Contact lens

sunny · #1 Postby **sunny** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:04 pm

I have dry eyes, and found when wearing my contact lens I was getting headaches. So, I just stopped wearing them. This morning my eye doctor suggested I try the new contact lens by Acuvue, called Oasys. They are supposed to be great for people with dry eyes or live in dry environments. My trial pair will come in next week. I REALLY want to have Lasik, but just can't seem to justify 2K right now. So I will give this a try.

Does anyone where Oasys? If so, what has your experience with them been?

southerngale · #2 Postby **southerngale** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:15 pm

I had a bit of a problem with my eyes getting dry, and my doctor recently switched me to Optix 2 by Ciba Vision. They feel great! I'm sorry I don't have any input on the ones you're going to try, but if they don't work for you, I figured I'd let you know about Optix 2 and you can ask your doctor about them.

Here's a link with a few symptoms on who they're good for. It's brief.
http://www.cibavision.com.au/product/ma ... oductid=40

I have kinda wanted to have Lasik too, but I'm scared, not to mention it's expensive. With my luck, my eyes would get worse after having it. I did think it was a lot more than $2000 though.

Lindaloo · #3 Postby **Lindaloo** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 3:36 pm

I had the Lasik. I started having eye problems with my right eye again. So, I use the Optix 2. No more problems.

sunny · #4 Postby **sunny** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:35 pm

I'm going to make a note about Optix 2. That way if the Oasys do not work out, I can ask about that. Thanks!!

#5 Postby **george_r_1961** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 5:54 pm

I do not see how anyone can wear contacts. Id probably poke my eyes out trying to put them in. :eek:

#6 Postby **angelwing** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 6:08 pm

I had contacts, after a while one ended up in the vacuum cleaner and the other got cemented to the bathtub, so the heck with it, been wearing glasses since and now have to go back to get a second pair of bifocals, sigh

Lindaloo · #7 Postby **Lindaloo** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 6:59 pm

george_r_1961 wrote:I do not see how anyone can wear contacts. Id probably poke my eyes out trying to put them in.

Well you do at first. :lol:

Took me FOREVER to get used to putting them in. You should have seen my daughter when she first got hers. I should have videotaped it. :lol:

#8 Postby **george_r_1961** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 7:02 pm

I will stick to my glasses. They make me look..ummmm...intelligent 8-)

sunny · #9 Postby **sunny** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 7:18 pm

I prefer contact lens. Hopefully these will work (I've done some research, seems they were developed for this reason). But if they don't, I will give the Optix 2 a shot. I really hate my glasses!

But yeah, there is a learning curve to putting them in and taking them out!

Miss Mary · #10 Postby **Miss Mary** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 8:24 pm

Lindaloo wrote:
george_r_1961 wrote:I do not see how anyone can wear contacts. Id probably poke my eyes out trying to put them in.

Well you do at first. Took me FOREVER to get used to putting them in. You should have seen my daughter when she first got hers. I should have videotaped it.

Linda - reminds me of when a very close friend/relative and I went shopping years ago. Her optometrist was located in the mall. He suggested contacts (this was the early 80s). She thought, okay I'll get my contacts, put away my glasses and we'll shop. Well, let me just say she couldn't even walk out of his store! She was stumbling around, and holding onto ME. We started laughing and her eyes were already watering something terrible. She had tears or whatever rolling down her cheeks, from laughing and from irritation. The opt. watched this scene and shook his head. She laughed and said - Lord, how am I ever going to drive, work, etc.? I kept thinking - it's a darn good thing I don't need glasses! I think at some point the opt. told her to take them out, dry her eyes, she looked as if she'd be crying for hours and try again, at home. Somehow we had lunch and managed to shop some. Laughing many times thru out the day. She was my ex-husband's SIL, we became as close as sisters, since we married brothers. After my divorce, I had to pretty much say goodbye, which broke my heart. A year or so ago, we started emailing again and right away, she asked early on - hey, remember when you were having to walk me around the mall with my brand new contacts? It was pretty funny!

She eventually got the hang of them.

Mary

#11 Postby **AnnularCane** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 8:37 pm

george_r_1961 wrote:I do not see how anyone can wear contacts. Id probably poke my eyes out trying to put them in.

I had so much trouble getting mine in and out in the beginning that it's amazing I can still see. :lol:

You do get better at it though, otherwise probably nobody would be willing to wear them.

Rainband · #12 Postby **Rainband** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 8:43 pm

sunny wrote:I have dry eyes, and found when wearing my contact lens I was getting headaches. So, I just stopped wearing them. This morning my eye doctor suggested I try the new contact lens by Acuvue, called Oasys. They are supposed to be great for people with dry eyes or live in dry environments. My trial pair will come in next week. I REALLY want to have Lasik, but just can't seem to justify 2K right now. So I will give this a try.

Does anyone where Oasys? If so, what has your experience with them been?

Anything Acuvue puts out Rocks. I was going to switch to those but I changed my solution first. It works good. Renu No rub.

GalvestonDuck · #13 Postby **GalvestonDuck** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 9:22 pm

I'm an Optix 2 wearer also. Just got contacts again after almost 20 years and I'm loving it.

#14 Postby **pojo** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 9:45 pm

I have contacts that I'm able to wear for 30 continuous days... Focus Night& Day. I only wear my glasses if my eyes get sore or the contacts start getting dirty from the continuous wear.

#15 Postby **vbhoutex** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 10:54 pm

I wear the Oasys by Accuvue and have been very pleased with them. I had a lot of trouble with my eyes being dry. I don't have that trouble now like I used to. I was in hard contact lens for almost 30 years before I went to the soft. I do fine with them.

Lindaloo · #16 Postby **Lindaloo** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 1:39 pm

Do they still make hard contact lenses?

Just kidding David. :cheesy:

Skywatch_NC · #17 Postby **Skywatch_NC** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 2:55 pm

I tried contacts for a period of months...and for myself -- the biggest waste of money ever!! My Mom had to help me at times...sometimes I think males have bigger fingers so to say is why the feverish struggle of using them...SIGH. lol :wink:

Glasses for me thank you very much!

Dee Bee · #18 Postby **Dee Bee** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:39 pm

Actually, Lindaloo, my husband wears gas-permeable lenses which are fairly rigid! They are totally perfect for him.

I wore hard lenses beginning back in 1967, switched to soft lenses when they first became available, constantly ripped /tore them, and then couldn't tolerate them when I became pregnant in 1979. By the time I was ready to try contact lenses again, I needed bifocals, and contact lenses to correct that problem weren't as sophisticated as they are today. The long and the short of it is that I've worn glasses since 1979 and will probably continue to do so indefinitely. Several of my (middle-aged) friends wear bifocal contact lenses or have had lasik surgery but still have to wear reading glasses, so I figure, what's the point?! :roll:

j · #19 Postby j » Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:32 am

sunny wrote:I prefer contact lens. Hopefully these will work (I've done some research, seems they were developed for this reason). But if they don't, I will give the Optix 2 a shot. I really hate my glasses!

But yeah, there is a learning curve to putting them in and taking them out!

My wife, being the classic woman, changes her's while she's driving.

sunny · #20 Postby **sunny** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:54 pm

j wrote:
sunny wrote:I prefer contact lens. Hopefully these will work (I've done some research, seems they were developed for this reason). But if they don't, I will give the Optix 2 a shot. I really hate my glasses!

But yeah, there is a learning curve to putting them in and taking them out!

My wife, being the classic woman, changes her's while she's driving.

Well, she IS a woman and therfore capable of multi-tasking :cheesy:

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