I don't want to wear glasses any more

[Anonymous]

This is a possible alternative from a decent source that is supposed to have less chance of dry eye:

https://youtu.be/ZXheY9-62yU?si=nxyb1RB2C1thHwNn

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Contacts are great. You don’t even fill them. They give you peripheral vision.

My lenses are trifocals. My contacts make me unable to drive or read. I look pretty but can't function.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is doing eye therapy to improve your vision an option? Then you might be able to have a less "heavy" prescription.

What's that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You should seriously consider LASIK - get a consultation to see what your options are. I had horrible eyes my whole life -7.50 and finally got LASIK at 40. I had dry eye for a year, but everything healed well, and I'm so glad I went through with it. Also, the doctor preemptively under corrected one eye so that I won't need reading glasses for a while. I am 46 now, and I don't have any issues with close reading, yet.

This is not horrible. I’m worse in both eyes and it’s fine.

[Anonymous]

Consider the merits of PRK versus
LASIK. It’s a worse recovery but better long-term stability and eye health.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Contacts are great. You don’t even fill them. They give you peripheral vision.

Contacts aren’t great if you have dry eyes, need bifocals, or other issues like astigmatism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should seriously consider LASIK - get a consultation to see what your options are. I had horrible eyes my whole life -7.50 and finally got LASIK at 40. I had dry eye for a year, but everything healed well, and I'm so glad I went through with it. Also, the doctor preemptively under corrected one eye so that I won't need reading glasses for a while. I am 46 now, and I don't have any issues with close reading, yet.

This is not horrible. I’m worse in both eyes and it’s fine.

What? At -7.5 I could hardly see anything unless it was like 2 inches from my face.

Do you wear glasses or contacts? For some people it's a real hassle wearing heavy glasses every day, and contacts dry out your eyes. It's worth exploring options and then deciding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should seriously consider LASIK - get a consultation to see what your options are. I had horrible eyes my whole life -7.50 and finally got LASIK at 40. I had dry eye for a year, but everything healed well, and I'm so glad I went through with it. Also, the doctor preemptively under corrected one eye so that I won't need reading glasses for a while. I am 46 now, and I don't have any issues with close reading, yet.

This is not horrible. I’m worse in both eyes and it’s fine.

What? At -7.5 I could hardly see anything unless it was like 2 inches from my face.

Do you wear glasses or contacts? For some people it's a real hassle wearing heavy glasses every day, and contacts dry out your eyes. It's worth exploring options and then deciding.

I am -8.5 in one eye and -10 in the other. I wear contacts all day, glasses before and after I put them in and take them out. My glasses aren’t heavy—just get the super thin lenses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your prescription is too heavy for contacts? What do you mean? I have a very strong Rx and wear dailies. They’re great.

Same - I have -9 in one eye and a -8.5 with astigmatism in the other, and I have very dry eyes. Dailies have been a life saver.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Contacts are great. You don’t even fill them. They give you peripheral vision.

My lenses are trifocals. My contacts make me unable to drive or read. I look pretty but can't function.

They make contact lenses for Presbyopia. You can also just wear glasses when you drive and read. I wear reading glasses with my contacts.

[Anonymous]

I am 46 and had LASIK last year. So worth it! I have monovision, so disatnce in one and reading/computer in the other. I kinda miss my glasses (I loved them and had fun ones) but not the daily headaches from being +4 in one eye and -5 in the other.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your prescription is too heavy for contacts? What do you mean? I have a very strong Rx and wear dailies. They’re great.

Same - I have -9 in one eye and a -8.5 with astigmatism in the other, and I have very dry eyes. Dailies have been a life saver.

Dailies are ok but stopped working for me when I turned 40. I had to take them out mid day bc my eyes were so dry. I had been wearing contacts since middle school. Not tolerating contacts happened pretty fast. LASIK was a great decision. I’m the -7.5 posted above.

I also spent a lot of money on the thinnest lens but no matter how thin, you can’t hide the prescription. They’re like magnifying glasses.

[Anonymous]

I’ll add that my sister in law who is older, 48, still wears contacts and tolerates them fine. If they still work for you then keep doing what you’re doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your prescription is too heavy for contacts? What do you mean? I have a very strong Rx and wear dailies. They’re great.

Same - I have -9 in one eye and a -8.5 with astigmatism in the other, and I have very dry eyes. Dailies have been a life saver.

Dailies are ok but stopped working for me when I turned 40. I had to take them out mid day bc my eyes were so dry. I had been wearing contacts since middle school. Not tolerating contacts happened pretty fast. LASIK was a great decision. I’m the -7.5 posted above.

I also spent a lot of money on the thinnest lens but no matter how thin, you can’t hide the prescription. They’re like magnifying glasses.

I had to stop wearing contacts for 2 years when I was 40, but started again after I found an optometrist that gave me several options to try until we found the perfect fit. I'm now 52 and still wearing them. It's $1000/year but worth it.

[Anonymous]

Question for crowd.
My recent toric lens Rx is
-6.50
-5.5

And the paper says BC 8.6, Diameter 14.5

Do you think I could be a candidate for LASIK?

Even if just to improve from “blinds as a bat”