Glasses

[blindzebra]

Look into laser eye surgery...the best decision I ever made. I did it 6 years ago and went from 20/80 in my right eye, 20/100 in my left to 20/15 in both.

No loss of focus when you glance to the side like with glasses.

No irritation or expense like with contacts.

The feeling of waking up the day after the surgery and seeing clearly...I was 20/20 20 hours after I had it done...for the first time in 25 years, the second my eyes opened, was incredible.

[ChrisSportsFan]

Originally Posted by blindzebra

Look into laser eye surgery...the best decision I ever made. I did it 6 years ago and went from 20/80 in my right eye, 20/100 in my left to 20/15 in both.

No loss of focus when you glance to the side like with glasses.

No irritation or expense like with contacts.

The feeling of waking up the day after the surgery and seeing clearly...I was 20/20 20 hours after I had it done...for the first time in 25 years, the second my eyes opened, was incredible.

My eyes are sooooo sensitive that I barely make it thru the contact exam. If they could knock me out and laser my eyes, I'm all in but I understand you have to be awake for it. There's no way cuz I couldn't hold still.

[blindzebra]

Originally Posted by ChrisSportsFan

My eyes are sooooo sensitive that I barely make it thru the contact exam. If they could knock me out and laser my eyes, I'm all in but I understand you have to be awake for it. There's no way cuz I couldn't hold still.

What they do is give you a mild sedative to relax you, then they put drops in your eyes to numb them. They strap your head down and have a device that holds your eyes open...a nicer version of A Clockwork Orange...so you don't have to hold still.

If you can wear a contact lens, you can make it through laser surgery. I'm sure they can give you more meds to relax you if needed, since you can't drive yourself home after anyway.

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by blindzebra

What they do is give you a mild sedative to relax you, then they put drops in your eyes to numb them. They strap your head down and have a device that holds your eyes open...a nicer version of A Clockwork Orange...so you don't have to hold still.

Great movie btw

There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar trying to make up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening. The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence.

[stripes]

I only wear contacts to ref. Glasses are just better for my eyes and laser surgery isn't an option for me.

I wore glasses for the first couple of years that I worked before I made the switch to contacts. The comment that was made to me was that it was just one less thing for people to pick on. My experience is that it is true. If you are comfortable with the comments that will come, I say wear your glasses.

The funniest thing to me is when people yell out glasses comments because I really do see much better through my glasses than I do through the contacts.