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February 04, 2006

Blind As A Bat

If I could not wear contacts or glasses, I would be legally blind. Am I far-sighted? Nope. Near-sighted? Nope. I am Neither-sighted. I have to hold a book so close to my face to read that I can only read out of one eye. If I use both eyes, I can't focus and my nose gets in the way. How many fingers are you holding up? You have fingers? Looks like a club hand to me!

Since I rely on my contacts heavily, I wear them to long and basically abuse my eyes. It is a vicous cycle that starts with heavy glasses. Even though when I bought them they were the thinnest available. They gave me a headache after 5 minutes. Plus I had no peripheral vision. It's like looking through short toilet paper rolls. Then you add that my prescription is old, but why get new glasses when you don't wear them much anyway. I had the kind of contacts you could sleep in, so I almost never took my contacts off.

So over time, I was hurting my eyes. I complaining to my eye doctor of itching and mucus. He said I had Giant Papillary Conjunctivitis and prescribed some drops. They helped. He also recommended that I wear my contacts less and prompted me to get a new prescription on my glasses. He also mentioned they were making very light lenses now.

I had my contacts on when I picked up my new glasses, so I did not try them on except for fit. The lady showed them to her Eye Techs because they were a new kind of lens and the thinnest she had ever seen in my prescription.

As soon as I got home with them, I tried them on and WOW-ZA!!!! I wore them the whole evening and did not get a headache. Wore them the next day and magically - no headache!!!

I took some pictures so that you could get an idea. Keep in mind that 4 or 5 years ago my prescription was coke bottle type. But look at them now! Can you tell which ones are my new pair?

Also, I thought this picture would give you an idea of the magnification of my prescription. Amazing, huh?

Posted by on February 4, 2006 09:09 AM |

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