Tiggs

is there anywhere in the world i can get lenses (1 a day) without having to go for flippin eye checks all the time.

my 3 month supply is out and boots wont give me anymore without a checkup!!!! i dont have time for that rubbish!

T

Little Miss WRX

If you find one, tell me too, I keep having to go for figgin' check ups!

I know they are doing their job, but it is a pain in the ***.

Jen

[serious mode]

Guys - please be careful and go for checkups. I spent 2 years in and out of eye hospitals with my other half (detached retina, not lense related) and saw so many cases of people who had problems due to wearing lenses and not having check ups. I wore lenses at the time and had a chat with a few of the doctors who recommend stongly you don't wear them - so at least please get them checked! After all, you can't drive a scoob with dodgy eyes... You only get two eyes - look after them!

[/serious mode]

Jen

Tiggs

"You only get two eyes "

you also only get 365 days a year and i dont waant to waste 10 of them going for check ups!

anyone have a leanse source?

i know you can get vet steroids over the net, is it the same with lenses? maybe i need a russian vet with short sighted horses to sort me out

T

Jen

Fair enough Tiggs - maybe you should wear glasses then.

Little Miss WRX

I can't understand why I only had to go for bi-annual check ups on long term soft and gas permeable lenses, then when I switch to three month packs I have to go every three months?

The optician said they would be better for my eyes, yet I have to have more check ups

Tiggs

glasses dont suit my adventure sport lifestyle!!!

Scooby Dooby Blue

Dollond & Aitcheson do a "Lenses by Post" scheme.
10, 15 or 30 pairs a month for (wait for it) £10, £15 or £30.
I've been on the scheme for a year now and never had a check up (no lectures please).
You shouldn't need any kind of test if your prescription is no older than 18 months.

Paul

ADP

I use cluboptique.co.uk or com sorry not sure which

this is for daily disp lenses, far cheaper. Very good service, they even call you optition to check the prescription is correct!

Jen

Ahhh tigs I see I have bendy glasses, particulary good for being hit in the face with basketball/squash raquet etc!

...sorry if it sounded like I was lecturing, I wasn't! Just get very panicy about eye stuff now

Norman D. Landing

Laser surgery worked for me !

P.S When I wore contact lenses (which IMHO are way overpriced and opticians do nothing to dispel the myth that you need to clean, soak and religiously follow a 'money pit' regime in order to have healthy eyes.

In no way am I suggesting that you should ease off your current regime but I honestly followed the following and never had a problem.

1. Buy gas permeable lenses.
2. Wear them
3. Take them out.
4. Soak them in saline overnight.
5 Put them back in
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.
.
.
213213. Lose a lens on the bathroom carpet and just wear one for a week.
213213. Find said lens on bathroom carpet screwed up and stuck together and all ..........yellowy shall we say.
213214. Soak it in saline overnight.
213215. Put it back in and carry on for another 6 months.


Now I', sure a lot of people will scream how irresponsible/lucky not to be blind etc I am, but I stick to my guns, the contact lens industry is basically a money making machine through fear.

But, hopefully you'll all take no notice of me and carry on religiously spending more money on your solutions (or one a day's) than you do on say..........health insurance.

Ah well, whatever, I've lost the will to write any more now.

GO AND GET LASERED !!

Tiggs

yep! give me that laser stuff! you sure it wont burn right through my brain? cause if it dont then i'd rather have that (dont need to keep having check ups do i?)

T

D Brown

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
Keep going for your eye tests.

You only get one life, don't ruin it.

If you don't get your eyes tested then all the opticians will lose their jobs including my missus then we'll be poor people and I won't be able to aford to buy all the beer I need and my life will be ruined.

So don't wreck my life, please

Tiggs

just the man!

can your missus get me my lenses? i will pay for them thus solving your finacial concerns!

T

Jay m A

iTrader: (2)

I'm on monthly disposables at Specsavers and I think its a yearly checkup. Don't know what the routine is with the daily jobbies though.

Justin

Stephen Read

visiondirect.com are a good online source (from the US).

Get your eyes examined every two years or so.

Little Miss WRX

Jay, I was on monthlies with Specsavers too and kept getting check ups

Ah well, off for a visit this week to pick some up. Wretched things.

I would go for the laser treatment but it is so expensive, I cannot afford it right now

Jay m A

iTrader: (2)

Thats wierd, I'm on DD and they post them to me - I only go in the place for the checkup, and thats only after a few 'our records show you have'nt had a checkup for over a year now etc' letters. Oh and the other time I went in was when I accidently threw away 3months supply of cleaning solution Note to self: Never tidy flat again..

Justin

Mice_Elf

I have 3 month packs as well for my soft lenses and only have a yearly eye check and bi-annual lens check.... Certainly don't go every 3 months.....

Norman D. Landing

Laser surgery isnt expensive, it cost me £990 for both eyes over 3 years ago !

Mice_Elf

Ouch...£990...

Little Miss WRX

Well, it's okay for people who have a spare £990 floating in their pocket

I have an eye test on Friday and hopefully will get some more before the muppet camping trip, I dislike wearing glasses

Norman D. Landing

For christs sake, £990 !! We're talking about never having to wear glasses/lenses again (until you become long sighted enough to wear reading glasses as you get older.

I didnt have £990 spare 'floating about' I paid £990 so I didnt have to have opticians bugging me, glasses 'floating about' and the inevitable waking up in the morning shouting 'It's a miracle, I can see again' only to realise that you forgot to take your lenses out followed by the panic as you try to take out the offending lens only to realise that the surface of your eye was stuck to it followed by a trip to A and E to have 6 gallons of water pured over your eyeball and 2 weeks of antibiotic drops !!! £990 ? F**king bargain !!


What do you drive? , little miss scrooge more like. Bloody hell, you probably pay more than that for 2 months worth of petrol.

How much have you spent on glasses/lenses/solutions so far ?

/Rant off

Mice_Elf

Probably even all together not that much...

It costs me £72 a year, lenses and solutions free.

Little Miss WRX

For lenses and glasses?

The glasses have lasted me over two years as my prescription han't changed. I paid just over £300 for them.
Lenses wise, they don't cost me much at all.

Car wise, I am letting my MY94 WRX go next Thursday.

I am not in a position to hand over £990, maybe some time soon I will. I have been off sick for a while, therefore what extra I earnt in overtime and bonuses etc, has been reduced to basic sick pay.

MY prescription is -8.5 and -8, they have said that although I can go for laser treatment, they cannot guarantee that I will not have to wear glasses after the treatment.

Tell me now, do you think I should go for it?

Norman D. Landing

Yes because they said the same to me and to all the people who I know that have gone for it and guess how many people are wearing glasses now ?

Little Miss WRX

Okay

Well, in a couple of months time I should be able to afford to get it done as I am returning back to work at long last, so I will look into places and prices.