How many people here wear contact lenses?

[veist]

Love my contacts, it took me a couple weeks to get used to putting them in weirdly it was only my right eye that was a problem I could put them in my left eye no problem from the get go. I dunno how folks sleep with them in the few times I've accidentally fallen asleep with them in when I wake up and its eye protein city. Switched to the Acuvue Oasys lenses a couple years ago and they are fantastic.

[Slainte]

Originally Posted by veist

Love my contacts, it took me a couple weeks to get used to putting them in weirdly it was only my right eye that was a problem I could put them in my left eye no problem from the get go. I dunno how folks sleep with them in the few times I've accidentally fallen asleep with them in when I wake up and its eye protein city. Switched to the Acuvue Oasys lenses a couple years ago and they are fantastic.

Oasys are great lenses. I find they last about three weeks for me, as long as I take them out every night (sometimes I miss a night here or there butI try not to let that happen) and clean them. After thjat, they're ready for the garbage. Much better than the overrated Focus Night & Day lens I used to wear. Was getting occasional infections with those bastards and forund out from an eyedoc that the quality control standards at Focus had gone downhill and the production was extremely shady...

[RNR]

I went through same thing last year. I had above average vision my whole life. Well over the last two or three years strange as it was to me my arms started getting shorter. And I got to the point where I just could not hold things far enough away to read. I started wearing readers but it was a pain in the ass to carry them around. I went to the eye doctor and she sat me behind this huge multiple lens contraption and come to find out my overall eyesight had faded. I have glasses I wear all the time and I see as good as I did as a kid. She asked me about contacts but I couldn't get my mind around poking things in my eyes every day.

[RedandGold]

I've worn contacts for 21 years now, and the only time that I've had any trouble was when I had a bad reaction to a particular cleaner I tried.

In terms of the lenses themselves, I used the Acuview line for years (Advance then Oasys), and I recently made the switch to the CooperVision Biofinity lenses. For those that haven't tried them, I would highly recommend giving them a shot. They're more durable than the Oasys lenses, and I've had far fewer quality issues (I was getting at least one bad lens per box of 6 Oasys). Additionally, they're made to last a full month instead of just two weeks.

[BWillie]

I'm gonna hafta take the leap soon. I'm pretty blind. I usually just buy large shit to compensate for it. I bought a 65'' TV, and I even moved it closer to me. It's probably about 8-10 feet away when I sit on the couch and sometimes I have to squint at that. I found a reputable place that costs $99.99 for an exam, but I don't know how much contacts will cost...

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by BWillie007

I'm gonna hafta take the leap soon. I'm pretty blind. I usually just buy large shit to compensate for it. I bought a 65'' TV, and I even moved it closer to me. It's probably about 8-10 feet away when I sit on the couch and sometimes I have to squint at that. I found a reputable place that costs $99.99 for an exam, but I don't know how much contacts will cost...

So that's why you only date women over 300 pounds. All the pieces are falling into place now.

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by BWillie007

I found a reputable place that costs $99.99 for an exam, but I don't know how much contacts will cost...

I think its roughly $30 per eye +tax per box (3 months). Maybe a little less if you can order them yourself over the internet. Not sure how that works, maybe you pay a doctor for the exam and prescription, then buy them yourself? Sometimes you get a discount for buying a year's supply.

So, maybe $250 for 2 eyes for 1 year. 4 boxes per eye, 6 contacts in each box, so 24 contacts per eye, 2 weeks each, so a little less than a year. You can try to stretch them out longer if you want, but thats up to you.

edit: this is for 2-week disposables. I have no idea how much contacts that are intended to last longer cost for a year supply. I just like having 2-week disposables because I think they are more comfortable.

[Over-Head]

I tried, lord I tried, but sticking my finger in my eye, was just something I couldn't get used to.
My wife used to have to put them in for me, I finally gave up.

[bevischief]

Originally Posted by Over-Head

I tried, lord I tried, but sticking my finger in my eye, was just something I couldn't get used to.
My wife used to have to put them in for me, I finally gave up.

It is for the birds...

[JD10367]

Originally Posted by Over-Head

I tried, lord I tried, but sticking my finger in my eye, was just something I couldn't get used to.
My wife used to have to put them in for me, I finally gave up.

This. I tried them last year and had a hard time getting them in and out. One night it took me an hour and a half to get them out.

Unfortunately, I'm going to have to try them again. I'm getting a cataract removed in my left eye and the lens they're implanting will correct that eye's vision. And I can't have 20/20 in one eye and 20/800 in the other, because I can't wear a monocle... and, even if I could, the size difference in the images would make it impossible to see. (When your vision's really bad, glasses make images 15% smaller, so my brain would never be able to combine the two images.) So once I get this operation I'll need a contact in the right eye. I figure, if I only have to put 'em in ONE eye, it might be easier... hopefully...

[Silock]

You guys having trouble with your contacts:

It goes away. You just have to give it a week or so.

As for touching your eye... I never actually touch my eye. The contact does. I can get the contacts in and out without ever making contact with my eyes.

[morphius]

Nope, and I can't remember the last time I had my vision tested.

[chiefzilla1501]

Love them.

I use the O2 lenses. Most comfortable lenses I have ever worn in my life--you pay a price for them, but it's worth it.