Ryan Cousineau wrote:
>
> Luigi de Guzman <
[email protected]> wrote:
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> > On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 22:42:03 -0800, Ryan Cousineau
> > <
[email protected]> wrote:
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> > >Are contacts out of the question, too? They are my almost-
> > >universal choice for riding. Ironically, on long rides
> > >I get some drying, so the solution to that is to wear
> > >clear shields or sunglasses, which sounds silly even as
> > >I type it, but I get better peripheral vision that way,
> > >and I have contacts anyways....
> >
> > I never really thought about contacts. I've got
> > astigmatism, too, so I'm not sure contacts are really an
> > option.
>
> Contacts may simply not correct your astigmatism. My wife
> is in the same boat, but does have contacts.
Then again, they may. I've got 1.75 diopters of astigmatism
and soft contacts take it up quite well, although due to the
angle of the astigmatism the contacts aren't as stable as
they might be. More convenient than glasses, though.
> > I'm lazy and unfussy; contacts always struck me as a
> > much higher-maintenance regime than eyeglasses.
Once you get the hang of it, two or three minutes in the
morning and two or three in the evening (including thorough
hand-washing), unless you get the kind you leave in for a
week or two.
> > The drying would be an issue as well. Not to mention my
> > almost pathological fear of putting stuff into my eye.
That can be overcome. A friend's kid (similar fear) needed
(keratoconus) to get hard contacts (RGPs) and got used to
them quite easily. Soft lenses, for me at least, are pretty
much forgettable once they're in.
> Well, the new disposables are pretty much "pull them out
> at night, put them in before breakfast". I know people who
> tried and abandoned contacts because of the fussiness, but
> for me the difference in vision (perfect peripheral
> vision, perfect vision period, no grease spots on your
> lenses) made them ideal.
>
> If you're into sports, no contest for me: contacts don't
> fall off,
UNLESS for some reason they don't fit exactly right AND they
dry out enough to fall out. That happened to me while I was
sitting at the computer. Properly fitting soft lenses
shouldn't do that, though. And a proper fitter will keep
trying until he gets it right or you have to settle for
something less than you hoped for or you decide that
contacts just won't work for you. No, you don't just get a
paper prescription and then order from 800-Contacts, there
is REAL fitting required.
> don't fog up, and don't break when you take a ball in the
> face or fall off your bicycle.
I can't imagine riding a bicycle without some kind of eye
protection to keep bugs, stones, birds, etc. out of my eyes.
If you fall on your face, even cheap sunglasses can break or
scrape skin off.
> Contacts don't work for everyone: Mine give me virtually
> no trouble 99% of the time, while my wife (who also really
> likes her contacts) has some problems with them (drying,
> coming out, etc.) Your experience may vary.
>
> > (although I went to high school with a girl who had
> > perfect vision and could touch her eye easy as you like.
> > it was gross. she was cute though)
>
> If you like contacts, you'll be able to get over the eye-
> touching thing. There's a technique I use for insertion
> where you're really not touching the eye directly: I pull
> down my lower lid and slide the contact in.
>
> If you haven't tried contacts, you owe it to yourself to
> give them a shot. If they work for you, you'll love them.
Ditto.
--
Cheers, Bev
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