Contact lenses

I think most people don't wear glasses these days. They
use contact lenses or get radial keratotomy (sp?) I
hate contact lenses because it's too much of a bother:
keeping them clean, sticking your fingers in your eyes

Phyllis Copp...

(yuck)

(yuck) and avoiding infection. Who needs that???

Joy...

I agree. Anyway, I don't think they make trifocal contacts.

Both of my kids had the surgery. My son never wore contacts, and doesn't
need glasses at all now. My daughter used to wear contacts, and now uses

Chakolate...

If I had a real job, that'd be right at the top of my list of things to
spend money on.

reading glasses.

Arch (TX)...

You are supposed to wash your hands Paco! Before that is!

Norma...

I'm happy with my old fashioned, framed bifocals. My blood pressure
goes sky high just having my eyes examined for glasses. I'd probably
give myself cardiac arrest trying to insert contacts.
norma

Michael Fanner...

Since I only need glasses for close up work, contacts would do for me at
all.

Jean B....

I stopped wearing them when I had my daughter, and I am not
inclined to wear them again. The only time that idea occurs
to me is when my glasses fog up because of the humidity or
when it is precipitating. I did get progressive lenses a few
weeks ago, and I have mixed feelings about them. They are
REALLY bad for reading and scanning bookcases. I must be
almost at the time I have to decide....

Hold2File...

The following is based upon my personal "experiences" in wearing
progressive lenses for the last 14 years. It has taken me that long to

be able to quantify how badly made and fitted some of those glasses
have been.

Your observations and criticism of my comments would be very greatly
appreciated in validating my analysis, and possibly having my
experience be of help to others.

Jean B....

I'm going to have to print this out and get back to you on
this. I did find it very interesting--and I can recognize

mmj1...

That's why when I had cataract surgery I had one eye to read with and one
for distance. Works great but I do having driving glasses so that street
signs, etc., are easier to read. Always wore glasses only to drive before
the surgery so I wanted everything to stay the same and it did.

Joy...

Phyllis Copp...

My daughter had the operation too, she's thrilled that she no longer needs
glasses or contacts!
Phyllis

Jeanette, you needed the cataract surgery, even if it hasn't helped as you
hoped. Without it you would have become completely blind.

Some people do have perfect vision after cataract surgery. I think that
this makes doctors overconfident and they often promise too much. My doctor
told me that after the surgery I wouldn't need glasses except for reading.
I am now wearing trifocals again. However, before the surgery, my vision
was so bad that it literally made me queasy to walk across a room without my
glasses on. Now I can see without them - just not clearly. My vision seems
to vary from day to day. Some days I can read without the glasses, although

Chakolate...

Paco....

Regarding your sig, I heard on a Christian radio station today that
"Guilt is the gift that keeps on giving!"

Joy, have you ever been tested for diabetes? Often when an undiagnosed
diabetic's blood sugar is too high, vision gets fuzzier some days and
clears up more when the sugar is under control. If it runs in your
family you should probably have a test.

it's a strain unless it's large print. However, I can see well enough to
put my glasses in my pocket if it's raining, and I was able to enjoy my
skydiving without my glasses. Before the surgery, everything would have
been a blur and my stomach would have been upset.

The same doctor told my mother the same thing before her surgery. Since she
has macular degeneration, it was very silly of him to say that. However,
she did see much better after the surgery than she did before.

It's a real pain to have your vision keep changing, and it sounds as though
you have more vision problems than I do. However, the surgery was
worthwhile.

mj

mj

some things I've wondered about. For example, my lenses are
at a very odd angle, which appears to be wrong. Also, the
lenses seem to be at different distances from my eyes. (I am
beginning to think the nice titanium frames I have gotten
twice now are NOT the best idea.) I do think I should be able
to read at least as well as I do with my old bifocals, but the
progressives are markedly worse with fine print. I think
scanning the books on shelves may just be irritating, but
possibly doable. But what a pain to have to constantly adjust
not only horizontally or vertically.

**Dalin**...

I have progressive lenses and I love them. And there was no
adjustment at all, they were just right from the beginning. I wonder
if you got a good prescription and fit.

Jean B....

I need to go back and figure that out. The optician is really
nice, so I don't think that will be an issue.