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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nice to hear from others.  I have a -9 and-6.5.  I can't wear my dailies all day anymore and just wear glasses except for the random date night with my wife when I want to feel young again. And even then I need to use Oasys drops.[/quote]

This is close to me. -9.5 and -8.5.

I was quite happy in contacts until early 40s when my eye dr. did a new test to show me my meibomian glands and said mine were almost gone. She was totally alarmed.

Anyway, it's been years, I was freaked out but now I have realized this is very common as we age and just have a regimen to hopefully prevent dry eye as long as possible. It means I only wear my dailys for special occasions, like once a month or so, and I do hot compresses every night to stimulate those glands, as well as blinking exercises during the day and yearly lipiflow (which is an expensive pain, but I've read it can rejuvenate glands).

No symptoms of dry eye but she scared me off contacts. I'm pretty happy in my glasses - I pay a lot to get the thinner lenses + all the bells and whistles (blue light and UV protection etc.).

So far I haven't needed much in the help of reading, just last year got very mild progressive lenses in my glasses. [/quote]

That’s interesting about the dry eyes.  -16 here.  Mine got so bad post Covid. My contacts were unbearable. I have glasses I wear at home and do compresses, but not nearly enough.  [/quote]

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