As I've said here since the dawn of Otis -- rightly or wrongly: the
person who just learned of a vision problem with their loved one and
comes here seeking advice is vulnerable to the ignorance, agendas,
illogic, and unconscionable behavior of Ace and Otis if nobody says
"WARNING: LUNATIC POSTING!"

While some might believe that these two's idiocy is instantly
recognized, after you've been here for a while (in my case: years),
you start to realize that some pretty anxiety-ridden, desperate people
stop by who may NOT be thinking at their best.

Those folks have been vulnerable to, and HURT BY, the likes of Otis
Brown.

Hurt ... as in double vision and other ocular problems that they did
NOT have before they listened to the nice man in the Cadillac offering
chocolate bars to their kids.

It takes a vast leap of faith--one that a few of us are reluctant to
make--to say that nobody will get hurt if the replies ceased tomorrow.

killfiling is a good option.
so is public humiliation.

====================

I think pretty much everybody here is relaxed but you (well, ... Otis,
too) whose pathological need to post compels them where wisdom doesn't
inform them.

Out of idle curiosity, though: how many times do you need to be told
that you hurt far more than you help before you realize that the most
help you could be is to unplug your computer and go play?

Why is it that idiots like you and Otis are always PASSIONATELY
concerned about your "rights," but blithely ignorant of your moral or
ethical RESPONSIBILITIES??

THAT--among myriad other things--is why you seem to get called an
idiot around here a great, great deal.

To wit: idiot.

Dear Ace,

Subject: ridicult by the MO doctors

Pay no attention to them, my sweet, young prodigy.

As long as you and I share what we share, then
they cannot hurt us, they cannot stop us, and they
cannot KEEP us apart.

Best,

Odis,
Pederast

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Thanks for all the advice and to a lesser degree the banter.  I am on
my last box of lenses so I have to go see my eye doctor soon anyway.
At that time I will ask about Oasys but the only problem would be that
I wear Acuvue Advanced for Asthigmatism in one of my eyes.  When I say
very uncomfortable Im meaing that there is no pain but it does bother
me.  When my contacts bother me I become considerably more agitated as
I have a very low threshold for discomfort.  I wear contacts for a
multitude of reasons but Ive only been wearing them for less than a
year now.  I first got them for facial comfort reasons but I also find
that I see much better with them.  My appearance in them is actually
the last reason that I wear them although I find that they do have a
positive effect on me asthetically.  The improvement in physical
activites is actually even more of a resaon for wearing contacts for me
than my appearance.  The thing about the artificial tears thing is that
alot of the time when I stay up all night its because I am just not
tired so its kind of a spur of the moment type of thing.

A related question I have is that kind of improvement can I see by
wearing Acuvue Oasys.  Im assuming that the main improvement is that
after a long period of time they will feel more comfortable than Acuvue
Advanced.  Most of the time I can feel my contacts at all for the first
12 hours or so so any improvement there would only make a minor
improvement in my happines with the lens.  My second biggest problem
with contacts after the long term uncomfort issue is the initial
comfort issue, meaning the comfort for the first minute or so after I
put them in or the comfort when I am actually putting them in.  Alot of
the time I find myself very quickly taking the contact back out of my
eye and cleaning it again to then find it more comfortable, sometimes I
have to do this twice or three times.