View Full Version : The wonderful world of contact lenses
achtungbaby
10-09-2003, 08:23 AM
I have finally crossed over. Since my sophomore year in high school, I've been wearing glasses whose lenses seem to be getting slightly bigger each year. And because I'm such a pussy about touching my eye balls, I've stayed away from wearing contacts.
Until now.
*loud electric guitar music plays in the background*
YuheiCarreau
10-09-2003, 08:33 AM
I still wear glasses. I prefer being able to take them off and have the world go fuzzy for a while. But I do have dailies for wwhen I wanna wear sunglasses.
ellsworth81
10-09-2003, 08:57 AM
haha
what was your secret AB to overcoming your fear
i'm also a puss when it comes to touching my eye or having objects come near the eye
kboy75
10-09-2003, 09:31 AM
wow... i'm actually tired of my contact lenses now and am thinking of getting the lasik surgery. anyone get it done?
YuheiCarreau
10-09-2003, 10:00 AM
This one time I was sitting watching TV when I blinked and felt one contact go under my eyelid. I ran to the bathroom to get it out. I was tearing up in that eye because of it, so when I put it back in I didn't see the contact falling off my fingertip. I felt a burning sensation, so I tried to pull it ou but that hurt even more. I did this for about 5 minutes before I spotted the contact on the counter with my other eye. I'd been poking myself in the eye the whole time!
So I threw the contacts out and went to go find my glasses.
I wore contacts for two years. The only thing I hated about it was having to clean them everyday. Whenever I would get drunk I'd either leave them in while I slept which meant blurry contacts the next day, or took them out and lost them/ripped them/didnt wash them well enough.
achtungbaby
10-09-2003, 10:45 AM
haha
what was your secret AB to overcoming your fear
i'm also a puss when it comes to touching my eye or having objects come near the eyeWell one thing I realized was that the pressure of jamming it in at the doctor's office didn't help. Once I was able to try at home, after a few tries, I was able to successfully ram it in there. *cough*
achtungbaby
10-09-2003, 10:47 AM
wow... i'm actually tired of my contact lenses now and am thinking of getting the lasik surgery. anyone get it done?I'm thinking of it in the not-too-distant future. The doctor I saw yesterday quoted a price of about $2K per eye...
achtungbaby
10-09-2003, 10:48 AM
It's just trippy not having to squint without my glasses as I type:)
kboy75
10-09-2003, 10:53 AM
I'm thinking of it in the not-too-distant future. The doctor I saw yesterday quoted a price of about $2K per eye...
yeah my eyes are finally starting to stabilize. it is getting cheaper, but it freaks me out cause, i mean, it's your EYES, ya know?
kimpossible
10-09-2003, 10:55 AM
Well one thing I realized was that the pressure of jamming it in at the doctor's office didn't help. Once I was able to try at home, after a few tries, I was able to successfully ram it in there. *cough*
that's some serious performance anxiety. oh wait, this is about contacts.
i still want this post archived.
deez nuts
10-09-2003, 11:02 AM
Well one thing I realized was that the pressure of jamming it in at the doctor's office didn't help. Once I was able to try at home, after a few tries, I was able to successfully ram it in there. *cough*
you're so forceful and rough.
nonamerasian
10-09-2003, 11:15 AM
I love glasses.
(I know, I know. I AM a geek)
I think they are a great fashion accessory.
I like contacts. I'm never getting that surgery thing. Laser + Eyeballs seems like one of those combinations your mother told you to avoid putting together.
Plus, I know somebody whose eyes got seriously screwed up after surgery. His vision is now worse than before, and glasses don't help. *shudder*
deez nuts
10-09-2003, 12:09 PM
I'm thinking of it in the not-too-distant future. The doctor I saw yesterday quoted a price of about $2K per eye...
that's way too much.
$1000 per eye tops. the average is about $800 per eye from a F.A.C.S. opthomologist who has done a fellowship in cornea, cataract and refractive surgery.
the two most basic and important thing to look for are:
1)a doctor who completed his residency in ophthalmology.
and
2)he/she also completed his/her fellowship in cornea, cataract and refractive surgery.
the fellowship is one year after residency. the doctor learns refractive surgery techniques from a lasik specialist. there are some general ophthalmologists out there that completed his ophthalmology residency, didn't do a fellowship, takes some weekend courses on LASIK and performs it. too big a risk to take when it comes to your eyes.
achtungbaby
10-09-2003, 12:10 PM
that's some serious performance anxiety. oh wait, this is about contacts.Well how would you like a 40-something optometrist's assistant peering over your shoulder as you're trying to gently ease it in, peppering you with comments like (and these are direct quotes):
"Keep it open! You're letting it close too fast!"
"Don't be afraid! It won't hurt you."
"It's like a magnet. If you nudge it at the right angle, it was immediately attach itself."
kimpossible
10-09-2003, 12:13 PM
"Keep it open! You're letting it close too fast!"
"Don't be afraid! It won't hurt you."
"It's like a magnet. If you nudge it at the right angle, it was immediately attach itself."
another ab post that deserves archiving
I remember my visit for the contacts vividly.
Optometrist: You're going to have to open your eyes wider.
Me: Is that supposed to be an asian joke?
Optometrist: ...
applehead
10-09-2003, 12:13 PM
This one time I was sitting watching TV when I blinked and felt one contact go under my eyelid. I ran to the bathroom to get it out. I was tearing up in that eye because of it, so when I put it back in I didn't see the contact falling off my fingertip. I felt a burning sensation, so I tried to pull it ou but that hurt even more. I did this for about 5 minutes before I spotted the contact on the counter with my other eye. I'd been poking myself in the eye the whole time!
So I threw the contacts out and went to go find my glasses.
that was the funniest story!
kimpossible
10-09-2003, 12:14 PM
that's way too much.
$1000 per eye tops. the average is about $800 per eye from a F.A.C.S. opthomologist who has done a fellowship in cornea, cataract and refractive surgery.
the two most basic and important thing to look for are:
1)a doctor who completed his residency in ophthalmology.
and
2)he/she also completed his/her fellowship in cornea, cataract and refractive surgery.
the fellowship is one year after residency. the doctor learns refractive surgery techniques from a lasik specialist. there are some general ophthalmologists out there that completed his ophthalmology residency, didn't do a fellowship, takes some weekend courses on LASIK and performs it. too big a risk to take when it comes to your eyes.
I'd want referrals. I want to talk to the owners of the eyeballs he shot lasers at.
kimpossible
10-09-2003, 12:17 PM
I remember my visit for the contacts vividly.
Optometrist: You're going to have to open your eyes wider.
Me: Is that supposed to be an asian joke?
Optometrist: ...
hahah... that reminds me of the first time i went in for contacts. the doc checking out my eyes was Asian. after playing with my eyes for a while she looks back at my lid and says, "Huh, I didn't notice this at first but I guess you're kind of Asian?"
achtungbaby
10-09-2003, 12:32 PM
too big a risk to take when it comes to your eyes.That's why I didn't question it. There are a lot of shady LASIK doctors here in Cali...especially those damn sinister ones in Alhambra and Monterey Park... :ph34r:
Bhodi_Li
10-09-2003, 12:47 PM
wow... i'm actually tired of my contact lenses now and am thinking of getting the lasik surgery. anyone get it done?
I had LASIK. It's free for those of us in the military. The surgery was relatively painless, and so was the recovery. I now have 20/15 vision.
Bhodi_Li
10-09-2003, 12:48 PM
I'm thinking of it in the not-too-distant future. The doctor I saw yesterday quoted a price of about $2K per eye...
That is a very high quote. They do it here locally for about $500/eye.
mr. x
10-09-2003, 10:39 PM
man as much as a i like to bitch about my looks, lack of lovelife, etc i have good eyes
golden_buns
10-09-2003, 10:53 PM
wow... i'm actually tired of my contact lenses now and am thinking of getting the lasik surgery. anyone get it done?
Yeah, I also got tired of having to take off my lenses before sleeping and spending big bucks on disposables so I got it done on october last year. It wasn't painful and it took about 10 minutes. Now I have 20/20 vision
It cost me $800 total (for both eyes) in South America
I got laser eye surgery when I was 18. It's now 5 years later and I still have 20/20.
I was one of the test subjects. Haven't gone blind so I guess that's good.
YuheiCarreau
10-10-2003, 12:48 AM
I had LASIK. It's free for those of us in the military. The surgery was relatively painless, and so was the recovery. I now have 20/15 vision.
I remember that while I was living in England there was a big controversy when it was discovered that female soldiers could get boob jobs on the government's dime (err ten pence). If American soldiers get LASIK for free, can they get the boob jobs too?
thaite
10-10-2003, 02:22 AM
I was quoted $1600 per eye about a year and a half ago. That was from a very reputable eye clinic here. I may do it in the next year or two. I'm really too afraid of those $500 specials I see advertised.
I wore glasses from fourth grade to senior year in HS, and then I got contacts. I wear those most of the time, and keep a pair of glasses on the side, because sometimes I have allergies that make it difficult to wear the contacts.
http://idisk.mac.com/mebobbyb/Public/avatar1008.jpg
deez nuts
10-10-2003, 07:58 AM
http://idisk.mac.com/mebobbyb/Public/avatar1008.jpg
a []D[][]\/[][]D is born.
achtungbaby
10-10-2003, 08:11 AM
a []D[][]\/[][]D is born.A DVD is born??
pfc beansprout
10-10-2003, 08:15 AM
nah man...contacts the bomb...just get a pair of trendy glasses when u want to alternate days or feel lazy putting contacts in...i like having the option to look "different" one day, and different the next (yeah, sounds lame, i know)...
back to lasik, my friend got it done couple years ago. he's fine and all, but couple funny stories he told me...he was awake when they did the surgery and "smelled the laser burning his eyes!" also, after all was done, they "suctioned (sp?) his eyeballs w/some vacuum type thingy!" man, mad weird...
Bhodi_Li
10-10-2003, 08:20 AM
I remember that while I was living in England there was a big controversy when it was discovered that female soldiers could get boob jobs on the government's dime (err ten pence). If American soldiers get LASIK for free, can they get the boob jobs too?
Don't I wish! Especially with our Iraq deployment coming up!
deez nuts
10-10-2003, 08:21 AM
A DVD is born??
pimp!
applehead
10-10-2003, 08:21 AM
A DVD is born??
hahahahahah
Bhodi_Li
10-10-2003, 08:22 AM
back to lasik, my friend got it done couple years ago. he's fine and all, but couple funny stories he told me...he was awake when they did the surgery and "smelled the laser burning his eyes!" also, after all was done, they "suctioned (sp?) his eyeballs w/some vacuum type thingy!" man, mad weird...
All true. Loved the suction machine (it's what cuts the flap of your eye open). My vision went out just like in Terminator. The burning flesh of my eye smell was a little disturbing, but if you've never smelled burning flesh now's your chance.
applehead
10-10-2003, 08:22 AM
I was quoted $1600 per eye about a year and a half ago. That was from a very reputable eye clinic here. I may do it in the next year or two. I'm really too afraid of those $500 specials I see advertised.
I wore glasses from fourth grade to senior year in HS, and then I got contacts. I wear those most of the time, and keep a pair of glasses on the side, because sometimes I have allergies that make it difficult to wear the contacts.
http://idisk.mac.com/mebobbyb/Public/avatar1008.jpg
how'd ya get jing's picture?
kimpossible
10-10-2003, 10:51 AM
that pic belongs side by side with my gradeschool pic i used as an avatar. in fact, we should take both of those and adorn the hapa forum with it.
Warning: Keep the blood pure or this can happen to you!
thaite
10-10-2003, 01:00 PM
Warning: Keep the blood pure or this can happen to you!
Haha!
Hiroshi2
10-10-2003, 04:52 PM
OMG, I'm one of those people who wear glasses but I'm too much of a pussy to put in contact lenses. You guys' stories don't exactly help me overcome my fear, y'know :)
All true. Loved the suction machine (it's what cuts the flap of your eye open). My vision went out just like in Terminator. The burning flesh of my eye smell was a little disturbing, but if you've never smelled burning flesh now's your chance.
ive been wanting to get laser surgery for a while now. after the surgery is done, what happens to the piece of cornea that they cut? does it grow back? or do you have a whole in your eye?
Commando_turned_MD
10-12-2003, 08:38 PM
Try LASIK
Bhodi_Li
10-12-2003, 09:03 PM
ive been wanting to get laser surgery for a while now. after the surgery is done, what happens to the piece of cornea that they cut? does it grow back? or do you have a whole in your eye?
There are several different forms of Laser Surgery available. They offer us in the Army LASIK and PRK. The Lasik only creates a flap in your eye that the surgeon opens up to apply the laser. Afterwards they fold the flap back over your eye and it heals.
PRK uses a brush that removes the flap entirely thus requiring the eye to grow a new layer (much longer recovery time). The advantage of PRK is that the flap tends to be stronger than in Lasik patients.
There are several different forms of Laser Surgery available. They offer us in the Army LASIK and PRK. The Lasik only creates a flap in your eye that the surgeon opens up to apply the laser. Afterwards they fold the flap back over your eye and it heals.
PRK uses a brush that removes the flap entirely thus requiring the eye to grow a new layer (much longer recovery time). The advantage of PRK is that the flap tends to be stronger than in Lasik patients.
oh, how long does it take for the flap to reheal or grow back?
lethal
10-13-2003, 01:53 PM
back to lasik, my friend got it done couple years ago. he's fine and all, but couple funny stories he told me...he was awake when they did the surgery and "smelled the laser burning his eyes!" also, after all was done, they "suctioned (sp?) his eyeballs w/some vacuum type thingy!" man, mad weird...
I heard that too...that you were awake when you got the surgery and they you could see them firing the laser into your eye and you could smell something burning.
I think I wanna get it, but my dad said that there was possibly a newer better technique that just came out.
I've been wearing contacts since I turned 13. This was 13 years ago. Never had a problem with them, putting them on and taking them out is second nature to me.
Bhodi_Li
10-13-2003, 02:18 PM
oh, how long does it take for the flap to reheal or grow back?
You have to be careful for the first thirty days, but the flap starts healing almost immediately. The flap of my left eye got a little wrinkle in it on the first night, so they had to lift it up the next day and put it back in place. I'm on day 90 now and haven't suffered any significant problems with my flaps. At first I had a lot of halos around halogen and neon lights, but that has since diminished. All in all my surgery has gone well. I have to schedule my 3 mos check-up this week.
teaz0r
10-15-2003, 02:17 PM
i got contacts in 7th grade.
i used to wear those one month
disposable ones without taking
them off at all. i did that up till
my sophomore year of college.
it fucked up my eyes.
now i can't leave them on for more
than 24 hours or my eyes get all
red for a few days.
oh and i only wear dailies now.
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