the sink, just toss it and put in a new one. My eyes aren't that bad and havent changed in years. My wife on the other hand is starting to talk about Lasik.
     
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    buckeyebri;2360027; said:
    I am really to the point of frustration with my contacts, especially my right eye. For some reason, I just can't keep my contact clear no matter how much I clean it. I also have a tough time seeing the flight of my ball when playing golf.

    Do you have astigmatism? I have it in both eyes and recently my script got bad enough (I guess how you say it) to where I could do contacts, where before the contacts would be to thin to handle.

    Anyway, I went for the monthly Air Optix. I am going to change to dailies here soon as I keep getting a bacterial infection in my eyes that cause dry eye and make contacts hard to wear, my right eye especially. Doctor said that dailies might be better as you put them in, wear them for the day, then throw them away. Keeps things more sterile. Also, doc said that my tear production has probably decreased and recommended I use the OTC artificial tears in the mornings before the contacts go in, and then at night when I take them out and right before I go to bed.

    Let you know what comes of all this, but I feel your pain.
     
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    I wore glasses for twenty years and hated them. I finally upgraded to contacts and they were a pain to put in and take out every night. Then my life changed for the better, as far as my seeing things was concerned. My doctor told me cataracts were forming in my eyes. IN 1998 I had surgery on the left eye and I was back into glasses until 2003 when I had surgery done on the right eye.

    And today at the age of 72 I don't ever have to wear glasses again. I can actually see a golf ball sitting on the green from about 160 yards out. Cataract surgery in your later years will be a blessing to a lot of you. They have performed many miracles in the form of eye surgery and they continue to get better. It's incredible what eye doctors can do, now in these days.
     
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    buxfan4life;2360033; said:
    Do you have astigmatism? I have it in both eyes and recently my script got bad enough (I guess how you say it) to where I could do contacts, where before the contacts would be to thin to handle.

    Anyway, I went for the monthly Air Optix. I am going to change to dailies here soon as I keep getting a bacterial infection in my eyes that cause dry eye and make contacts hard to wear, my right eye especially. Doctor said that dailies might be better as you put them in, wear them for the day, then throw them away. Keeps things more sterile. Also, doc said that my tear production has probably decreased and recommended I use the OTC artificial tears in the mornings before the contacts go in, and then at night when I take them out and right before I go to bed.

    Let you know what comes of all this, but I feel your pain.


    Yes, I do have an astigmatism. The doctor I go to now told me if I went to the soft lenses my eyes would continue to change because they don't hold your eyes shape like the GPs do. He said that I could go that route but my prescription would change constantly. Of course, he also told me I would have to wear glasses for a period of time based on some formula for the number of years, 37 or so, I have worn contacts before I could have the surgery.

    I am wondering if the curvature of the contact on the right eyes is not quite fitting my eye and this is the issue or if I need some sort of drops, as you are doing.

    Good luck, I will be interested to hear how it goes for you.
     
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    I got lasik done on my right eye in Sept 2000. It was 20/200 before the surgery and 20/15 after...they wouldn't do my left eye because it was only 20/35 (their baseline was 20/40). Nearly 13 years later the right eye is probably no longer 20/15, but I passed my last drivers license renewal eye test two years ago easily. I had been wearing contacts for about five years before getting lasik. One of the best decisions I've ever made was to get the lasik done.
     
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    Bite the bullet and get the lasik. I wore contacts for about 25 years and then had lasik. Had astigmatism and was near-sighted. The astigmatism was in the medium bad range, my prescription on the correction side was around 20/100 when I had the surgery done. After surgery I was 20/15 in both eyes. That was over 10 years ago. Last exam I was still 20/15 but trending towards slight farsightedness in one eye. I now have to wear reading glasses but that of course isn't treated by lasik. Most of the reason I went to lasik was for the reasons everyone else does, comfort. I just was having a hard time wearing contacts due to dryness, discomfort etc. Really glad I opted for the surgery. Didn't have any problems and have had better than perfect vision since.
     
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    Have had glasses since elementary school (mid-80s), and contacts since the start of HS, with my eyes getting progressively worse into my mid-20s, but now I've had the same prescription for almost 10 years. My whole family had Lasik with mostly positive results (one sister is having ongoing problems with her 2nd round of Lasik), so I went in for a consultation a couple years ago, only to be told I am not a candidate because my prescriptions (for nearsightedness) are too high. They recommended another (two-stage) procedure that involved essentially implanting a lens inside the eye, but it cost twice as much and didn't have long-term studies established, with a relatively high chance of causing cataracts. Contacts are a pain, but they're more comfortable than glasses, and they do the job for me.
     
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    I wore glasses/contacts for 15 years. I started having really bad allergies that would give me severe pain in my eyes when I wore contacts, so I had to stop wearing them.

    I spoke with several of my fellow employees who had recently had Lasik surgery, and they suggest I go in for a free appointment to see if my eyes "qualified" for the surgery. I went in and went through the tests, and they gave me an estimate of what it would cost to have my eyes done.

    The next year, I filed for a flex-plan at my work so I would have the money I needed for the surgery. The money is taken out throughout the entire year, and it's tax free, so I didn't feel it in my wallet as much as I would have if I'd have paid for the surgery out right. Also, the money is available up front, so I could schedule the surgery when I wanted.

    The Lasik surgery was extremely effective, as it's been 5 years now and I have had no issues whatsoever and still have 20/20 vision.

    I guess I typed all of that out to say, if you're currently employed and interested in having Lasik surgery, check to see if you have a flex plan available as it could work for you.
     
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    Corrective lenses in one shape or another since my senior year of HS. Started wearing contacts in college. Had gas perms for about two months. They always felt like a broken chunk of glass in my eyes and went back to soft.

    A couple of years ago my eye doc put me in a new material that can be worn over night. I don't create a lot of protein and tolerate these really well. They are supposed to be monthly disposables but I can go four months at a time without taking them out. That's with my doc's approval. Apparently it's better to keep my dirty fingers out than it is to remove them. :wink:. Switched to a bifocal in the same material last January. Aside for feeling drunk for the three days it took for me to get used to them, they've been great.

    ... And yes, I do have a mild astigmatism... and the same doc OK'd LASIC for my wife but won't for me because it isn't worth the risk given how well I tolerate these lenses.
     
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    I went in today for a work up to see if I was a candidate for LASIK. Unfortunately as it sits right now they can't appropriately correct my vision. I am going to have to leave my contacts out for a period of time and then go back for another check. On the flip side, my sight may be such that I have a cataract issue that would allow me to get a different form of surgery to do the correction that would be covered by insurance. So, I might have that going for me......
     
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