Eye doctor.

I had LASIK in 98...with the required follow ups. Vision corrected from 20/200ish to 20/15 left eye, 20/20 right eye. The right eye isn't as sharp as the left eye, though. That was my last eye exam. Wife and I were just discussing this exact topic yesterday. We've both scheduled eye exams in Dec. I have to wear cheaters to read and do other close work now.

I highly recommend LASIK. I'm sure it's greatly improved in the 14 years since I had it done.

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Originally Posted by Irving

You are over reacting. I actually laughed out loud when I read the "new lenses every day" part. I totally understand though. Some people are just that way with their eyes. I've known people who have vision problems, but won't get contacts because they can't touch their own eyes. One girl spent over 30 minutes in the doctor's office just trying to put ONE contact in. Must have been the most patient doctor in the world. I'll stop giving you a hard time over it. There is nothing wrong with being too careful. You can just take the contacts out and clean them every night, you don't have to have brand new ones.

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My wife worked as a surgical assistant to an eye surgeon. Saw way too many folks laying back in the chair who had worn contacts over night, or wore the disposables too many days.

Trying to remember the details but basically at night your eyelids are closed, the contacts hold more friction against the eye lids, so your REM eye movements rub your eyeball against the contact, creating corneal abrasions? Doesn't happen every time, but once it does, you're back into glasses permanently.

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Originally Posted by JM Ver. 2.0

I'll figure it out. I'm honestly not looking forward to the eye touching part either. I had a pair in today for the fitting. It was weird. I'll get used to it though.

I think the worst part about today was the glaucoma test. Fuck that. That "little puff of air" was a bastard.

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Little puff of air is the easy way to do it. The air puff wears off relatively quickly compared to the couple hours of dark sunglasses when you get the drops.

Shit I have been wearing contacts for a while now...never liked touching my eyes but I'm used to putting them in and taking out now. I still can't put in eye drops though just freaky...in short it'll get easier.

It's not a bad idea to have your eyes checked out once a year, just like the teeth every six month thing, better to get to a problem early rather than late...