contact lenses

Never been a problem for me... I wear specsavers everyday 30's. Just leave them in for 30 days, not taking them out at night and change them on the 30th day. Its great.

I have terrible vision, so waking up in the morning and being able to see, or having a shower is great. I'm -4.5 in each eye.

Even better, they don't mist up on the bike...

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Originally Posted by rthoms

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In terms of the sports you mention. They should be fine to wear for all, however it's at your discretion. I play ice hockey and have never had an issue. quote]

sorry to go off topic but who do ya play for mate? not one of the teams on that ice cube known as gosport is it?

No, not Gosport. Play up in Basingstoke.

[JediGoat]

Hmmm.....I've tried contact lenses three times all together....and never with much success. I need toric lenses and tried gas permeable ones back around 1990.....and they made my eyes very sore, so I gave up.

I then tried soft lenses about 6 years later (when the soft torics finally became an affordable price) and struggled again - i.e. always could feel the lens in my eye, scratching sensation every time I blinked, and an annoying momentary fogging each time I blinked. At one point my eye lids started to swell up and my eye started closing like I'd been punched.

About 7 years ago I was offered monthly disposable toric lenses as a trial. I tried it....but was still getting irritation. The optometrist seemed to think it was the cleaning solutions that were the issue.

So (after writing down my life story), have lenses moved forward much in the last 7 years? Daily torics would probably solve my problem with the sensitivity.....but do such things exist...and at a reasonable price?

Jo

Originally Posted by shop_addict

Hmmm.....I've tried contact lenses three times all together....and never with much success. I need toric lenses and tried gas permeable ones back around 1990.....and they made my eyes very sore, so I gave up.

I then tried soft lenses about 6 years later (when the soft torics finally became an affordable price) and struggled again - i.e. always could feel the lens in my eye, scratching sensation every time I blinked, and an annoying momentary fogging each time I blinked. At one point my eye lids started to swell up and my eye started closing like I'd been punched.

About 7 years ago I was offered monthly disposable toric lenses as a trial. I tried it....but was still getting irritation. The optometrist seemed to think it was the cleaning solutions that were the issue.

So (after writing down my life story), have lenses moved forward much in the last 7 years? Daily torics would probably solve my problem with the sensitivity.....but do such things exist...and at a reasonable price?

Jo

Yes, they've moved forwards a lot. There are daily toric lenses and I would recommend the ProClear Dailies from our range. The lens material is chemically balance to the normal Ph of the eye. You could also try a silicone hydrogel product. In terms of solutions there have been advances, but not a great deal.

Worth talking to an optician if you're interested in giving 'em a go again.

Originally Posted by rthoms

Yes, they've moved forwards a lot. There are daily toric lenses and I would recommend the ProClear Dailies from our range. The lens material is chemically balance to the normal Ph of the eye. You could also try a silicone hydrogel product. In terms of solutions there have been advances, but not a great deal.

Worth talking to an optician if you're interested in giving 'em a go again.

I'd talk to an optician - I can't (and maybe a lot of other people can't) tell you if they have moved forwards cos I never had a problem in the first place

[JediGoat]

Originally Posted by rthoms

Yes, they've moved forwards a lot. There are daily toric lenses and I would recommend the ProClear Dailies from our range. The lens material is chemically balance to the normal Ph of the eye. You could also try a silicone hydrogel product. In terms of solutions there have been advances, but not a great deal.

Worth talking to an optician if you're interested in giving 'em a go again.

Thanks, I'll do that

JUST A BIT OF AN UPDATE

been for a fitting and both my eyes have poor vision, but as i have a scar on my left eye the optition seems to think that we may get away with just one lense in the right eye and leave the left eye as it is

he put it in for me (yes i know) and it felt a bit gritty and odd, which is normal

but i could not get it out, and after 6-7 apemts of poking myself in the eye, he said we better leave it for today, as my eye was looking quite sore, so round 2 is on wednesday

well........... that was not bad as i was expecting

took about 7 mins on my first atempt

the right eye is perfect, but my left eye is errrrrrr blury, its better than no glasses, but not as good as with glasses, this may be down to the fact i have a scar on my left eyeball, or i guess thr prescription could be wrong?

im pretty sure its not inside out

Give it a minute and blink a bit to wet the lens, if no improvement try taking it out, wetting it with a little of the solution in the blister and putting it back in.

Stick with it for a bit - first time I put 'em in it took me about 25 minutes... super fast blink reflex apparently.

Unlikely that the perscription is wrong.

its just this is the 2nd time i have had them in, the guy in the optitions did them for me the first time (he was pretty good as he made me put them in a few times to see i could do it)

last time the left eye was the same,

(i have an appiontment next week so will mention it then, but just wondering if anyone had any thoughts