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#16 ambellina

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Posted 08 January 2007 - 04:20 PM

i wear glasses, and i have since the fourth grade. my current ones are a very snazzy purple color.

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Posted 08 January 2007 - 05:19 PM

fozzie, on Jan 8 2007, 01:01 PM, said:

I wear glasses since the age of 6 and never have tried contact lenzes. I can not do anthing without them. Once when I was visiting a boat offshore the wind caught the glasses and took them. You should have seen the eyes of the police when they stopped me for wearing sunglasses at 2300 hours driving home in midst of december :thumbsup:

I love that one :flowers:

But one thing that is nice is before not so many people wore them... so in school their we're maybe 2-3 people that wore them and sadly they sometimes got picked on for them... Now when I look around in my classes their is about 5 that don't wear them... So it's a lot more accept which is nice :trumpet:

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Posted 08 January 2007 - 07:29 PM

I wear contacts and chose them over glasses because I work for a private utility company in Louisiana where it can get down right hot during the summertime and since I work outside the majority of the time, it is a big pain in the butt keeping your glasses clean of sweat, grease and dirt when working around machinery. Contacts are more easily maintained and I get to wear those stylish safety glasses that the company buys for us :thumbsup:

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Posted 08 January 2007 - 10:56 PM

Approximately 2/3 of the world's population wears eyeglasses or contact lenses.

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Posted 09 January 2007 - 07:59 AM

Klinkaroo, on Jan 8 2007, 12:19 PM, said:

Same here, Klinkaroo. The only kids that wore glasses when I was in school were the 'nerdy kids' and they always got picked on. Now it seems more 'socially acceptable' to wear glasses (either that or the 'bullies' have gone blind since as well :thumbsup:

). I always wanted to wear glasses, ever since I was a kid (I was a weird kid I guess, and haven't actually grown out of that weird phase :flowers:

), I used to steal my mom's pair. And now I have to wear glasses in order to see some things. :trumpet:

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Posted 09 January 2007 - 09:00 AM

Used to wear them but they became too restrictive, i play a lot of sport. so i went for contacts, which are good unless they fall out - not good for spacial awareness.
i ended up (after months of saving / plucking up the courage) going for laser eye surgery. best thing i ever did

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Posted 09 January 2007 - 04:21 PM

Yeah my grandma did laser eye surgery and now she does not have to wear glasses. Maybe sometimes when she reads but it used to be all the time.

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Posted 09 January 2007 - 04:35 PM

Like CGMs Grandma, I too had laser surgery three years ago,and went from being almost legally blind to, Wow I can see without my glasses/contacts!!!
Was probably the best gift I every gave myself. :thumbsup:

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Posted 09 January 2007 - 04:51 PM

Curious about the laser surgery (can you tell I'm dithering about having it done? :thumbsup:

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How soon after surgery could you see perfectly? No infections or anything? (Survived years of the mean old 'hard' contacts before the softies came on the market and this surgery really does sound wonderful and I'm ever so tempted).

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Posted 09 January 2007 - 05:06 PM

Well MaraM,after the 15 minute procedure,you can see without your glasses right away,but it takes about 36-48 hours for your vision to be at 100%.

I was overly careful when it came to infection prevention measures...and it paid off. My younger sister was not so careful and she did get a wee infection. Did not affect her sight tho.
If you live in Vancouver,you have some of the very best surgeons/clinics around,IMHO.

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Posted 09 January 2007 - 05:20 PM

Thanks TMack - off to do some research on the surgeons available in my area (and yes, I live in Vancouver, that poor wind-storm affected area of our country!).

Thanks so much!