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25-11-10, 08:30 PM

Due to failing eye sight (not caused by that you dirty boys & girls) and the recent cold snap, my spectacles steam up.
I'm going for an eye test Friday & was thinking of getting contact lenses (for the bike & sports).

To those of you who wear lenses, anything I should be asking when I go to the opticians?

p.s. Got a foggy mask last week which has made things MUCH better but I can't wear it on the basketball court.

25-11-10, 09:01 PM

Defo get daily lenses, dont sign up to any monthly scheme unless you want to wear all day every day. 1 box of 30 dailys (15 pairs) will last you ages for occasional wear, very long useby dates on them.

Pete

pookie · 25-11-10, 09:02 PM

Get them to check if you have dryness in the eyes. Most will give you a trial to see how you get on first.

dizzyblonde · 25-11-10, 09:13 PM

Can they do contacts for your prescription?
Very important.

Even though Peg can't see jack without specs, and I can, my prescription is more complicated. He can have contacts and benefits greatly from them, I cannot have lenses because of my prescription. Both have astygmatisms.

My eyesight has got worse in one eye over the years, I used to have contacts a long time ago, but eventually my crap eye rejected them, they had their benefits on the bike, one downside though was the constant feeling of having a cat hair in my eye, or them drying up in summer. Also finding that after half an hour trying to fish one out of my eye, that there wasn't actually one there!!!

25-11-10, 09:14 PM

Tell the opticians how often you plan to use them and how long you'll keep them in. They'll probably give you a trial of dailies for intermittent use.

If you do suffer from dryness when using them, you can get eyedrops specific for contact lens users from chemists as the normal eyedrops aren't suitable.

Other thing is it takes a few goes to get used to putting them in but the opticians will show you how to do that.

25-11-10, 09:24 PM

Dailies are much easier to wear as they are thinner and they do take a bit of getting used to.

MisterTommyH · 25-11-10, 09:31 PM

Oh, now that's an idea. Fogging up is starting to become a big problem. And lenses would also help rather than being blind at the gym.

Not sure how I'd feel putting them in though. Not sure my eyelids would stay open long enough to fit the lenses. Is it difficult or am I just being a big girl?

dizzyblonde · 25-11-10, 09:33 PM

Its easy once you know how, if Batty the blind Pegasus can put em in anyone can!

25-11-10, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tommy H

Not sure how I'd feel putting them in though. Not sure my eyelids would stay open long enough to fit the lenses. Is it difficult or am I just being a big girl?

You use one hand to keep your lids open and the other hand to pop them in.

MisterTommyH · 25-11-10, 09:50 PM

Any idea of rough costs?

25-11-10, 08:30 PM	#1
Fruity-ya-ya Guest Posts: n/a	Contact lenses Due to failing eye sight (not caused by that you dirty boys & girls) and the recent cold snap, my spectacles steam up. I'm going for an eye test Friday & was thinking of getting contact lenses (for the bike & sports). To those of you who wear lenses, anything I should be asking when I go to the opticians? p.s. Got a foggy mask last week which has made things MUCH better but I can't wear it on the basketball court.

25-11-10, 09:01 PM	#2
Lazy Rider Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Contact lenses Defo get daily lenses, dont sign up to any monthly scheme unless you want to wear all day every day. 1 box of 30 dailys (15 pairs) will last you ages for occasional wear, very long useby dates on them. Pete

25-11-10, 09:02 PM	#3
pookie Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Essex Posts: 938	Re: Contact lenses Get them to check if you have dryness in the eyes. Most will give you a trial to see how you get on first. __________________ "an unedifying exercise in postmodern, operatic grunge" Was - 2000 Candy blue sv650s -2003 Sonic silver sv1000s Gone - 2007 Wildfire Orange Ninja zx6r Now - 2010 Triton blue sv650s -Back to the future

25-11-10, 09:13 PM	#4
dizzyblonde Da Cake Boss Mega Poster Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a flying Horse Posts: 9,992	Re: Contact lenses Can they do contacts for your prescription? Very important. Even though Peg can't see jack without specs, and I can, my prescription is more complicated. He can have contacts and benefits greatly from them, I cannot have lenses because of my prescription. Both have astygmatisms. My eyesight has got worse in one eye over the years, I used to have contacts a long time ago, but eventually my crap eye rejected them, they had their benefits on the bike, one downside though was the constant feeling of having a cat hair in my eye, or them drying up in summer. Also finding that after half an hour trying to fish one out of my eye, that there wasn't actually one there!!! __________________ Suzy, yellow 2001 SVS. Kitty, V-Raptor 1000, ZZR1400<<its my bike now Pegasus! Hovis 13.8.75-3.10.09 Reeder 20.7.88-21.3.12

25-11-10, 09:14 PM	#5
Venom Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Contact lenses Tell the opticians how often you plan to use them and how long you'll keep them in. They'll probably give you a trial of dailies for intermittent use. If you do suffer from dryness when using them, you can get eyedrops specific for contact lens users from chemists as the normal eyedrops aren't suitable. Other thing is it takes a few goes to get used to putting them in but the opticians will show you how to do that.

25-11-10, 09:24 PM	#6
Gabriel2k Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Contact lenses Dailies are much easier to wear as they are thinner and they do take a bit of getting used to.

25-11-10, 09:31 PM	#7
MisterTommyH Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: West Mids Posts: 854	Re: Contact lenses Oh, now that's an idea. Fogging up is starting to become a big problem. And lenses would also help rather than being blind at the gym. Not sure how I'd feel putting them in though. Not sure my eyelids would stay open long enough to fit the lenses. Is it difficult or am I just being a big girl?

25-11-10, 09:33 PM	#8
dizzyblonde Da Cake Boss Mega Poster Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a flying Horse Posts: 9,992	Re: Contact lenses Its easy once you know how, if Batty the blind Pegasus can put em in anyone can! __________________ Suzy, yellow 2001 SVS. Kitty, V-Raptor 1000, ZZR1400<<its my bike now Pegasus! Hovis 13.8.75-3.10.09 Reeder 20.7.88-21.3.12

25-11-10, 09:50 PM	#10
MisterTommyH Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: West Mids Posts: 854	Re: Contact lenses Any idea of rough costs?

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