Contact Lenses
I’ve got another appointment with the Optometrist tomorrow to try out some contacts. Those 24/7 month-long lenses sound good… I will have to ask him about them as he never mentioned ’em.
I hated them. Couldn’t ever get ’em in my damn eyes. I would stand there, like a gimp, in front of the mirror for like, half an hour gouging myself to no avail. Apparently, this gets easier as time goes on, but I just stopped trying. Mind you, I am the lazy sort who doesn’t bother to wear his glasses either, and prefers to walk around squinting all the time. Anyway, good luck if you decide to go through with them. –-f
contacts are somewhat of a hassle.. at first, it takes a while to get them in.. but you get used to it.. hopefully, your doctor won’t be dumb like mine and get two different size contacts (i can barely see out of my right eye). anyway, after a while, it’s easy to just pop them in. you don’t have to clean them every night, but it’s good to clean them out at least once or twice a week. always have the little contact holder, filled to the brim, with you. it’ll be much easier if one falls out. –bry
I’ve had contacts for about 9 years or so. They’re nice at first, but at least for me I’ve found that they really dry out your eyes. Like after a couple years my eyes would be blood-streaked red if I wore them all day. So I switched to glasses. Yeah I’m also thinking about laser eye surgery. Only thing that bothers me is that if your eyes get worse after the surgery, can you do it again a couple years later? –grv
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Hi man, just replying to your post about the contact lenses question. I thought i may as well write and tell you about the experiences ive had with them.
Ive been through a couple of different types: Soft permanent lenses (they last 2 years – same lenses, and have to be taken out everynight and be put in every morning also have to be disinfected once a week). They were ‘OK’ and at the time they were heaps better than glasses.
Soft disposible lenses (last 2 weeks per lens and have to be taken out every night and be put back in every morning tho no disinfection is needed, they feel better because you get new lenses every week, and you dont have to worry about loosing them).
Then about 6months ago i got these new lenses which you can leave in 24/7 for a month each lens. For me these are the next best thing to laser. Not having to take them out when you sleep and put them back in is fucking awesome. Like you can goto a party and sleep there and not worry about waking up with saw eyes. Or if you have a women, you dont have to worry about guessing what your touching (which is also a pain in the arse..) or having to take them out when you sleep.
From memory the monthly 24/7 lenses are about $120 for 3months supply (6lenses all up). So they are pretty good in that respect too. Im not too sure about the pricing for the other ones, sorry.
Id just go and talk to a optomotrist about what would be best for you. But until i can afford laser, the 24/7 ones are all good for me.
Hope that helps man,
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For the most part, I’ve found them worth the money. I’ve got disposable (as in monthly) lenses. The cleanings a breeze, when you take them out at night, squirt some solution into there case, put em in and there clean overnight. Once you get used to putting them in its easy, I mean like 30 sec for both. Do to aussie doctors do free trials? Up here in USA I got to test out a pair of them (though not exactly my prescription..trials..but were near-same) for a month. Also now they make those contacts that you can leave in the whole week and even sleep in, then throw away. I couldnt get those because of my astigmatism, but they look like there worth checking out. Like I said..you just gotta try them out to see if they work for you.
–Stuart
Thanks to those who dropped me those mails!
3:30pm (GMT +10.00) tomorrow 
