wearing glasses part time to full time!

[mic]

Hi

Started to wear glasses at 19 year old, mainly for reading/driving, and even then i only really wear them for driving the car when its dark/crappy conditions. Not particulary strong lenses and always felt a wuss wearing them.
Im 34 now and have my eyes checked every few years but my perscription has never changed untill recently. Ive never worn them whilst on the bike. Never worn them to work (i work days + nights in a warehouse on a FLT) where my eyes can get super tired towards of a 12 hour shift. I only wear them for fishing when it starts getting dark if i can be bothered to get them from the car. Sometimes wear when watching a film or playing xbox and im tired, again if i can be bothered to get them from the car.

These days when i wear them my sight is improved but they give me headache so i went back to the opticians and yes, i now need slightly stronger ones. Ive had a go at contact lenses and cant get on with them. I accept my eyes will only get worse as i get older. However, i cant get my head around wearing glasses all the time! Id love to wear them to work just once to see what difference it would make over a 12 hour night shift but i know if i do, ill be made to wear them all the time. Sounds stupid i know but its all about change. Just cant imagine carrying them around everywhere.

Dont really know what im asking here maybe im trying to convince myself to do it. I dunno.

Surely someone must be in the same situation or similar before??
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[_Will_]

You get used to it, I went from having good vision to slightly short sighted at 19 - you just have to force yourself to wear them for a bit and soon you forget.

I wear the frameless specs these days and find they make a big difference.
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[Amnesty]

I got 'em at 16, ignored till 19, sight got worse, so i got stronger ones and realized, I'm not a youngster and don't care how I look too much lol.
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[iMark]

You get used to them, Don't start complaining til your eye sight is as bad as mine

my prescription is quite dire.
R
SPH -6.75
Cyl +1.00
Axis 100

L
SPH -9.00
Cyl +1.00
Axis 90

When I was younger, my brother decided it was a good idea to spray de-icer in my eyes... That was probably the cause of my bad eyesight, but its been gradually getting worse and worse over the years, I've not been able to see without my glasses for about 10 years, everything is just a giant blur of colours...

https://fc09.deviantart.net/fs17/i/2007/149/a/b/Being_Short_Sighted_by_squaregoldfish.jpg

Imagine if you had to put up with that every day of your life, then start complaining
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"G" : you got him to have a look at a forum which seems to have established a picture of an erect penis in a cat's mouth as it's mascot and thought he might consider it ok?

[mic]

its not that i cant see everything crystal clear, its that im taking the step from next to nothing to everyday.

apparently your eyes get worse over time the more you wear glasses as your eyes become more 'lazy' as they dont have to work as hard (so i read somewhere on the net)
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zzr600

[iMark]

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[neil.]

Do you have code 01 on your driving license? If so you must wear 'sight correction' when you drive or ride. If you have a spill and you weren't wearing your specs, you could get shafted by the long phallus of the law.
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[mentalboy]

[bikertomm]

I had glasses at like 17 full time.. fucking worst thing that happened to me I couldn't believe it.

Gradually accepted the fact I can't see shit without them, and I faint when I put contact lenses in

So tough shit for me.


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[Redoko]

Eye sight started worsening around 6th form. By the end of my second year I had some glasses. Year later I started wearing contact lenses.

Recently been skint so contacts have been put off for a bit and no wear glasses when I ride.

Neither had really bothered me. I prefer contacts though, definitely. Riding is so much more pleasant not having my glasses in my lid.
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[janner_10]

MTFU and get contacts - takes a week or so to get used to them.

Modern technology means they are so comfortable its untrue. I find wearing contacts more conformable than glasses.

Kudos if you persevere wearing glasses with a helmet, but no thanks, that's not for me.
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[EazyDuz]

[Bendy]

[pepperami]

OP, Have you not thought about Laser Eye Surgery ?

I had mine done 12 years ago and I`ve not had any real problems

Sadly I now need Glasses to read, but that just might be age?
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[Joncrete Cungle]

MTFU and wear your glasses all the time. Or MTFU a bit more and persevere with contact lenses. I had to wear gliggs since being 15 for reading the blackboard, at first I would only wear them in lessons when I had to. Got to 16 got a 'ped and thought I might as well stop being a wuss and wear them all the time.

Think of all the perfect 20/20 HD perving you are missing out on by not wearing your gliggs every waking hour.

[mentalboy]

[mic]

[bikertomm]

[boundy]

I've started to wear mine for driving and watching TV, I find it hard to wear them if im on the laptop. I also droped £140 on a pair of perscription sunglasses, so I need to get my monies worth.

[Alpha-9]

I heard you can only have laser eye surgery if you have always had crappy eyes, if you've developed bad eye sight from old age it wont work, or something


What someone told me

My stepdad had laser eye surgery, he was completely blind for a while but now doesn't need glasses at all and has good eyesight, I think it's worth it if your eyes really are fucked
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[pepperami]

Not true , Lots of oldy people are getting laser-eye-surgery on the NHS for a variety of problems with thier eyes.

I know of two old people who have had laser-eye-surgery on the NHS.

Dont know what thier ailment was though?
And both live in london if that has anything to do with it?
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[_Will_]

You won't be recommended for Laser surgery if your vision is still deteriorating (as you could do it and end up at square one) if they have stabilised at a point for a period of time then you can.
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