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I wear the Oasis contacts. Hardly a pain in the ass. Pop one in and forget about it for 2 weeks. Take it out and let it soak in the solution overnight and plop it back in in the morning. I swap it out for a fresh one about every month and a half. Can't even tell its in my eye.
I've got the Hydraclear 2 with Oasis as well.
Fuck that. I mean, if it works for you, great. That's how my buddy had the worm rape his cornea. The pictures and description he gave of the pain.... No thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by colorider
I leave my contacts in for a month at a time, and change them in 6 month intervals. Usually, when I get a deposit so bad that I can't stand to have it pressing into my eyeball all day long. That ought to give you nightmares.
I'm going to go get my annual pretty soon here, I'll probably come screaming back to this thread occular cancer and take back everything I've posted so far.
Jim, I know a guy who had his eye ripped out by a bungee cord. One night after a gig, he was packing up his keyboard in the back of a van and the bungee let go, swung around the keyboard, and took his eye out on the way by.
Thats about how bad my eyes are now, I think my last script was for -6.5 and -7.25. Without my glasses I can only focus on things that are closer than 6 INCHES to my face. My fiancee can't believe how blind I am. It sucks big time, but I've gotten used to it as anyone does with a medical condition.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
I've been wearing glasses since 2nd grade. Got contacts in 6th grade and wore them (replace every 2 weeks) up until about 4 years ago (senior in college). Apparently, I was wearing my contacts so much (15hrs per day) that they didnt' have enough time to soak and get truly cleaned and I got an infection on my cornea. I had this for nearly 6mo without a clue, until one day I realized that I couldn't focus at all with my left eye. The infection caused serious damage to my cornea and even still I can only see about 20/40 with my left eye (but it WAS 20/100 back then). I am back to wearing glasses and can/will never wear contacts again.Quote:
Originally Posted by JM Ver. 2.0
And fyi, I used to get once a day contacts as well for camping trips. It was so much easier dealing with them than putting them in solution, then keeping the lens case inside my sleeping bag with me to keep them from freezing. Even still, the once a days would get VERY cold and it would snap me awake so quickly when I put that nearly frozen contact on my eye.
Stories like this are not helping... Lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by BuffCyclist
I'm calling a LASIK place tomorrow now.
Haha, sorry. The doc should tell you to wear them for no more than 8-10 hours at a time and then clean them properly between wearings. If you do that, you should be safe. However, get in the habit of keeping an extra set of contacts with you where you spend a lot of time (like work).Quote:
Originally Posted by JM Ver. 2.0
In my case, I'm so blind that if I drive somewhere and lose one contact or both, I have no way of getting home. Additionally, you can get a cheap pair of glasses (which they should encourage you to get) that you can wear at night to rest your eyes. Its all about how careful and mature you will be with it. If you treat it like it doesn't matter and you wear them for a month straight there is a chance it could get stuck to your eye (a friend used to do that, then she'd bitch/complain/whine about how hard it was to change her contacts), then sooner or later you'll have a problem. If I had known how bad things could have gotten with my eyes and contacts, I wouldn't have worn them for so long each day and been very OCD about changing them every 2 weeks like you should.
Also, in Colorado you may want to carry around some eye drops (visine). I used to keep a small bottle in my backpack on campus, because some days the dryness would kill me.
I wanted to get lasik too, even more so now that I could probably afford it, but my night vision is vital (okay, not vital but somewhat important) to my job so if I lose my night vision, then my job will become more difficult and I won't be able to enjoy the beauties of the night sky anymore. And frankly, that's far worse than wearing glasses daily.
I have thing I'll say about lasik or any other corrective eye surgery-
ONE EYE AT A TIME !!!
I don't care how unlikely it is that you'll problems don't risk both eyes at the same time. Do one eye and let it settle in and confirm it is good then do the other. Any surgery has risks. Bad results are rare but they do happen.
I went from perfect vision to trifocals in less than a week when I was 5 years old. I will not wear contacts and I will not get surgery just to correct my vision. I have a cataract coming in one eye so I guess I'll be getting some surgery for that sometime.
I have found that full safety glasses to be cheaper than regular street glasses lately. You might check that if money is a factor.
Spending the money and time on proper tissue paper / wipers for cleaning glasses is well worth the money and effort. Facial tissue, butt wipe, and your shirt tail all are risks for scratches, big or fine that just fog the lens.
Hang in there. I wish you well.
We are in Colorado, one mile less atmospheric shielding. ALWAYS wear sunglasses outside in the sunshine!
just my .02 cents