Back to wearing glasses - ICK!

[moosmom]

OMG!!! Just about peed my pants at that picture!!!

[Miss Z]

I WISH I could still wear glasses! I had a lovely purple pair, and like catnapper, used to match them to outfits. On account of my condition, I can now only wear contact lenses. They are the bain of my life. Living in smoggy London, where there's forever a road digger or a street-sweeper around the corner on my walk to college, I'm always getting dust and grit under them that makes my eyes stream and sore for the rest of the day. The worst is when they decide to play up when I'm in a dissection, or administering treatment whilst on placement - not much I can do about it other than carry on and blink like crazy!

It is a shame that glasses are so expensive, even so!

[Karen]

Zara, what do you have that requires contacts instead of glasses?

My eyes have changed throughout my life, so Bri, don't count on your prescription staying the same for a long time! The last check I had, they only needed minor adjustments, and some of that was because the astigmatism in my right eye has rotated. Didn't even know one could DO that! The tiny cataract moved, but thankfully hasn't grown much enough to be a problem yet, but the astigmatism also rotated.

Always changing, but at least I can see as long as I wear my glasses! My Dad has glaucoma, which is under control with eye drops, but he also has wet AMD in one eye, and dry in the other, and has had cataract surgery in the past. So I'm thinking I'm probably gonna get all that eventually, or at least some of it!

[pomtzu]

Karen - you might want to consider polarized lenses rather than just tinted, with all of your eye issues that you already have. Polarized will block 100% of UVB and UVA rays, which can cause permanent eye damage and lead to MD. Tinted offers NO protection against these rays.

Just saying......

[Taz_Zoee]

This thread is making me feel guilty about making a doctor appointment. Looks like I'll be doing that next week.
And maybe I'll get new frames. Maybe that will encourage me to wear them more???

How is the knot in your eye Ellie??

[pomtzu]

This thread is making me feel guilty about making a doctor appointment. Looks like I'll be doing that next week.
And maybe I'll get new frames. Maybe that will encourage me to wear them more???

How is the knot in your eye Ellie??

Cindy - if this thread got you moving toward taking better care of your eyes, then it served than more than just a rant on my part! Once your vision is gone - it can't be replaced! And new frames are more fun than using old ones too - there are so many different styles to choose from that are so attractive and fashionable.

The knot is still sitting there right in the middle of my eyelid. I'm keeping up the hot compresses and massage to try to break it up, but so far it's not working. I really don't want to have it incised - they make an incision on the inside of the eyelid to drain it. Doesn't sound like much fun, but since I had both eyes sliced and diced to remove the cataracts without any problem, then I guess I can do that too.

[Karen]

Cindy - if this thread got you moving toward taking better care of your eyes, then it served than more than just a rant on my part! Once your vision is gone - it can't be replaced! And new frames are more fun than using old ones too - there are so many different styles to choose from that are so attractive and fashionable.

The knot is still sitting there right in the middle of my eyelid. I'm keeping up the hot compresses and massage to try to break it up, but so far it's not working. I really don't want to have it incised - they make an incision on the inside of the eyelid to drain it. Doesn't sound like much fun, but since I had both eyes sliced and diced to remove the cataracts without any problem, then I guess I can do that too.

Gosh, we will say a quick prayers that it dissipates without Sir Jury if possible. Sounds like no fun. Do they have any idea why it happened so you can avoid whatever caused it in the future?

[Karen]

Karen - you might want to consider polarized lenses rather than just tinted, with all of your eye issues that you already have. Polarized will block 100% of UVB and UVA rays, which can cause permanent eye damage and lead to MD. Tinted offers NO protection against these rays.

Just saying......

Thanks - all my lenses have had UV protection for as long as it has been available, I will also check about UVB, it may have it, not sure. Thank goodness for plastic polycarbonate lenses. I have always been conscious of being in the sun, and shielding my eyes as well, as even as a child my folks made sure were were careful about that, as I am also very pale ( we all are) and sunburned easily. I'd say I feel like a poster child for skin cancer, but not as bad as Paul, as he's already had some removed, and has annual check for it. Irish skin like his is notoriously vulnerable, even if he has dark hair.

[Alysser]

Man, I didn't know so many people hated contacts. I JUST got them and can't imagine life without them!! I am blind as all heck, so I guess I'll have to deal with glasses again once I get older!! I will admit, some things about them suck. I got hit in the eye by a dogs tail at work (don't ask me how, I was kneeling on the floor and WHACK! a wagging tail came into my eye!) and my contact fell out, I panicked because I didn't have my glasses and had to drive home in the dark with one eye. It was really irresponsible but it worked out ok.

I can imagine how much you'd hate going back to glasses, that truly does suck. I hope the knot clears up soon! Glasses aren't so bad, you might be surprised how fast you get used to them again

[Miss Z]

Zara, what do you have that requires contacts instead of glasses?

Keratoconus - a lovely little genetic present from my father. It's a condition where the cornea thins and loses its rigidity, causing it to bulge or slip. Hence, the contacts effectively hold it in the correct position. Glasses would work in the short term for the vision, but wouldn't help stabilise the condition in the way the contacts do. I guess the nature of the condition is that the cornea is constantly changing shape, and thus the contact lenses don't fit as well after a while, allowing bits underneath them and driving me insane in the process!

[pomtzu]

Asiel my dear - you really MUST have that other eye done so you can read what I wrote. BIG GOOF!! No - the cataracts DID NOT come back, but my eyes are going thru the good old aging process and changing once again - thus the need for glasses again. The procedures that I will probably have to have done are not on the eye, but on the eyelid. The oil gland/duct is clogged and has to be opened, and then some other procedure done to the tear duct - I'm not too clear on exactly what they do there - but I guess I'll be finding out soon enough if this doesn't go away on it's own.

[Asiel]

I saw my name Pom--- did you write something ? I did see that green smiley, green being my favourite colour I couldn't miss it
I guess I'll try to get over the hospital issue and get it done, wish there was another way

Just looked in the mirror-- yessir, I think I'm old enough to have cataracts. Actually some babies are born with them so I guess I best count my blessings

[krazyaboutkatz]

Ellie, I sure hope that your eyelid heals up and that you won't need to have surgery. Lots of prayers and positive thoughts are on the way.

I've had a blocked tear duct in my left eye 2 times now and I needed to have surgery both times. I think that mine are due to allegies or sinus problems. I had the last surgery in Nov.2011 but my left eye still tends to tear up much more than my right eye. I need to go back to my doctor to have him look at it again some time. I hated wearing glasses so I ended up wearing contacts instead. I later used the disposable daily wear kind. I later had Lasik surgery done but I was never 20/20 in my left eye due to the astigmatism. Now my vision has gotten a bit worse but I usually only wear glasses when I drive at night. I wear prescription sun glasses when I drive during the day. I also have to wear reading glasses at work because I work with tiny detailed things. Now I can't imagine not wearing reading glasses at work. I can still read most things and even use the computer without them though. I'll be turning 50 in Dec. It sure sucks getting old.