You can also try exercising your eyes. Some people think nearsightedness can be cured.

MoniGram said:

it's expensive
but one day, maybe after grad school

NDRU said:

i wish!
it's hard without my glasses

But anyway, 300$ later, i bought a sexy new pair of glasses
they're getting done now (with transition lenses too, it's helpful on these but it's no sexy pair of fashionable sunglasses )
they're purple

i can't wait to get'em

shanti0608 said:

I was lucky enough to find an awesome Dr. with great prices! I was scared about keeping my open too, but they have this thing that does it for you. I was amazed how easy it really was. I am soooo glad I did it! The last two years have been awesome!

MoniGram said:

did it hurt?
i'm not good with pain

and i'm scared some freak accident will occur (such is my luck) and i'll be blinded, forever.



i think i should stick with glasses

sammij said:

Didn't hurt at all! It was so easy! They put so many numbing drops in your eyes, you don't even notice anything. I was scared, but it was sooo worth it! And as long as you find a good Dr, you won't have anything to worry about. I researched my Dr. and he is the best in our state!

MoniGram said:

it'll be a consideration after my career takes off

sammij said:

It seems like a slim chance, yeah, but I think it's possible. Do you think nearsighted cavemen would have survived? In this world of reading & TV & computers it's no surprise that maybe our eyes get out of shape. We focus for hours a day on closeup objects.

If you hold your finger a few inches in front of your eyes, and focus on that, then focus on something far away, like mountains (and with no glasses on) go back & forth for ten minutes a day.

Problem is, like all exercise, it can only work if you actually do it!

NDRU said:

has it worked for you?
i will honestly try it, i hate being the douche that has to dig for her glasses to check something out in the distance at a beach when all i wanna do is wear my sunglasses!


i'll give it a shot.

sammij said:

hell no! I don't have time for that! But really you should try it

Actually that's the problem with contacts. I wear them virtually all the time (since I'm addicted to sunglasses) so the opportunity to do some exercises outside without glasses never seems to come up.

NDRU said:

I have the worst contact lens story ever.

When I was 25, I made The Greatest Catch in Softball History. That's a whole 'nother story, but you need to know that my face was ripped open, I had severed a tear duct, and gashed my forehead.

So I was taken to the hospital. I'm on the emergency room operating table, my face is laying all over the place, and I need eye surgery. I still have on my contacts.

The nurses talk to one another about how to get my contacts off. One of them says, "I think I can get my fingernail underneath them". F that!

I motioned her over, and with half a mouth somehow conveyed to her that opthamologists had these great little suction cup tools that would work just fine.

Whew, those fingernails would have hurt.

Ocean said:

I have the perfect answer

I am going to get an eye exam (first one in a new country) and get fitted for contacts.


I can do this! I WILL do this! My eyes will not be too dry. I have a little over a week to get used to them.


PLEASE let me be able to wear them for holiday ... please ...please... please!




[Edited 3/21/08 3:56am]

I just got back from the eye drs. Guess who has contacts???

I am currently wearing monthly ones but I also have some dailies to try to our holiday. I did have a little trouble getting my left eye in and out but with practice I hope I can do it.
I passed the test enough in front of the dr that she set me free to do it on my own.

They are a bit scratchy right now but better than the last time that I tried them.

Ok Sammi if I can do it so can you

I know you can

congrats shanti hun

i just bought new glasses, so i think i'll give the concept of contacts a rest for now..

sammij said:

You are HOT in glasses though I am in glasses. I did not look at the frames while I was there. I always have a problem because my head/face is small and the adult frames never fit me correctly.

I am still worried about having to remove the contacts later tonight.
Eeeekkkk I hope they come off ok.

RodeoSchro said:

shanti0608 said:

thanks! i prefer the term "geek chic" (i was watching tyra this morning )

i think taking them out will seem easier than putting them in
best of luck!

sammij said:

It was the opposite for me, those things are slippery

veronikka said:

you still have one up on me anyway!

sammij said:

I have never been able to pull off chic of any kind sadly.

I would not even know where to start.