johnnyr@ihu1m.UUCP (John R. Rosenberg) (08/30/85)
Well, the time has finally come. I've had my glasses for just about two years, and I'm fed up with them collecting raindrops and snowflakes, and falling off of my face when I play volleyball (What, you dare try to block me? Eat leather you ... crunch.). You get the idea. So, I want to get contact lenses. The question, of course, is what kind to get (hard, soft, extended wear, etc.) and what should I look out for when getting them? Is one brand clearly superior to the others? Are there advantages or dis- advantages to hard over soft? I suppose I should state for the record that I am slightly near-sighted. That is, I need glasses (or contacts) to read the road signs as I'm driving along. I can easily read a book, or work at my terminal with no problem. Any information would be of immense help to me. Please send mail, and if I get enough requests I will summarize back to the net. I apoligize if this topic has been previously beaten to death. thanks in advance John Rosenberg AT&T-NS ihnp4!ihu1m!johnnyr
brown@utflis.UUCP (Susan Brown) (09/06/85)
In article <652@ihu1m.UUCP> johnnyr@ihu1m.UUCP (John R. Rosenberg) writes: >Well, the time has finally come. I've had my glasses for >just about two years, and I'm fed up with them collecting >raindrops and snowflakes, and falling off of my face >when I play volleyball >You get the idea. >So, I want to get contact lenses. The question, of course, is >what kind to get (hard, soft, extended wear, etc.) and .... >I suppose I should state for the record that I am slightly >near-sighted. That is, I need glasses (or contacts) to read >the road signs as I'm driving along. I can easily read a book, >or work at my terminal with no problem. As someone who is very near-sighted (also e-mail illiterate; sorry net), and fairly happy after about 20 years in hard contacts, I am puzzled as to why you are wearing your glasses in those situations when you only need them to drive. The kind of correction is very relevant to the best type of lens for you, but in my opinion, it's not worth it unless you are going to wear them all the time.