loss of eyesight

[NorthernPete]

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.

if i have that kind of money to spend around... i'd rather put it on my trackday fund.

then I can see why you want a trailer to bring home your wrecked bike...

health is more important then that Verm...you only have one set of eyes.

[Seca Girl]

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).

If you have wet MD, Avastin/Lucentis injected right into eyeball itself is the best treatment possible for stopping the spread of the blind spot. A shot in the eye is a small price to pay for keeping your sight.

(The drops are for the needle hole in your eyeball, which you didn't have, so I'm not surprised you didn't get any.)

Doing a nose-wheelie on a raked chopper is easier than removing vegoil from your diet. Forget eating anything from a box, or resturant again. It's in everything. Olive & peanut oil will be your new friends.

Oh, and if you take vitamins, check the label, we had to throw some out, as they used soybean oil in the capsule.

[VermilionX]

i don't care about the designer frames. although i understand the assumption.

i just want plain glasses. $100-150 for an eye exam though is pricey to me. that's already track fee right there or a months worth of gas money.

i'll put sunglasses on my list afteri get my 1st trackday.

i've been calling this org now but all i get is answering machine... i might ride up there since this specific trackday is for newbies on street legal bikes... so i don't even have to track prep my bike.

but i need more details and i can't get a hold of them on the phone.

[Seca Girl]

i don't care about the designer frames. although i understand the assumption.

i just want plain glasses. $100-150 for an eye exam though is pricey to me. that's already track fee right there or a months worth of gas money.

i'll put sunglasses on my list afteri get my 1st trackday.

i've been calling this org now but all i get is answering machine... i might ride up there since this specific trackday is for newbies on street legal bikes... so i don't even have to track prep my bike.

but i need more details and i can't get a hold of them on the phone.

Hit one of the storefront eyeglass centers with the doc-in-the-box inside. You can get a exam pretty cheap and not need an appointment.

If you're "lucky" enought to be far-sighted, once you know your prescription, hit Costco and get a 3-pack of magnifiers for $18. Then use them for computer/reading. That's what I do. But near-sightedness is much more common.

[TechTMW]

Eye doctors at Lens Crafters stores typically charge $50 for an exam. Call around. You can probably find private practitioners who will do it for less.

You admit you have trouble seeing, and you want to willfully put other people in danger on a track? Isn't it nice to choose your toy over yours and other peoples' health!? Get real man.

You probably have no idea how bad your vision actually is, because vision degrades over time and you get used to it. When was the last time you looked at an eye chart - and how far did you get on it?

[flynrider]

i just want plain glasses. $100-150 for an eye exam though is pricey to me. that's already track fee right there or a months worth of gas money.

If you shop around, you can get the exam AND the glasses in the $100-$125 range. Compared to the deductible on collision insurance, that's a pretty reasonable price.

[VermilionX]

Eye doctors at Lens Crafters stores typically charge $50 for an exam. Call around. You can probably find private practitioners who will do it for less.

You admit you have trouble seeing, and you want to willfully put other people in danger on a track? Isn't it nice to choose your toy over yours and other peoples' health!? Get real man.

You probably have no idea how bad your vision actually is, because vision degrades over time and you get used to it. When was the last time you looked at an eye chart - and how far did you get on it?

LOL!

you make it sound like i can't see.

like i said... from afar... i can see objects fine. i just can't read what's written on them.

do i really need to read the decals and sponsor logos on other bikes on the track?

i don't think so.

[ofblong]

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).

If you have wet MD, Avastin/Lucentis injected right into eyeball itself is the best treatment possible for stopping the spread of the blind spot. A shot in the eye is a small price to pay for keeping your sight.

(The drops are for the needle hole in your eyeball, which you didn't have, so I'm not surprised you didn't get any.)

Doing a nose-wheelie on a raked chopper is easier than removing vegoil from your diet. Forget eating anything from a box, or resturant again. It's in everything. Olive & peanut oil will be your new friends.

Oh, and if you take vitamins, check the label, we had to throw some out, as they used soybean oil in the capsule.

how do they put a shot in your eye without numbing it? or do they numb it with some sort of shot under the eye first? thanks for the tip on soybean. i work for a company that makes generic perscription and generic over the counter drugs. Heck we make name brand stuff to when the name brand cant make it. We just made like 30,000 dozen bottles of nasal spray for the company who makes afrin so yes generic is the exact same stuff as name brand for sometimes half the price . I will probably go to my company store tomarrow morning and get some vitamins. I love peanut oil for deep frying turkeys. mmm nummy lol.

[Shiv]

No, but you do need it to distinguish that the grey blur in the road ahead is a patch of gravel.

Not so bad if the road itself is black. But if the road is grey, the same color as the gravel, then you lose valuable seconds getting in range where it's clear enough for you to go "oh, gravel, better move" when you could have moved a long time ago.



Anyways, glasses are pretty much a one time expense unless they get broken or scratched up.

[VermilionX]

Anyways, glasses are pretty much a one time expense unless they get broken or scratched up.

yeah, now i know it's ok if you're already 24-ish... less chance of you needing higher grade lenses after a few years.