Eyes-just some questions

[lph]

I'm not answering your question, I'm afraid - but have you tried contacts? I wear contact lenses for all sports, wear glasses at home and at work if my eyes are tired. I'm very near-sighted in one eye and somewhat near-sighted in the other. I use contacts that last 1 month, sometimes dailies if I'm on a hiking trip.

[crazycanuck]

Umm i'd get contacts but the poor optometrist had a very hard time going near my eyes to see if i was suitable!

I thought about asking on my next visit about permanent contacts. I don't like anything near my eyes..

C

[lph]

Oh, right. Just wanted to pitch in, because once you get used to them you really don't notice them. I find glasses a lot more irritating, because of the smaller field of view!

I considered eye surgery once, but it scares me a bit, plus it's expensive...

[Torrilin]

I'm not a good candidate for total correction with surgery. About 8 diopters in both eyes, with serious astigmatism. I'm well on track for needing bifocals by 40. I'm also not-quite-phobic about things near my eyes, so contacts are out.

I know several people who've had corrective eye surgery. They all seem pleased with the results. They also did a *lot* of research before getting surgery. They had much better vision to start with than I do. And they got the surgery in the prime window of 20-30.

[crazycanuck]

Lph-Yes the price for one eye scares me We know it'll cost a bit and that's why i've put off looking into it but Ian's encouraged me to reconsider.

Torrilin-Thanks for your reply & have to agree that i need to do a lot more research.

I'm wondering if i should pay a visit to the medical library at UWA...If i go I might never want to leave...ahhhhh..libraries...

C

[ehirsch83]

I have not had eye surgery b/c I have an astigmatism and am not a very good candidate, but my older sister and my father have both had it, with great results!!

They were both pretty much blind without glasses, my older sister wore bifocals. Now she doesn't wear anything at all. My dad still needs reading glasses for some things, but he can get away with the glasses you buy at the drugstore now.

If you go to a good eye surgeon(opthamologist?) you will have nothing to worry about(except the price).

[Sheesh]

My husband and I have both had eye surgery - he had LASIK and I had PRK. They're very similar, but my corneas were too think for LASIK, which is why I had PRK. I did do a little research, though not a ton. I just picked a doctor/hospital that I respected (which meant that I probably paid more than if I'd gone somewhere else, but I firmly believe you get what you pay for!) and everything worked out well.

Here's a link to my blog post just after my surgery that gives you an idea of how I felt afterwards. It sounds scarier than it was, and I believe you can get the doc to give you a mild sedative if you're overly anxious about having him touch your eyes.

If you have questions that I can answer, let me know. I don't have any regrets and I love not having to wear contacts or glasses!

[mimitabby]

Raleighdon had the surgery and he LOVES LOVES LOVES life without glasses. Okay, he's 56 and sometimes for close up stuff he needs reading glasses; but for everything else; he can see EVERYTHING and well.
He suffered discomfort for a month after the surgery, and he had to go back for a tune up in one eye (they made him too far-sighted) but he happily went back and got the one eye fixed up. and it healed, and he's like a guy who never wore glasses; except sometimes when going to sleep he tries to take his glasses off.
kind of cute.. they're not there.

he started wearing glasses when he was a little boy.

he recommends it to anyone who is bespectacled.


good grief, CC, you are like me! (I re-read your post) if you are far-sighted in one eye, why are you wearing glasses? I am 20-20 in one eye and 20-200 or 400 in the other.
I do not wear glasses except for computer work and reading (I'm of the age you know)
I took the driving test w/o glasses, was told i did not need to wear corrective lenses if i have one good eye. I pass the test just fine.
I can't be an airplane pilot (don't care) and don't have depth perception, but my lazy eye does almost nothing so why correct it? it's great for closeups.
I hope this different perspective may cast some light on your situation.

[pll]

I have the same "setup" (left eye amblyopia + myopia in the right one). The lack depth perception is a consequence of the lazy eye and will not be corrected by the surgery.