Eyes are Important
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Cynthia on Jun 5, 2007 3:06 pm
Tagged Under : Physical Health
Ever since I was a wee tot I’ve had eye troubles. I wore glasses as a kid, and when I was old enough, Jr High/High School, I started wearing contacts. I started with hard contacts. And I HATED touching my eyes. I hated the feel of them in my eyes (yes I could feel them, still can). I would put my finger out in front of my eyes when I was walking so I didn’t have to move my eyeballs. I hated the eye doctor more than the dentist.
In my older years… mid 30s probably, I started thinking about Lazik. So I went into the eye doc. They put me in soft contacts for a while so my corneas would go back to ‘normal’. Well, after about 2 years of ever-changing eyes, I finally had an optometrist look at my images and ask me, “Has anyone ever told you, you have Keratoconus?” I was like.. uh, no, what’s that?
Grrrr. He said I should see an Ophthalmologist. They are MDs, where Optometrists are not. So I went in. Sure enough, I have Keratoconus. It’s a form of Myopia where the cornea gets really thin and is kinda volcano shaped, too. So, no Lazik for me. It frustrated me that I went to probably 3 different people about Lazik, and none of them found Keratoconus. And now, and for the rest of my life, I have to wear RGB (Rigid Gas Permeable) contacts in order to see. Soft don’t correct me right, nor do glasses.
Anyway, healthy eyes are very important. I go into my Ophthalmologist once a year now for a checkup. Since I have this condition (aka disease?) it is covered under my regular insurance and my contacts are considered medically necessary. Good for my pocketbook, but I’d rather have normal eyes.
Many people will suffer from age related eye diseases. Which, ugh, probably doesn’t bode well for me. But there is a good website out there about it, that I’ll be looking into some more. It’s called Aging Eye. It has a lot of very interesting stuff!
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I started wearing glasses when I was 12 0r 13. And I hated them. I couldn’t play sports with them (with all the sweat) and once my friend broke my glasses while playing tennis, and I had to take two buses home without my glasses
I almost cried on the streets!!
I’m sorry to read about your condition, but please let me know if there’s anything I can do to help, OK?
I wish you Good Health!!
I started wearing glasses when I was 12 0r 13. And I hated them. I couldn't play sports with them (with all the sweat) and once my friend broke my glasses while playing tennis, and I had to take two buses home without my glasses
I almost cried on the streets!! I'm sorry to read about your condition, but please let me know if there's anything I can do to help, OK? 
I wish you Good Health!! 
Thanks Pelf for the offer.
My keracatonus (gads I have an awful time spelling that lol) isn’t too bad. Others have it a lot worse than I do. So I’m thankful to have what I do. I hated wearing glasses when I was a kid, too. Someday they will fix all our eyes up, but maybe not in our lifetimes.
Thanks Pelf for the offer.
My keracatonus (gads I have an awful time spelling that lol) isn't too bad. Others have it a lot worse than I do. So I'm thankful to have what I do. I hated wearing glasses when I was a kid, too. Someday they will fix all our eyes up, but maybe not in our lifetimes.
My myopia was diagnosed when I was 20 years old. It’s benign but I depend on my contact lenses. I only wear glasses when I’m about to go to bed. Surgery is too expensive. well, we have to live with this.
Have a great day.
My myopia was diagnosed when I was 20 years old. It's benign but I depend on my contact lenses. I only wear glasses when I'm about to go to bed. Surgery is too expensive. well, we have to live with this. Have a great day.
Hi Laura, Yeah, surgery is very expensive, even though it has come down a lot. Hrmph. Well, we live with it as best we can. I understand.
Hi Laura, Yeah, surgery is very expensive, even though it has come down a lot. Hrmph. Well, we live with it as best we can. I understand.