Thread: Fed up of wearing glasses, thinking of eye surgery!

My father had his done in Canada on the pension plan , cost him very little. Seems happy with the results. For $10 k I think other expenses have a better priority. The current multi focals will be replaced by single focus when the time comes. Will stick with specs for distance and non for reading.

Originally Posted by Rob3

I would never have anything but progressives again and nor would anyone else that I have spoken to who has them.

I've tried them three times and hate them. I've blown a lot of money on them. I tried them again recently, mainly for driving but I really can't stand them so they no longer get used. I prefer no glasses when driving - I can actually see better without them.

Laser eye surgery in 2006 to correct myopia, after 22 years i'd had enough of glasses. Constantly cleaning them, fogging when riding bikes, losing them, searching for them, paying for glasses, prescription sunglasses and contact lenses.
I was told that I would require reading glasses by my early fifties (8-10 years) and this year I've finally succumbed after struggling for 12 months. Long vision is excellent though I do get a little hazing at night.

For me it was worth it, wearing reading glasses sucks but those 12 years of being glasses free in a time when when I really appreciated it was worth it.

Originally Posted by Rob3

Last year I decided to get new prescription glasses, these are called progressives and they cost me $707 as I wanted to have the best all round vision that I could get.
These progressives have three equal features that are not visible to the naked eye.
At the bottom section is for close up reading, the middle section is for mid range and the top long range.

So these are just multifocals - I have always had them but mine are infinitely variable from the reading section at the bottom to long distance at the top rather than just three sections.

I have to say that if you paid $707 for yours you either got very expensive frames or went to OPSM - mine normally cost me between $280 and $350 and I find them great - mine are also the wide field of view so I have to turn my head less to focus on something at the side.

Ron - When you first get them they do take a while to get used to - you need to learn to twist the head rather than the eyeballs to focus on things at the peripherals but persistence pays off and when you get used to them they are great. If you have problem seeing with glasses on while driving then I would say you have the wrong prescription and need it checked.

Garry

Originally Posted by Phil B

My son (23) had very bad eye sight from birth
He had cornea replacement and laser correction in both eyes 3 yrs ago. 20/20 vision now and no glasses. Cost about $10k.

Sounds like Kerataconus . what Ive got. I had a cornea graft but buggered it up just before the stitches were due to come out, shed accident , ripped the graft half off , pierced lens , gave myself a cataract . Surgeon managed to sew the graft back on but had to replace the lens with an implant too , about 20 yrs ago, so I'm half blind now !! and now they tell me theres a treatment for Keratoconus, but must be done before mid 20's .

Kerataconus.... my daughter now 35 has it and attempted the treatment in her teens but couldn’t keep it up because of the extreme discomfort from the rigid glass contact lenses she had to endure in an effort to reshape her eyeballs. At 35 she is now a candidate for surgery.

Originally Posted by onebob

Kerataconus.... my daughter now 35 has it and attempted the treatment in her teens but couldn’t keep it up because of the extreme discomfort from the rigid glass contact lenses she had to endure in an effort to reshape her eyeballs. At 35 she is now a candidate for surgery.

the new treatment , not widely publicised yet , involves repeated topical riboflavin treatment (vitamin b) direct on the cornea and UV light, it tightens 'ages;' the cornea surface and reshapes it then it sets in the correct shape. hugely successful apparently. I only found out about it because Im about to trial of some new post graft contact lens.

anyone had the, one eye for reading, one eye for distance operation done?