How's the eyesight?

Fizgig Bandicoot · 12-04-2012 03:33PM

I'm shortsighted/blind as a bat. -7.25 in each eye. I've had contact lenses since I was nine, started out with the gas permeable ones, and have recently gotten the monthly ones. I very rarely wear my glasses.

Also, to the person who had -10.5, don't be so sure that you can't get surgery. My aunt was-14 in one eye and -15 in the other, was one of the first people in Ireland to get laser eye surgery (back when they had to do each eye on different days and you had to wear a huge eye patch for ages afterwards. She was probably in her early 40's.) She is in her mid 50s now and her eyesight hasn't deteriorated again yet.

Snakeblood · 12-04-2012 03:34PM

foxyboxer wrote: »

I have great sight from my left eye but poor from my right.
So I have prescription glasses.

Wearing that eye patch was such a social faux pas.

Yaar, matey, I finds them very attractive.

Kamjana · 12-04-2012 03:35PM

For some reason i always thought everybody on boards wore glasses.

Princess Peach · 12-04-2012 03:38PM

Last eye exam was about 2 years ago for my driver's license and I had 20/10 vision

I can see far far away.

kylith · 12-04-2012 03:39PM

barbarians wrote: »

Off-topic, anybody else suffer from floaters ?

All my life.

ziggy23 · 12-04-2012 03:40PM

My eyesight is perfect but the muscles around my eyes are really tight causing headaches. I'm meant to wear glasses for the computer but always forget.

KKkitty · 12-04-2012 03:48PM

The Internet Explorer wrote: »

Samantha Brick.

Shoulda gone to specsavers

mattjack · 12-04-2012 03:50PM

Koshea wrote: »

I can see things, that's the way they're supposed to work yeah?

Apart from that;
Right eye Longsighted, left eye short sighted, (I'm sure there's a couple of things I'm missing), amblyopia (lazy eye) technically giving me "double vision" but seeing as I can't focus in with both at the same time, never have I had double vision, quite the opposite in fact.

Which meant being turned down by the army/gardaí/air corps/aeromedical doctors due to "total lack of depth perception", although I don't seem to walk into walls the whole time unless I've a good few on me.

Cue the last visit to the optometrist;

"There's so much wrong with your eyes and yet they still work perfectly, if I had a student here you'd make a great case study"

We're over here, you're posting in the Ladies Lounge.

wolfeye · 12-04-2012 03:53PM

I'm blind in one eye and cant see with the other.

yup your right my guide dog typed this

Susie_Q · 12-04-2012 03:53PM

I got laser eye surgery 9 years ago - it was a fairly new thing in Ireland at the time. Eyesight still great and I honestly think it was the best money I ever invested.

Tar.Aldarion · 12-04-2012 04:00PM

I am a bit shortsighted and it's really annoying. I don't need or wear glasses day to day but I can't really see anything far away etc. If I wear glasses for a while my eyes get quite sore/strained/tired. I can never find my way around without glasses as I tend to just walk around with my head down not looking at things, as I have to squint to see them well, whereas when I can see well i also tend to remember everything etc. I would say I know Amsterdam better than Dublin even though I was there for a few days, simply as I wore my glasses for the whole trip. :-p Laser eye surgery might be on the cards at some point! Although I do like my glasses.

CrazyRabbit · 12-04-2012 04:08PM

I was short-sighted for most of my life. Couldn't see clearly more than 12 inches away.

I got laser eye surgery a few years ago and have perfect eyesight ever since. Really quick procedure (18 secs per eye) and no pain/discomfort. Actually, I rather enjoyed it.

I remember when I first got the temp protective lenses out(for LASEK only), and looked down the road. I was stunned. I could see things more clearly than when I was wearing glasses. For probably the first time in my life, I could actually see the world properly.

Easily the best money I ever spent.

FYI...How well they can correct your vision depends on the thickness of your cornea. Most places offer a free check/consultation.

bnt · 12-04-2012 04:25PM

Fizgig Bandicoot wrote: »

Also, to the person who had -10.5, don't be so sure that you can't get surgery.

Where did "sure" come from? I said they might say no, that's all - and I will get checked, when finances permit.

mikemac1 wrote: »

Jaysus, now that's seriously short sighted

Sorry, not trying to call you out or anything, that's just realy extreme

No, you're right - but for years I didn't really know how bad until the UK optometrist gave me the "free test" form to fill in. That's when I started looking at the numbers to see what they meant. It's not a big deal these days, but I have been warned to watch out for signs of a detached retina.

Apart from the potential medical problems, I never get to enjoy any cheap specs offers, since I need the expensive high refractive index lenses. Last year my frames broke, but the lenses are still good, so I wanted to reuse them, saving $hundreds. The opticians couldn't find the same frames again, but I managed to talk them in to letting me get a smaller frame and chopping the lenses down to size. Which is not as simple as it sounds - they had to make sure the lenses' optical centres still lined up with my eyes, otherwise I would have become cross-eyed or wall-eyed ... :eek:

rain on · 12-04-2012 04:30PM

I'm not long- or short-sighted but I have astigmatism, made worse by working in an office for the last few years. I wear glasses for work now which I don't mind at all. Couldn't ever see myself getting surgery, I'm way too squeamish about eyes.. I'd just be thinking about A Clockwork Orange the whole time

Meauldsegosha · 12-04-2012 04:35PM

Susie_Q wrote: »

I got laser eye surgery 9 years ago - it was a fairly new thing in Ireland at the time. Eyesight still great and I honestly think it was the best money I ever invested.

Same here and I agree it was the best money I ever spent. Hated wearing glasses never found a pair that suited me. Was terrible with the contacts, would leave the in all day and night even the disposable ones.

Got my eyes tested last September and everything was perfect.

Fluorescence · 12-04-2012 04:38PM

Pretty decent (+1 in one eye and + 0.95 in the other). I'm supposed to use reading glasses when at the computer or reading for extended periods of time but I haven't gotten around to buying a pair yet. Effort of that :pac:

CrazyRabbit · 12-04-2012 06:25PM

rain on wrote: »

I'm not long- or short-sighted but I have astigmatism, made worse by working in an office for the last few years. I wear glasses for work now which I don't mind at all. Couldn't ever see myself getting surgery, I'm way too squeamish about eyes.. I'd just be thinking about A Clockwork Orange the whole time

I promise you that there is nothing to it. All you see is a complete blur from start to finish (from the drops they put in your eyes), and then a cool light show. Within a few mins, you've got perfect eyesight!

Teyla Emmagan · 12-04-2012 06:30PM

kylith wrote: »

I've worn specs for about 15 years. I got laser surgery about 7 years ago, but I had to get glasses again about a year later. I might get it again, but only of it gets really cheap. My eyes are now as bad as they were when I had them zapped, so I'm kinda glad I did it or I'd be really bad now, instead of just sort of bad.

Me too, I had it done 7 years ago and it lasted a year and a half. But I will never get it done again, I'd rather just stick with the glasses. Am too nervous of any potential long term damage. But at least they aren't any worse now then they were originally.

What a waste of 4k though!!!

Babybuff · 12-04-2012 06:32PM

could be better, short sighted, astigmatism and hereditary glaucoma risk. Don't really bother wearing my glasses much, only sometimes when watching tv or when I want to actually see better. Beer goggles work fine though.

12-04-2012 06:33PM

Fine, it's either 20/20 or 20/10. The most recent test was a couple years ago.

H2UMrsRobinson · 12-04-2012 06:36PM

-3.25 in both eyes so not too bad, but couldn't leave the house without glasses/contacts.

Used to wear the contacts and glasses about 50/50 of the time, but recently discovered the monthly lenses that you can just leave in for a month. They're brilliant. The first couple of days there a bit sticky in the morning but then the rest of the month is fine.

Don't need to have laser surgery with these babies. I would never consider it anyway. I'd be one of the unlucky ones, just google laser eye treatment horror stories...not worth the risk IMO.

Teyla Emmagan · 12-04-2012 06:44PM

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

I promise you that there is nothing to it. All you see is a complete blur from start to finish (from the drops they put in your eyes), and then a cool light show. Within a few mins, you've got perfect eyesight!

Oh yeah, and they clamp your eye open and you can smell your own flesh burning during. Don't forget that bit

MaroonAndGreen · 12-04-2012 06:45PM

hard to believe that 60% of the people on the poll needed glasses, contacts etc.

would have thought it would be way lower than that :eek:

marcsignal · 12-04-2012 06:57PM

Always had 20/20 vision, but about a year ago, I noticed I had difficulty reading text msgs when I was out at night. I just put it down to 'having a good night', but then, when trying to read the paper one Sunday afternoon, I had a Donald Pleasence type Good God !! I can't see a Bloody thing !!! moment.

Went for an eye test, and now wear reading glasses. Funny thing is, the optician said my long distance vision had improved. I have no difficulty reading bus numbers from 200mts, or reg plates from around 50mts.

M cebee · 12-04-2012 07:15PM

bad

these cheap glasses from the 2euro shop don't help either

Jimoslimos · 12-04-2012 07:29PM

mikemac1 wrote: »

Jaysus, now that's seriously short sighted

Sorry, not trying to call you out or anything, that's just realy extreme

I used to work in an opticians and have unfortunately seen worse

-18.00:eek:

Also seen some extreme astigmatisms aswell.

Oh, and I hope everyone realises that even with laser most people will probably need reading glasses later in life.

omg a kitty · 12-04-2012 07:45PM

I've been short sighted since I was 5

I'm 15 now but only -4.5 on both eyes though (I'm wearing them but I definitely know I need stronger ones)

Hoping to get it corrected at 20 or something

Novella · 12-04-2012 08:11PM

My eyesight is fine, I think. Hasn't been tested in a long time but I can still see stuff!

Mint Sauce · 12-04-2012 08:12PM

Wearing glasses since I was 16, then contacts for sport and socialising since 22-23. Prescription was quite stable till mid 20's, even going as far ocassionally been able to get away without wearing them. Now for my last pair everything is blurred without them, and I paid extra to get the lenses thinned.

kwestfan08 · 12-04-2012 08:20PM

I'm as short sighted as anybody I know, -7.5 in both eyes. Bit of a pain in the hole sometimes but I think the glasses make me look smarter than I am so if I get a job out of them, yeah glasses!

How's the eyesight?

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