My eyes are going bad.

Jawa Ex Machina

Jawa Ex Machina

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Lately I've been noticing more and more I'm becomming near sighted.
Well, no, I have become near sighted.

I first started noticing it like maybe three years ago, but it's been a slow decline. These past two years I've been busy making Marianne and that's where all my money has gone too, so I haven't done any checkups.

But I'm going tomorrow, and I've decided to get contacts. A while back I browsed the glasses section and realized how damn expensive this sort of thing is and I just couldn't find any I felt comfortable in.

Anyway, I don't know if there's anything wrong with the eyes or if it's age or what it is. I'm 32, but I've always had perfect vision in the past. Guess it could be genetic because mom had glasses and my sister got them during puberty.

We'll see what they say tomorrow.
 
Acuvue Oasys disposable contacts have transformed my perception of contact lenses... and the comfort (or lack thereof) in wearing them. I've been on the same type for at least 3-4 years now and I can't imagine using any other type. From the first second I put them in I forget they're in. I've been wearing contacts for over 25 years now... so I know a thing or two about 'em. They say on the box to dispose of them weekly, but I usually go with a new pair every two weeks. I used to "milk it" and get nearly a month out of a pair... because they only start to get noticeable (uncomfortable) in the third to fourth week of using the same pair.

As for glasses? I haven't tried any of the cheap online places yet, but I plan to... as I recently crushed an expensive pair by falling asleep with them on... and apparently did an impression of a steam roller on them all night. Maybe I'll get the standard "I'm a director" wide rectangle frames... I'm pretty sure most of those come with a free beanie... er... I mean "beret".
 
My eyes have gotten bad enough that I had to finally get glasses. I'm 23, so it happens at all ages. Mine came from CostCo, about $100 or so. But if you take care of them and don't have to suddenly change prescriptions that cost is distributed over a large period of time. None of them are comfortable, I'm just more willing to deal with that then putting my finger in my eye. They did the puff of air test when I went in for my exam, and it was really hard for me to not flinch. The assistant said "so I guess you're not getting contacts".
 
Sometimes glasses give the appearance of wisdom.

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Personally I'm holding out for these.

http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/presbyopia_astronauts_at_nasa_get_superfocus_glasses.php
 
Ah.... just wait until you need bifocals (or progressive lenses)

Actually, progressives are pretty freakin awsome after you get past the stigma of being prescribed them.....
 
I hear ya. My eyes have been getting worse, to the point that most of the stuff I shot is too soft or fuzzy. Not to mention, my left ear isn't quite up to par either, making things even harder. I haven't even used my camera in two years, since I moved to the middle of nowhere and work is non existent. I'm actually on the fence over just selling off my gear and throwing in the towel.


Anybody want a really good deal on a JVC HD100 with the 4 hour AB bricks?
 
I sympathize. At 23 I suddenly developed nearsightedness in my right eye - 3.75 diopters. That really sucked. Because there really was no solution to having such a wide discrepancy between one eye and the other - no matter what you use, contacts or glasses, you can't correct for that one eye without throwing your brain for a loop - because my left eye is just fine, so what happens is that even if I see sharply with glasses on my right eye, the *size* of objects is different as seen by left and by the right eye... and then the brain has to put those together - real nausea inducing. Plus it would look super weird to have one strong lens and one "clear" lens in my glasses. So. The solution, was to ignore it, because the way my brain dealt with it, is for my vision to divide - the left eye/brain switches off on short distances and looks only at the long distance (sharp!) and my right eye/brain switches off long distance vision and looks only at short distance (sharp!). So I saw sharp with both eyes, long and short distance, with a bit of overlap area where both left and right eye still had sharp vision. Fast forward a few years. Now the area of overlap disappeared, and a fuzzy zone developed between the right and left eye - in effect I have no stereo vision, because my nearsighted eye got worse and my "good eye" became slightly far-sighted. Now I needed glasses. Solution: I have glasses with only a correction lens for my left eye of 0.5 diopter, and a zero lens for my bad right eye, which I use only for close-up vision (reading). See how complicated? I bet nobody except ophthamologists are able to follow this post :)

Bottom line: even if you get contacts, you should keep a pair of glasses on hand, because it's good to give your eyes a break from contacts a couple of days a week (oxygen), otherwise you might develop veining which can be bad down the road.
 
OldCorpse said:
I sympathize. At 23 I suddenly developed nearsightedness in my right eye - 3.75 diopters. That really sucked. Because there really was no solution to having such a wide discrepancy between one eye and the other - no matter what you use, contacts or glasses, you can't correct for that one eye without throwing your brain for a loop - because my left eye is just fine, so what happens is that even if I see sharply with glasses on my right eye, the *size* of objects is different as seen by left and by the right eye... and then the brain has to put those together - real nausea inducing. Plus it would look super weird to have one strong lens and one "clear" lens in my glasses. So. The solution, was to ignore it, because the way my brain dealt with it, is for my vision to divide - the left eye/brain switches off on short distances and looks only at the long distance (sharp!) and my right eye/brain switches off long distance vision and looks only at short distance (sharp!). So I saw sharp with both eyes, long and short distance, with a bit of overlap area where both left and right eye still had sharp vision. Fast forward a few years. Now the area of overlap disappeared, and a fuzzy zone developed between the right and left eye - in effect I have no stereo vision, because my nearsighted eye got worse and my "good eye" became slightly far-sighted. Now I needed glasses. Solution: I have glasses with only a correction lens for my left eye of 0.5 diopter, and a zero lens for my bad right eye, which I use only for close-up vision (reading). See how complicated? I bet nobody except ophthamologists are able to follow this post :)

Bottom line: even if you get contacts, you should keep a pair of glasses on hand, because it's good to give your eyes a break from contacts a couple of days a week (oxygen), otherwise you might develop veining which can be bad down the road.
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Sounds like a nightmare to get when you're 23.
 
Ok so I went to get the exam yesterday. It was actually pretty good. Felt like that scene in Total Recall.

Turns out, my vision is far worse than I thought. It's not THAT bad, but I'm not allowed to drive without glasses.
The sight on my right eye is worse than on my left (but I knew this already, the difference is that big) and I have a problem that makes contacts twice as expensive.

So I'm going with glasses and I'm also investing in one-day disposable contacts.
 
I've had a few occasions where some problem made me lose a contact, or forced me to take one out and toss it (rare, but a few times)... and I could still function fine with only one in. I'm surprised that the difference in -3.75 and perfect would be that dramatic. I think I'd still like knowing that I had one perfect eye to count on in an emergency! My vision is -5.75, for comparison... i.e. not-good.

Trust me on the Acuvu Oasis.
 
I sorely need new glasses and will be getting an eye exam soon.

But I will be ordering the glasses themselves from Zennioptical.com

Good and cheap.
 
I am thankfully without eye problems.

The way technology and medicine advances, guys in their 20s and 30s will probably be able to get their eyes fixed with a 10-minute outpatient procedure one day.
 
Jawa - please look into the 2 week lenses. My wife has worn contacts since she was 16, so I'm constantly hearing stuff about them. One thing she says absolutely, is that there is zero difference between the one-a-day and the 2 week ones, the only difference being marketing (i.e. it's exactly the same material with exactly the same properties, just packaged differently). You'll save a boatload of money on the 2-week ones. Talk to your ophthalmologist to double check what's available in Sweden (though I can't imagine it's any different than here).
 
OldCorpse said:
Jawa - please look into the 2 week lenses. My wife has worn contacts since she was 16, so I'm constantly hearing stuff about them. One thing she says absolutely, is that there is zero difference between the one-a-day and the 2 week ones, the only difference being marketing (i.e. it's exactly the same material with exactly the same properties, just packaged differently). You'll save a boatload of money on the 2-week ones. Talk to your ophthalmologist to double check what's available in Sweden (though I can't imagine it's any different than here).
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Well the problem is I have a refractive error (is that the English word?) on my right eye. I think my left is -0.7 and my right -1, which means I also need to buy two types of contacts.
With the refractive error they told me the price on contacts would be almost double and on top of that I need two types of contacts, which is why I'm getting one day disposables to use every now and then when I need them, and glasses for everyday use.
 
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