 Poster: A snowHead
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and yet another vote for daily disposables. Great for skiing/swimming/dancing. I wear toric ones because of astigmatisms. Great.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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dobby, as some of these replies indicate, I think it depends a bit on what sort of lenses you have. It also depends on how used you are to wearing lenses at all: I would be nervous about skiing with lenses before I'd got really used to wearing them, and had learned not to fuss too much about a bit of grit in the eye, or a slightly displaced lens, or even a dropped lens - all rather worrying when you start, but no big deal after a while. If you are new to lenses, it would certainly be wise at least to ski with some spares about your person. (Must admit I don't bother, nor do I carry my specs, so if I lost one during the day, I'd be a tad snookered...  )
From my own experience, I can only speak for gas permeable lenses which I have worn for most of my life and with which I've never had any problems, though am pretty sure that one of the reasons for that is that I quite often wear glasses, sometimes for a whole day or a couple of days at a time, and have always had this pattern of wear. No corneal damage, no nothing. Maybe I'm just lucky. As for skiing with them, I invariably use sunnies or goggles - the snow and sun make my eyes water too much otherwise, and if I live up to my name, the wind in the face can be bothersome.  My eyes never get dry on the slopes, though they sometime do in over-heated chalets. If your eyes feel a little tired or sore at the end of a day's skiing (I think that can happen whether you're a lens wearer or not) don't worry too much, but perhaps don't wear them in the evening.
I've also fallen asleep in mine, again no problem. But if you do that and are unlucky enough to suffer some over-wear symptoms, don't forget what I was told when I first started wearing lenses, namely that the pain is almost certainly disproportionate to any damage you may have done. The eye is incredibly sensitive, so over-wear hurts a lot: but generally little or no damage has been done, and you'll be fine after resting your eyes for a day.
Hope this helps. I'm sure disposable lenses, soft lenses etc etc are even more terrific, but I've never had cause to try them.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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dobby, I wear dailies and they have been fine apart from occasionally they can become slightly dislodged and I end up with slightly blurred vision, so I have to stop and have a good blink. I carry eyedrops all the time, and spare lenses (which I have never needed) . At first I only skied in my goggles, but I have now also used my sunnies, which were fine too. I wear mine from about 7.30 to 11.00 pm (ish) - although when at home I wear them far less this.
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IncogSkiSno,
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I carry eyedrops all the time
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Good point, me too. I swear by those 'Refresh Contacts' things - strips of tiny (self-contained, sterile) containers, which take up no space in a pocket. A brilliant invention, available at most chemists, made by Allergan.
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Hurtle I used the BLINK eye drops which also come in the small vials.
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Hurtle, There was a credit but now it's gone, maybe under license?
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| Latchigo wrote: |
Only problem is reading maps with them in. You cannot take them off like spectacles. |
I mentioned this problem to my optician and she suggested wearing a lense in one eye only 
Anybody tried this ?
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Wags, no, but some people (who would need bifocal glasses) wear one long-sight correcting lens and one short-sight correcting one. (Sorry, that's not well expressed, but you know what I mean.) I can just about read most piste maps with my lenses and don't carry reading glasses. However, I do have a small magnifying glass, which retracts into its own thin, flat case: that's useful to slip into a pocket for emergencies such as - in order of importance - reading menus, or if you think you're not going to be able to read the piste map.
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| Hurtle wrote: |
| Wags, no, but some people (who would need bifocal glasses) wear one long-sight correcting lens and one short-sight correcting one. (Sorry, that's not well expressed, but you know what I mean.) |
I am just about to start trying this system. The lenses were ordered last weekend - I have been using reading glasses for about 9-10 months, and the optician suggested these when I went for my annual check up.
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alex_heney, good luck, didn't work for me, something to do with my astigmatism, plus shape of my eye (which prevents lens from going back to where it should be, when I blink) so far as I can remember. Fantastic solution if it works.
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alex_heneyHurtleWags I am probably in the last month or so of being able to wear long distance daily lenses , I have astigmatism too, and flat eyeballs so I am only able to wear Aqauvue lenses, my optician has suggested monthlies and vari-focals, we had spoken about having the 2 different lenses too, but he recommend the vari-focals next. However, I'm not so keen on wearing monthlies, so I would be interested to see how alex, gets on.
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You know it makes sense.
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Megamum, I used to wear contacts, like yourself, all day but have been similarly advised, for the same reason. Having said that I am amazingly shorted sighted and astigmatic in my right eye, and therefore can't wear modern disposable lens, they don't make them in my diopter yet which would allow a greater transmission of oxygen. So now I wear glasses and revert to contacts for cycling, swimming and especially skiing. Can't cope with skiing in glasses (did once when lost lense one night after too many beers and no spare horrible - had to buy a old persons over glasses sun specs type thing), but as soon as I get back to base take them out and revert to glasses for beer time! Never really had many problems with loosing lenses skiing apart from one time when fell on pole and forced lens into back of eye - painful and distracting.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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stevew,
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forced lens into back of eye - painful and distracting.
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dobby, don't panic, yes it's distracting and can be painful if the lens goes off-centre, but it can't go round the back (!) and can usually be swivelled into place very easily. One other thing I've remembered that I always carry, and that's a tiny mirror - if something untoward happens, it's useful to be able to check on what seems to be going on in your eye.
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Poster: A snowHead
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I always take my magnifying mirror on holiday - what is it with hotel rooms a crap lighting ?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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IncogSkiSno, Me Too !!!
Hurtle, How many servants do you take skiing with you to carry all your stuff ? 
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| Wags wrote: |
| Latchigo wrote: |
Only problem is reading maps with them in. You cannot take them off like spectacles. |
I mentioned this problem to my optician and she suggested wearing a lense in one eye only
Anybody tried this ? |
Not on purpose. But I did managed to cycle for an hour or more with only one lens. It's surprising how well your brain adopts to using only one eye. That's why I'm amused at people carrying spare lens. I've not lost any during skiing (kayaking, yes, when I went over with my eyes open). And it's not really the end of the world to have only one lens.
Though I doubt I would purposely wear only one lens. It really depends on how much you need the other lens. If your precription is low and you see ok without the lens, it might work better than if you're illerally blind in that eye without the lens.
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| abc wrote: |
| [if you're illerally blind in that eye without the lens. |
I'm afraid that's me, -10.25 in the right and -9 in the left. Made turning in one direction very disconcerting with the left eye out of action
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Daily disposables here and no problems whatsoever, even the other weekend in a gale on Cairngorm that was so strong at one point it was literally blowing me backwards, didn't have any goggles or other eyewear on at that time either.
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I have had 2 weekly disposables for more than 10 years, no problems whatsoever. Most Contact Lens also offer an inbuilt UV Filter also, which helps with those rays that miss the Sunglasses.
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Slightly off this topic but related I used to wear dailies for many years, and had worn soft lenses fulltime (12-16hrs/day) for around 17 years. I had a few problems with this business of blood vessel growth due to overuse. I too hated my specs, never felt I could see properly in them, missed the peripheral vison.
In the end I decided to go for laser eye surgery and it was the best decision I ever made in my life. I was very short sighted and achieved perfect vision!
In terms of sport;skiing, swimming, sailing and just general holidays and day to day life it's so convenient. No lenses, solutions, spares, specs etc And when you get up in the middle of night or first thing you can see where you are going without having to fumble about for your specs. It was really life changing for me.
Just thought I'd mention it as something worth considering for some perhaps. I think it's important to go to a specialist centre rather than a high street place.
Am sure I ski better with my new eyes now too 
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sarah, The rational side of me says 'get your eyes lasered' the scardey cat side of me says 'who are you kidding woman you'd never bring yourself to sit in the chair'
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thefatcontroller, Yeah, I know - lots of people have said the same to me. I don't doubt the numbing of the eye is effective - I just have a problem with medical type processes.
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| Megamum wrote: |
| sarah, The rational side of me says 'get your eyes lasered' the scardey cat side of me says 'who are you kidding woman you'd never bring yourself to sit in the chair' |
I think it depends on your attitude to risk versus perceived reward. This quote from slikedges sums up my view.
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| My eyes are too valuable to me to risk the small risk of complications, particularly when a satisfactory alternative is available. The risk of bothersome if not devastating complications is bigger than for instance the risk of significant complications from general anaesthesia. I'd only have a GA if I needed one to have treated or prevented something that would likely have a major effect as opposed to inconvenience on my activities of daily living. |
There are people (including me) who wear a helmet when skiing to mitigate against a risk of injury. There is a subset within this group (not including me!) who will willingly incur/invite "bothersome if not devastating complications" to their eyes in order to avoid wearing spectacles or contact lenses.
There's no right or wrong answer. It's up to the individual.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I wear daily disposables for cycling, swimming, skiing and scuba diving. I've only ever lost one during use, whilst doing a mask removal during scuba training. That was only because I removed the mask too fast and the lens was washed out.
Opthalmologists will baulk at this, but I also reuse my lenses; making them last months. I've been doing this for years, only replacing them when they tear or I lose one whilst removing them. I use 2 or 3 pairs and rotate them each day, allowing them to soak in fresh solution between use. Ironically, when I tried some of the new-fangled 'moist' monthlies from Acuvue, I had to ditch them after a few days as they became unbearable to wear.
Most days I only wear them whilst cycling to and from work, where I take them out and wear varifocal glasses. But I can wear them all day whilst skiing and they never feel uncomfortable. My only issue is that I need to supplement them with reading glasses and that's not good whilst out on the slopes as the glasses mist-up.
I've tried the so-called varifocal contacts, but didn't have any success. I understand they've improved of late so I may give them another go. Trying a different prescription in each eye didn't do it for me either 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Latchigo, I've solved the problem of reading the piste map with contacts in - I use daily disposables, only when ski-ing, and have one for long sight and one for short sight. The compromise is that everything is less than crystal clear, but I no longer have to get reading glasses out at the top of the mountain in a blizzard to read the blasted map. So if you see a weird woman winking at you, it's probably just me alternating between looking at the view and checking my bindings.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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What about a monocle? 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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..... attached to a helmet, like a wing mirror? Excellent idea, I shall get on to it.
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..... nah, with a top-hat and a cigar - like the Monopoly Man
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I knew a lady went in for cateract surgery, the eye surgeon managed to get the anaesethic into the wrong part of the eye - it took about 2 years before it is now as good as it will get, but still not the vision she should have 
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| Headplant wrote: |
This thread makes me twitch with apprehension.  My eyes are not that bad but distance is a problem without my glasses and I've always been interested in contacts but far to scared to try them, the thought of poking around my eye lids to put them in and pull them out let alone the thought of something touching my eyeball all the time makes me feel faint. I do have a question for all you experienced contact users, how to do you get them in and out without hurting your eye and/or freaking out?  The reason I ask is I'm due an eye test and they usually offer you a weeks supply of daily disposables to try and I am tempted but also scared witless, does anyone have any advice. |
Even with the hard lenses, I never had very much difficulty. there really isn't much "poking around". You just put the lens (concave side up) on a finger tip, and touch it to the eyeball - it will have liquid on it at the time, so it doesn't hurt.
And although I started wearing them at 18, my mother didn;t start wearing them until about 10 years after I did - so she was nearly 50 when she started wearing them.
You do need to gently hold your eyes a little more open than they normally are, both for putting them in and taking them out, but that is not uncomfortable.
And then while they are in, tere will again be a thin film of liquid between the actual eyeball and the lens - it isn't actually quite touching the eyeball at all.
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| IncogSkiSno wrote: |
| alex_heneyHurtleWags I am probably in the last month or so of being able to wear long distance daily lenses , I have astigmatism too, and flat eyeballs so I am only able to wear Aqauvue lenses, my optician has suggested monthlies and vari-focals, we had spoken about having the 2 different lenses too, but he recommend the vari-focals next. However, I'm not so keen on wearing monthlies, so I would be interested to see how alex, gets on. |
Well I had the new lenses this morning, and so far, first impressions are good.
There is very little blurring in normal vision, and what there was seems to have improved over the day, as I get used to them.
And I can read small print that I would certainly have needed my reading glasses for yesterday
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Agenterre, My typing is crap, and I often don't proof read properly
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He's not lying; I've seen some of the code he writes 
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