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I think with my glasses I would have problems reading some stuff, good thing I have contact lenses for some years now:P

You will always remember how bigass your PC Display is after going from glasses to contact lenses ;) (that only goes for more severe cases with really bad sight)

Quote from Matrix110

I think with my glasses I would have problems reading some stuff, good thing I have contact lenses for some years now:P

Unfortunately my astigmatism is severe enough that contact lenses just can't offer the same level of correction... my glasses are about an inch thick at the outer edges. :p

That's funny, my cas is the reverse... glasses can't completely correct for my karataconis, only special (expensive) contacts can. I'm going in to the eye doctor again Friday to "fit" contacts to my eyes so that they can order ones specifically shaped to correct my defective eyeballs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratoconus

Wikipedia's picture for that article is extremely disturbing...

Also, yes, more expensive contact lenses would help my astigmatism too, but since I can't afford them, they don't count! :(

I *can* afford them if I blow my blow money, but insurance should cover them. If they don't, imma gonna be more than mildly pissed.

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That's funny, my cas is the reverse... glasses can't completely correct for my karataconis, only special (expensive) contacts can. I'm going in to the eye doctor again Friday to "fit" contacts to my eyes so that they can order ones specifically shaped to correct my defective eyeballs.

On the one hand, it's nice to have contacts and be able to wear a real set of sunglasses. On the other, I can't effectively fall back to glasses if my contacts are bugging me, since glasses won't help the double-vision from a single eye thing. :/

I just hope it doesn't progress to the point of needing corneal transplants, seeing as that whole process sounds... not fun.

I *can* afford them if I blow my blow money, but insurance should cover them. If they don't, imma gonna be more than mildly pissed.

Probably depends on the insurance... My vision didn't cover it, but they were able to put it in under my medical plan since the RGP lenses are considered a medical necessity or something like that.

Yea, mine's medically necessary as well... I'm honestly not sure if it's vision or medical that's covering it. The vision came with my health, but of course is subcontracted out to some subsidiary of the same damn company. Either way, the docs say "medically necessary" are cover with their approval, which of course we're still waiting on 3 weeks later.

and yea, currently glasses can correct, for the most part, my left eye but not my right. Driving at night is not fun, and driving during the day I have issues with depth perception.

YOU FREAKS! :O
:p I jest, I kid.

My eyes are sort of fubar'd too, my left eye sees close stuff fine but blurs stuff further away than 30cm, and my right eye is the other way around.
I don't know the fancy terms for those two things XD

Nearsighted and farsighted. I'm nearsighted with with a dash of OMG BULGING EYEBALLS

Just plain old nearsighted here. Too bad, both my parents are nearsighted so I got doubly screwed. I get screwed even more if I go to get glasses as some idiot optical shops will consider my RX to be "difficult" and thus try to get me to cough up more cash.

Nearsighted with astigmatism. I can function without glasses (and passed the cheapo DMV vision test so I don't legally have to wear them to drive) but it's hard to read small text more than a few yards/meters away. My right eye is also worse than my left, but not bad enough to bother me most of the time. The big downside of astigmatism is it means you need bifocals instead of nothing when you get old :p I can probably count on one hand how many times I've worn glasses since I graduated from university ~6 years ago.

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RGP contacts should be covered under insurance, they've been the standard for a long time and will correct for astigmatism. I have no idea if they'll work for keratoconus or if you need some super duper type of lens.

Are those the hybrid contacts? Hard in the center to correct shape, soft on the edge for comfort? The doctor just gave me some brand name I promptly forgot.

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Just plain old nearsighted here. Too bad, both my parents are nearsighted so I got doubly screwed. I get screwed even more if I go to get glasses as some idiot optical shops will consider my RX to be "difficult" and thus try to get me to cough up more cash.

Extremely nearsighted too with a metal allergy to nickle. I've never been to a cheep-o mall shop but I'm guessing they won't have anything usable. Between the titanium hypoallergenic frames and the extra's I always spring for on lenses (can't help it, I always get the self tinting lenses and usually in the darkest shade) my bill gets up there too when I need complete replacements.

I've never tried contacts though but I don't think I could handle them.

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I've never tried contacts though but I don't think I could handle them.

It'd make you a much calmer person. Contact wearers always are... when the first thing you do every day is poke your eyeball, yea...

RGP = Rigid, Gas-Permeable

I tried a set of the hybrid ones, and had a more difficult time getting them out than with the hard or soft ones alone. Maybe it was just the fit of that set though..?

And yes, Allara, they are the "standard" for keratoconus. Other options pretty much all include either eye surgery of some sort (although not LASIK, as it will do nothing for the problem), or a newer treatment I've seen that they've been testing regarding riboflavin (I think) and UV-A light to help strengthen the bonds in the cornea.

LASIK will make it WORSE. I already knew that, but my doctor wanted to be very clear that I should never get it :)