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Title: Contact Lenses
Post by: goldencup on April 10, 2006, 10:55:45 am

Who wears them?  What type do you wear, what cleaning solutions (if any) do you use and where do you buy them?  I've worn soft lenses for years, the type that last for around 18 months, but now they've stopped making the solutions I've been using so I need a change.  I've heard Tesco Online are good but any advice would be welcome. 

Title: Contact Lenses
Post by: Forth Bridges on April 10, 2006, 12:18:48 pm

I tried them once!

about 4 summer ago!

for a week, I got a free Daily trail there where allright but a pian!

Title: Contact Lenses
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on April 10, 2006, 01:38:41 pm

My sister has specsavers contact lenses, she only pays around £5 or £10 per month and that includes all the lenses and solutions she needs. She has been using the service for a while and is happy with it. I wear glasses and am quite happy to do so.

Title: Contact Lenses
Post by: minty on April 10, 2006, 01:48:51 pm

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Title: Contact Lenses
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on April 10, 2006, 02:14:20 pm

Quote from: minty

I also wear glasses as I cannot wear contacts due to my eye condition.

I am the same, Minty. But even if medical science advanced so that I could wear contact lenses I would still choose to wear glasses!

Title: Contact Lenses
Post by: minty on April 10, 2006, 02:20:46 pm

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Title: Contact Lenses
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on April 10, 2006, 02:23:00 pm

Nor would I. But would you wear lenses if you could?

Title: Contact Lenses
Post by: minty on April 10, 2006, 02:24:45 pm

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Title: Contact Lenses
Post by: oldspice on April 10, 2006, 03:09:48 pm

I wear varifocals. I have to have them tinted because I have trouble with light. Because my eye condition is linked to a wider neurological condition, it is pointless me wearing glasses all the time so I wear them for watching TV, films, football (at live matches) and when reading or typing. I tried contact lenses many years ago but they just didn't help.

Title: Contact Lenses
Post by: minty on April 10, 2006, 04:08:23 pm

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Title: Contact Lenses
Post by: smurfboy on April 10, 2006, 04:33:34 pm

My mother and sister both wear contacts, but I can't stand the thought of putting something in my eye. My sister's fell out once in the middle of dinner and she popped it back in without so much as putting her fork down!

Title: Contact Lenses
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on April 10, 2006, 04:42:39 pm

Quote from: smurfboy

My sister's fell out once in the middle of dinner and she popped it back in without so much as putting her fork down

Don't you just love sharing the dinner table with someone with a party trick!

Title: Contact Lenses
Post by: goldencup on April 10, 2006, 05:38:21 pm

Quote from: smurfboy

My mother and sister both wear contacts, but I can't stand the thought of putting something in my eye. My sister's fell out once in the middle of dinner and she popped it back in without so much as putting her fork down!

I would happily do that myself but don't like watching anyone else put them in or out! 

Title: Contact Lenses
Post by: oldspice on April 10, 2006, 07:01:57 pm

It's not as bad as putting your teeth in and out during a meal though!!

Title: Contact Lenses
Post by: loulou on April 10, 2006, 08:32:02 pm

Anybody considered laser treatment on their eyes. My sister in law recently had it done and she doesn't need her glasses anymore.

Title: Contact Lenses
Post by: on April 10, 2006, 09:17:58 pm

I discussed this before with my other half. It is just the long term implications that tend to put me off.

Title: Contact Lenses
Post by: loulou on April 10, 2006, 10:54:21 pm

Same here. I worry that in years to come I'll go totally blind.

Title: Contact Lenses
Post by: goldencup on April 11, 2006, 11:29:14 am

That's my worry too.  Nobody knows how long the treatment will last.  A friend of mine recently just had one eye done as it was all she could afford and I think that would drive me mad!

Title: Contact Lenses
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on April 11, 2006, 12:19:01 pm

I only have one that works so I would not have laser treatment in case I was left not being able to see at all.