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Ant
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Stu you still neglected to tell us who the special lady you seem to be thinking about is!! So will you continue to cave or is will you put your foot down (well whole body) and still go caving? Or is she a caver?
Almost back on topic.....
I also have astigmatism, but not too bad I guess. The only lenses I used to be able to wear were gas permeable - gave up very quickly. Fairly recent development were toric lenses, which compensate for astigmatism and are also soft. Use them for caving and diving with no problems so far.
Would also recommend a real optician rather than Specsavers, etc.
Marcus
kabot said:
I also have astigmatism, but not too bad I guess. The only lenses I used to be able to wear were gas permeable - gave up very quickly. Fairly recent development were toric lenses, which compensate for astigmatism and are also soft. Use them for caving and diving with no problems so far.
Would also recommend a real optician rather than Specsavers, etc.
Marcus
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hoehlenforscher
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someone suggested leaving your glasses at the enterance.!! Unfortunately for those of us with real bad eyesight (6.5 dioptrin) this is not an option. Without my glasses i couldnt even find the entrance, even if it was GG and i was stood on the edge 
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Did try contacts many many years ago and the difference was fantastic. But i was just so undisciplined and ended up sleeping with them in and forgetting to clean them so it became such a pain to live with I gave up. I also had to put my glasses on just to find the contacts so often didnt bother with em.
As an aside, does anyone know anyone who has had lazer eye surgery and if so was it effective?
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Mark
. Did try contacts many many years ago and the difference was fantastic. But i was just so undisciplined and ended up sleeping with them in and forgetting to clean them so it became such a pain to live with I gave up. I also had to put my glasses on just to find the contacts so often didnt bother with em.
As an aside, does anyone know anyone who has had lazer eye surgery and if so was it effective?
Cheers
Mark
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Frog
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i know someone whos wife had laser surgery and it worked wonders.
when i enquired about it they told me they could cure me as far as distance was concerned but i would very soon need reading glasses so i couldnt really see the point of having it done.
when i enquired about it they told me they could cure me as far as distance was concerned but i would very soon need reading glasses so i couldnt really see the point of having it done.
kay
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I know someone who was very disappointed as, although it corrected her short sight, she found herself suddenly needing reading glasses. I saw her again a few months later, and now she is used to using reading glasses, she is very happy.
BUT ... she was not very short sighted, and everything independent that I have read about it says that it is not as effective for the severely short sighted. In other words, you may have the treatment, but find that you still need glasses, albeit of lesser strength.
If you've used contact lenses successfully before, apart from the problem of sleeping in them by mistake, then it would be worth investigating. There have been huge advances in lenses, including daily disposables and lenses that you can sleep in.
BUT ... she was not very short sighted, and everything independent that I have read about it says that it is not as effective for the severely short sighted. In other words, you may have the treatment, but find that you still need glasses, albeit of lesser strength.
If you've used contact lenses successfully before, apart from the problem of sleeping in them by mistake, then it would be worth investigating. There have been huge advances in lenses, including daily disposables and lenses that you can sleep in.
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tubby two
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Yeah it was me that used to leave them at the entrance, but im only +3.5. As far as laser eye surgery you might hear of lots of people for who it's worked but i'm sticking to my opticians advice of never ever let anyone anywhere near your corneas with a laser. it may be successful 80% of the time but if youre in the other 20% its going to be a lot more pain and trouble than before. It also doubles a surgeons proffessional insurance costs in the US if they want to operate.
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andymorgan
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There are contact lenses you can wear at night now and take out during the day. They change the shape of your eyeball!
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tubby two
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Wow. thats fantastically clever- where did you hear about those?
kinda makes sense really as eyes take weeks to go back to normal shape when compressed under hard lenses.
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kinda makes sense really as eyes take weeks to go back to normal shape when compressed under hard lenses.
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andymorgan
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Err, on This Morning(spot the student)! Also in the newspaper. I don't know what opticians do it.
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andymorgan
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Here is a website about the overnight lenses http://www.nocturnalens.com/
I don't know if there are other brands, or if many opticians do them at the moment though.
I don't know if there are other brands, or if many opticians do them at the moment though.
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tubby two
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Thats what hard lenses do anyway- force your cornea into a different shape. It's not like it hurts or anything. Thats why your eyesight remains better than normal immediatley after you take lenses out then degenerates over time.
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