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- From: wleckie@bnr.ca (Wayne Leckie)
- Subject: Re: Soft contact lens problem
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.214903.9874@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
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- Reply-To: wleckie@bnr.ca (Wayne Leckie)
- Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
- References: <6350023@otter.hpl.hp.com> <1993Jan22.160530.20839@aoa.aoa.utc.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 21:49:03 GMT
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- |> In article <6350023@otter.hpl.hp.com> sall@otter.hpl.hp.com (Sheelagh Lloyd) writes:
- >A friend of mine has been trying to get soft contact lenses recently, but
- >has not found any that correct his vision sufficiently. In fact, with the
- >lenses in, his vision cannot even be corrected to acceptable levels with
- >external lenses. He normally wears glasses, and does not have the same
- >problem without the contact lenses. The glasses are about -8 and -10
- >dioptres, and he has a very slight astigmatism (~0.25). The optician has
- >tried four different manufacturers but although the fit varies in terms of
- >the lenses sliding around, and ease of taking the lenses out, none of them
- >corrects the vision well enough.
-
- Sheelagh,
-
- I can sympathize with your friend. My eyes are very similar to what
- you describe. BUT, I've now been wearing contacts successfully for
- about 5 years. Sure beats using the bottoms of coke bottles.
- Finding someone experienced with fitting us "poor eyesight" types
- was my biggest problem.
-
- I first tried an "optician" (basically through the local discount
- glasses & contact lens retailer). Then I tried an "optometrist".
- Both were dismal flops: major problems with fit and visual clarity. I
- finally tried the contact lens specialist who is partnered with my
- opthalmologist. Bingo. From talking with him, I've learned that
- fitting contacts becomes more & more tricky with # of diopters of
- correction. For the -8 or worse range, see someone who SPECIALIZES in
- fitting contacts to people with poor vision. My contact lens
- specialist sees 20-50 people like me PER WEEK.
-
- Your friend should ask his opthalmologist for a referral. If he
- hasn't seen an opthalmologist recently (not "optician", not
- "optometrist"), carry him there. People with eyesight in our range
- need yearly checkups by an opthalmologist due to high potential for
- development of some major eye problems.
-
- Good luck.
-
- Wayne
-
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