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I've had glasses since age 10 Verm, and the perscription got progressively worse until about age 24ish when the perscription leveled out.
I'm thinking about getting lasik though cuz I'm getting really freaking tired of glasses. Once you get glasses though, you'll wonder why you didn't get them sooner.
I'm thinking about getting lasik though cuz I'm getting really freaking tired of glasses. Once you get glasses though, you'll wonder why you didn't get them sooner.
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thanks guys i will look into glasses or contacts in the future once i get some extra cash.
glad to know the facts about glasses and contacts that it should level at around age 24 or so. im already 26 so i have less risk of still changing grade.
glad to know the facts about glasses and contacts that it should level at around age 24 or so. im already 26 so i have less risk of still changing grade.
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By not correcting them, as said before, they will grow worse. The diffrence between glassing and non glasses is incredable. You adjust to not being able to see well but the first time you put them on and the entire world stanps into focuse you'll feel stupid.
Then you get lasik and its even better.
By not correcting them, as said before, they will grow worse. The diffrence between glassing and non glasses is incredable. You adjust to not being able to see well but the first time you put them on and the entire world stanps into focuse you'll feel stupid.
Then you get lasik and its even better.
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my wife is 33 (yes shes older than me) and she hasnt had a perscription change in 10 years. then again she wears contacts and never takes them out either.
Apparently this is MD hereditary but we dont know if anyone in my family has ever had this issue. The problem is my mother was the first one in the family who could afford to go to the eye doctor and I am the second one. The rest of those on my mothers side of the family are poor. My dad well I have never met him so I have no idea about his side of the family other than they live into their 90's unlike my mothers side who is lucky to live to mid 60's.
*edit wow I started a topic that made it past page 2 lol.
Apparently this is MD hereditary but we dont know if anyone in my family has ever had this issue. The problem is my mother was the first one in the family who could afford to go to the eye doctor and I am the second one. The rest of those on my mothers side of the family are poor. My dad well I have never met him so I have no idea about his side of the family other than they live into their 90's unlike my mothers side who is lucky to live to mid 60's.
*edit wow I started a topic that made it past page 2 lol.
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Glasses aren't that expensive. $300-400 for the lenses and the frame. Well, for me at least, but I have very strange eyes so it may be more expensive for me.
Contacts are a bit more, or, again, for me they are because I have to wear the 6 month supply ones and it costs me about $200 every 6 months.
Contacts are a bit more, or, again, for me they are because I have to wear the 6 month supply ones and it costs me about $200 every 6 months.
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With dry MD, they can't treat it, the lasers and drugs only work once it turns wet. (The retinal blood vessels start bleeding out.)
If you're not seeing a retina specialist, you're risking *all* of your eyesight. Non-retinal eye doctors just don't have the training and info on the latest reaserch. We have to drive about 100 miles for my Dad's retina doctor, there's just none near us.
The latest info we have is about an Austrailian study that shows vegatable oil is could be a cause/aggravating factor in MD and several other chronic diseases. We've eliminated about 99% of the vegoil in our diet in the last month or so. Which pretty much ended buying prepared food. (We were already trans fat, high-fructose corn syrup, and phosphoric acid free.)
Oh, and if you get a shot in your eyeball, wait overnight before using the antibiotic drops. You'll heal 2-3 days faster that way. If you use then the same day, the injection site stays irritated longer. (We've tested this.)
If you're not seeing a retina specialist, you're risking *all* of your eyesight. Non-retinal eye doctors just don't have the training and info on the latest reaserch. We have to drive about 100 miles for my Dad's retina doctor, there's just none near us.
The latest info we have is about an Austrailian study that shows vegatable oil is could be a cause/aggravating factor in MD and several other chronic diseases. We've eliminated about 99% of the vegoil in our diet in the last month or so. Which pretty much ended buying prepared food. (We were already trans fat, high-fructose corn syrup, and phosphoric acid free.)
Oh, and if you get a shot in your eyeball, wait overnight before using the antibiotic drops. You'll heal 2-3 days faster that way. If you use then the same day, the injection site stays irritated longer. (We've tested this.)
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if i have that kind of money to spend around... i'd rather put it on my trackday fund.Shiv wrote:Glasses aren't that expensive. $300-400 for the lenses and the frame. Well, for me at least, but I have very strange eyes so it may be more expensive for me.
Contacts are a bit more, or, again, for me they are because I have to wear the 6 month supply ones and it costs me about $200 every 6 months.
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Holy !%#!Shiv wrote:Contacts are a bit more, or, again, for me they are because I have to wear the 6 month supply ones and it costs me about $200 every 6 months.
I get a pair of boxes of Acuvue Advance for $44 from 1-800-Contacts. One pair of boxes lasts 3-4 months.
I end up spending about $150 a year for contacts and another $50 or so for the eye exam.
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shot in eyeball??? that sounds more painful then the shot I got under the eyeball. I never got any antiseptic eyedrops to put into my eye. As for vegetable oil I was just reading that. I was also reading I should eat more things like corn and spinich(yuch on the spinich lol).Seca Girl wrote:With dry MD, they can't treat it, the lasers and drugs only work once it turns wet. (The retinal blood vessels start bleeding out.)
If you're not seeing a retina specialist, you're risking *all* of your eyesight. Non-retinal eye doctors just don't have the training and info on the latest reaserch. We have to drive about 100 miles for my Dad's retina doctor, there's just none near us.
The latest info we have is about an Austrailian study that shows vegatable oil is could be a cause/aggravating factor in MD and several other chronic diseases. We've eliminated about 99% of the vegoil in our diet in the last month or so. Which pretty much ended buying prepared food. (We were already trans fat, high-fructose corn syrup, and phosphoric acid free.)
Oh, and if you get a shot in your eyeball, wait overnight before using the antibiotic drops. You'll heal 2-3 days faster that way. If you use then the same day, the injection site stays irritated longer. (We've tested this.)
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You might not have a trackday if you don't see well enough to spot hazards in time.The Crimson Rider® wrote:if i have that kind of money to spend around... i'd rather put it on my trackday fund.Shiv wrote:Glasses aren't that expensive. $300-400 for the lenses and the frame. Well, for me at least, but I have very strange eyes so it may be more expensive for me.
Contacts are a bit more, or, again, for me they are because I have to wear the 6 month supply ones and it costs me about $200 every 6 months.
I know exactly where you're coming from because I used to do the same thing. I needed glasses, but didn't want to spend the money on them. For several years I rode around like that and not seeing clearly probably contributed to a couple of bike accidents I had (although I would have never admitted it at the time).
Think about it. If things look a bit blurry far away, are you going to be able to spot those bits of gray pea gravel on the gray pavement at the apex of your turn? Can you see well enough to notice the front tire is turning toward the road on that parked car up ahead? It's noticing the little things that keep you alive on a bike.
If you search around, you can get a pair of single vision glasses with an eye exam in the $100-$125 range. Knowing you though, you'll probably settle for nothing less than the $800 designer frames, with some person's name etched in tiny letters on the inside of the arm. Good luck.
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