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13-01-2008, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Stu @ M Developments

Im on the 30day contacts that you leave in constantly and only change 12x a year. Life changing for me.

Thats something i might consider, because i'm fine once the contacts are in, but i end up hurting myself trying to get the fuckers in and out. But i could cope once a month

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13-01-2008, 04:25 PM

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im just blind if im sitin at the pc with out my eyes i cant see fook all i want laser but how they do it is just wrong and your awake when they peel your eye open no thanks

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13-01-2008, 04:33 PM

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If you were asleep how could they do it ?

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13-01-2008, 04:45 PM

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Has anyone got Astigmatism? where the eyeball is a Rugby ball shape.

my left eye is -5.50
and the right -6.00

proper blind

apparentley the reason i have Astigmatism is due to an Antibiotic/pill my mum was prescribed with when she was pregnant.

Oh i wear Acuvue Advance contacts 2 weekly ones (take out each day) Brilliant lenses much better than the Monthley ones i had for 5 years.

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13-01-2008, 04:46 PM

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if you all are that blind, stop hanging on PF

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13-01-2008, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Red16

I wear both... contacts for work and general socialising, but give my eyes a rest from them and wear my newly acquired spec's in the house. My eyes arent too great with my -3.25 prescription for each eye.

Sights better with glasses than contacts as i have a slight astigmatism in one eye

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i wear both, blind without as im -7.5 in each eye

need to save money to do lazer as its fustrating most of the time

that is a pretty strong prescription

You think thats bad, my eyes are -10 and -11 diaopters

, and I have a twin astigmatism, and am right eye dominant

Can't get comfortable with contacts, as the rugby-ball shape in the eye means that they don't sit properly

..

Still managed to get my private pilots licence, even though the CAA were not very happy at all, and I had to have a number of special examinations for them to issue a medical, and also got advised not to do any extreme aerobatics, as with the G loadings a detatched retina is a distinct possibility

... This also has stopped me doing my dream job of being an RAF/ Commercial Pilot

....

Laser surgery would only halve my prescription they recon, so not worth the £ or hassle..

Ah well

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13-01-2008, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by wirralphil

Has anyone got Astigmatism? where the eyeball is a Rugby ball shape.

Phil my current navigator Dayle suffers from this.

Infact if you can see his website

he has other difficulties to overcome too.

http://www.dayletraynor.co.uk/sight.htm

Username on here is Dayle

and the

is only in jest

Dayle when reading maps or pacenotes often looks like he is just gazing out of the side window

he is infact looking down forcing his eyes to do what we take for granted, its just on an un natural angle. Amazing

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13-01-2008, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Stu @ M Developments

Im on the 30day contacts that you leave in constantly and only change 12x a year. Life changing for me.

I used to have these, they were great, until I started working at my current employer, the air conditioning plays havoc with my eyes..... so had to revert to mi glasses for work...

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13-01-2008, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by wirralphil

Has anyone got Astigmatism? where the eyeball is a Rugby ball shape.

yes - that is why my sight is quite bad. my prescription is only -2.5 on the worst eye, but the astigmatism makes it seem far worse.

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13-01-2008, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by xr_craig

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Originally Posted by Stu @ M Developments

Im on the 30day contacts that you leave in constantly and only change 12x a year. Life changing for me.

Thats something i might consider, because i'm fine once the contacts are in, but i end up hurting myself trying to get the fuckers in and out. But i could cope once a month

Hopefully you will love em pal. Best £15 a month i have ever spent.