Hello!
I am a 41 year old myop (-5.00) and recently starting to have problems
mainly with my contact lenses. Or could it be my vision is changing?
NOT already? I know people into their late 40's still doing fine!
I moved from high humidity (Atlanta) to very low (Arizona) about 3
years ago and since have had trouble with my soft lenses. My eyes get
tired easily, they burn sometimes, they are sometimes blurry,
espeically in left eye. Drops only help VERY temporarily.
I've had checkups annually and am currently wearing accuvue for
-5.00 each eye. Not much change past few years. I also have a fair
degree of astigmatism, probably not very corrected at present.
Hard/semi contacts are out for me.
Although I was never able to read a good book comfortably with soft
lenses, it's gotten worse now. Too blurry...gives me a headache.
I am considering lasik...especially customvue, but am concerned about
being "super" corrected to the point of now needing reading glasses.
The type of work I do requires both close/far focus. I also, already,
have night vision problems and headlights bother me greatly.
Since contacts are getting too uncomfortable, I don't know what to do
other than Lasik. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Kate
Mike Tyner - 27 Jan 2005 18:04 GMT
> I am a 41 year old myop (-5.00) and recently starting to have problems
> mainly with my contact lenses. Or could it be my vision is changing?
> NOT already? I know people into their late 40's still doing fine!
Your vision is changing. Often -5.00 changes to -450, opposite what you
might expect. Near vision is so much better with -450 that it's often worn
in one eye, with -5.00 in the other. Meanwhile, get yourself a pair of +1.00
drugstore glasses and see what difference they make up close with contacts
in.
The dry sensation might do better if your near vision were better, but
probably not. Lens sensation is independent, more often related to fit. Ask
to try tighter lenses and newer material, like Acuvue Advance 8.3. You
should not feel soft contacts.
.-MT
Mike Tyner - 27 Jan 2005 18:08 GMT
> Since contacts are getting too uncomfortable, I don't know what to do
> other than Lasik. Any ideas?
Ah.. if you have perfect LASIK, the problems up close will still be there.
You'd ask the LASIK doctor to target -1.00 instead of 0.00, or use reading
glasses.
-MT
g.gatti@agora.it - 27 Jan 2005 20:20 GMT
> > Since contacts are getting too uncomfortable, I don't know what to do
> > other than Lasik. Any ideas?
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>
> -MT
Pure groping in the dark, as usual.
No answer to the same old questions.
Glenn - USAEyes.org - 28 Jan 2005 12:32 GMT
>You'd ask the LASIK doctor to target -1.00 instead of 0.00, or use reading
>glasses.
Mike is talking about monovision. Visit
http://www.usaeyes.org/faq/subjects/monovision.htm for more details.
Glenn Hagele
Executive Director
Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance
Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org
http://www.USAEyes.org
http://www.ComplicatedEyes.org
I am not a doctor.
Dr. Leukoma - 28 Jan 2005 03:02 GMT
Sounds like dry eye to me. The newer silicone-hydrogel lenses are
better for dry eye. In fact, silicone-hydrogel lenses are better,
period. IMHO, if you can get a si-hydrogel lens, you should. Examples
include (from lower to higher silicone content): Acuvue Advance,
Purevision, O2Optix, Focus Night and Day. Then, there is the Proclear
Compatible, which is a non-silicone lens, but often works for dry eye
on patients for whom silicone-hydrogels do not work.
The catch-22 with LASIK is that if you have a dry eye problem, LASIK
can make it worse. You need to have a complete tear function
assessment before thinking about LASIK. At a minimum that would
include a TBUT (tear breakup time), and a Schirmer w/ and w/o
anesthesia.
DrG
g.gatti@agora.it - 28 Jan 2005 11:17 GMT
Glenn - USAEyes.org - 28 Jan 2005 12:33 GMT
For more details regarding LASIK and dry eye, visit
http://www.complicatedeyes.org/dry_eye_treatment.htm
Glenn Hagele
Executive Director
Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance
Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org
http://www.USAEyes.org
http://www.ComplicatedEyes.org
I am not a doctor.
g.gatti@agora.it - 28 Jan 2005 16:55 GMT
simple answers please, this was a very simple question.
Bob - 29 Jan 2005 01:02 GMT
>simple answers please, this was a very simple question.
No it is not a simple question at all. The mechanism
by which the eye remains lubricated is clearly very
complex. I am not an eye doctor but even I can see that.
The way you post here is really strange. If the "learned
men" (as you call them) cannot immediately tell you
exactly what causes something, you say "why listen to
them, they do not know the cause so how can they treat
the cause if they do not know it".
Yet when you ask these same "learned men" to answer a
question which is relatively simple, namely something like
"what causes astigmatism", they give you a simple and
clear answer: the cause is a cornea or a lens which is
not circularly symmetric.
So, if treating the cause is so important to you,
then tell me, how do your "exercising" techniques
and "sungazing" treat this cause? In another thread,
you claim that these things can cure astigmatism. So how
do they treat the cause? Do they change the shape of the
cornea and lens, so they are now symmetric? If so, explain
please how this happens.
I'm sure you won't be able to explain. I'm sure you
will tell me that this is all wrong, that circular
symmetry has nothing to do with it. And in so doing, you
will just prove that you do not have a clue about anything
you are talking about.
And by the way, every sensible person in the world knows
that "looking at the sun" will do nothing but cause
irreparable damage to the retina. For your sake, I hope
no one is actually listening to you. As soon as someone
does, and permanently damages their eyesight, you will
have a lawsuit on your hands. A big big one. Just try
"practicing medicine without a license" for starters.
I know you are in Italy and not the US, but Italy must have
some kind of law like that. One day, you will find out.