Yay, contact lenses!!!

08-10-2001, 12:10 AM

I was fitted for them today and then given them!! Fnally, no more glasses for school and movies(the only times I need them because I'm near-sighted)! Does anyone else here have contact lenses?

08-10-2001, 01:31 AM

Yup... I found it greatly improved my life, honest.

I hate wearing glasses... unless it's sunglasses

08-10-2001, 01:44 AM

I want contacts, but I failed to actually put them in my eye......

08-10-2001, 02:09 AM

But I get another chance soon...

08-10-2001, 02:57 PM

Within a month, you'll find it easy to put them... never takes me more than 2 minutes to put em both... and so fun no to have to worry about glasses.

BTW, when you buy contact lenses, make sure

1) you have a pair of glasses in case you lose/break/scratch one your lenses
2) you buy inexpensive lenses so you won't (really) bother losing one.

Oh, and you can go in the pool WITH your lenses, but try to avoid opening your eyes too much in the water (makes them all dirty and you might lose one)

dunedain lady · 08-10-2001, 08:53 PM

Heehee!! I still have glasses and am not submitting to the idea of contact lenses! (even though the *bleep*ing lenses are about a half-inch thick by now lol)

jediguy · 08-10-2001, 08:56 PM

Contact lenses changed my life. Now, I can see while:

Swimming (Yes! I can even open my eyes underwater)
Diving
Wakeboarding
Playing tennis
Wear normal sunglasses.

When I first got them, I found them really hard to put it. Now, it takes about 1 minute to do it.

Trust me, it's well worth it...

cee2lee2 · 08-18-2001, 12:37 AM

Contact lenses are wonderful. I got my first lenses when I was a senior in high school. I felt like a new person w/o my glasses.

***Tessar*** · 10-02-2001, 03:20 PM

I tryed to get them (i do gymnastics and it would be nice to wear them) but i couldnt get them in. I went back a week later after practising at home (without contacts they wont let you take linses home till you prove you can get em in and out) but i STILL couldent get them in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my oldest sis (16) wasent brave enuf to say to my mom and dad that she wanted them but when we went she was asked if she wanted some she then asked mom (after I broke the ice!!!!!) and SHE GOT THEM!!!!!!!!! SHE PUT THEM IN ON THE FIRST TRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!

oh well. im really disaponted about it but I just cant get it in fast enuf to keep from blinking

***HOBBIT*** · 11-12-2001, 11:13 PM

Ok I finally got my contact lenses on Friday. I can put already put them in in about 5 minutes, and take them out in about 10 minutes...hey what are you guys talking about, swimming with them????? My eye doctor type person basically said that whatever you do NEVER go into water. That means showes, brooks, streams, ponds, even pools. She said that some sort of bacteria or whatever (pretty common) is in our water supply ... and that things are absorbed by the contacts and burrow into your eyes, so within days you are blind. She went on to tell me about various people who went blind by going into pools with their contacts.... um is this a lot of balogny or what type of contacts are you using?

***Tessar*** · 11-12-2001, 11:40 PM

:Gulp:

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I CAN'T SEE! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

"Anthony calm down! your wearing your sunglasses!"

"Oh....."

Laurelyn · 02-13-2002, 10:03 PM

Contacts? Lucky folkies! I wear glasses, and I sorta want contacts, except I'm not allowed to have them b/c my eyes dry out very easily as it is, and so my eye doctor's afraid to let me wear contacts. Go figure. Oh well.

markedel · 02-13-2002, 10:16 PM

Contacts aren't as good as say LOTR-but they're pretty close

Elanor · 02-13-2002, 10:37 PM

I got contacts about 7 years ago. I'd been wearing glasses since I was about 9, so it was a big change. It made me feel almost like a different person. I don't even notice the contacts when I'm wearing them. The only way I can tell if I have them on or not is by my blurry vision! I still use my glasses a lot though, for evenings and sometimes weekends when I feel like taking a break from contacts. A friend of mine wore his contacts too much and the skin on his eyes got oxygen-deprived so his blood vessels started growing into his pupils--yuck!

Elanor · 02-13-2002, 10:43 PM

If you have problems getting them in it's probably because, like I was, you're paranoid about touching your eyes. I used to be so afraid that something would get in my eyes. I couldn't let anything get near them. So you have to overcome this before the contacts will go in easily. Practice just touching your eyeball with your finger and see what it feels like. It doesn't hurt, it's just unfamiliar! Make sure your hands are clean, though! And don't have super long nails. When you're confident touching your eyes, then contacts will be no problem.

ryan · 02-13-2002, 11:13 PM

I never could touch my eye for them, i tried getting them once when i was.. 4th grade. was really freaked out about touching my eye. Everyone i know with them says you get used to it after a week or so, so i figure i'll give it another go sometime soon

***Tessar*** · 02-14-2002, 12:36 PM

I got them a few months ago.

they really are very cool.

Twilight · 02-15-2002, 09:30 AM

Contacts are so good. I have had them for 6 years now. It takes a bit of time to get them in each morning, but everything is fine once they are in. Glasses always used to fall off of my face when I had them.

zulu · 02-15-2002, 10:25 AM

All of you need glasses?? Haha!

***Tessar*** · 02-15-2002, 11:25 AM

Haha your self!

Glasses make us look cool and errrrrrrr... cool!

08-10-2001, 12:10 AM	#1
webwizard333 Guest Posts: n/a	Yay, contact lenses!!! I was fitted for them today and then given them!! Fnally, no more glasses for school and movies(the only times I need them because I'm near-sighted)! Does anyone else here have contact lenses?

08-10-2001, 01:31 AM	#2
Shanamir Duntak Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Yay, contact lenses!!! Yup... I found it greatly improved my life, honest. I hate wearing glasses... unless it's sunglasses

08-10-2001, 01:44 AM	#3
captain Tarpols Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Yay, contact lenses!!! I want contacts, but I failed to actually put them in my eye......

08-10-2001, 02:09 AM	#4
captain Tarpols Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Yay, contact lenses!!! But I get another chance soon...

08-10-2001, 02:57 PM	#5
Shanamir Duntak Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Yay, contact lenses!!! Within a month, you'll find it easy to put them... never takes me more than 2 minutes to put em both... and so fun no to have to worry about glasses. BTW, when you buy contact lenses, make sure 1) you have a pair of glasses in case you lose/break/scratch one your lenses 2) you buy inexpensive lenses so you won't (really) bother losing one. Oh, and you can go in the pool WITH your lenses, but try to avoid opening your eyes too much in the water (makes them all dirty and you might lose one)

08-10-2001, 08:53 PM	#6
dunedain lady Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 223	Glasses Heehee!! I still have glasses and am not submitting to the idea of contact lenses! (even though the bleeping lenses are about a half-inch thick by now lol)

08-10-2001, 08:56 PM	#7
jediguy Hobbit Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 40	Contact lenses changed my life. Now, I can see while: Swimming (Yes! I can even open my eyes underwater) Diving Wakeboarding Playing tennis Wear normal sunglasses. When I first got them, I found them really hard to put it. Now, it takes about 1 minute to do it. Trust me, it's well worth it...

08-18-2001, 12:37 AM	#8
cee2lee2 Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: 2nd star to the left..... Posts: 566	Contact lenses are wonderful. I got my first lenses when I was a senior in high school. I felt like a new person w/o my glasses.

10-02-2001, 03:20 PM	#9
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	I tryed to get them (i do gymnastics and it would be nice to wear them) but i couldnt get them in. I went back a week later after practising at home (without contacts they wont let you take linses home till you prove you can get em in and out) but i STILL couldent get them in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my oldest sis (16) wasent brave enuf to say to my mom and dad that she wanted them but when we went she was asked if she wanted some she then asked mom (after I broke the ice!!!!!) and SHE GOT THEM!!!!!!!!! SHE PUT THEM IN ON THE FIRST TRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!! oh well. im really disaponted about it but I just cant get it in fast enuf to keep from blinking

11-12-2001, 11:13 PM	#10
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	Ok I finally got my contact lenses on Friday. I can put already put them in in about 5 minutes, and take them out in about 10 minutes...hey what are you guys talking about, swimming with them????? My eye doctor type person basically said that whatever you do NEVER go into water. That means showes, brooks, streams, ponds, even pools. She said that some sort of bacteria or whatever (pretty common) is in our water supply ... and that things are absorbed by the contacts and burrow into your eyes, so within days you are blind. She went on to tell me about various people who went blind by going into pools with their contacts.... um is this a lot of balogny or what type of contacts are you using? __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

11-12-2001, 11:40 PM	#11
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	:Gulp: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I CAN'T SEE! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" "Anthony calm down! your wearing your sunglasses!" "Oh....."

02-13-2002, 10:03 PM	#12
Laurelyn Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Valinor, right next to Telperion . . . what did you expect, Michigan? Posts: 1,315	Contacts? Lucky folkies! I wear glasses, and I sorta want contacts, except I'm not allowed to have them b/c my eyes dry out very easily as it is, and so my eye doctor's afraid to let me wear contacts. Go figure. Oh well. __________________ The Third Age of Entmoot has begun. Angel of music, guide and guardian! Grant to me your glory! The country I eat and spend the day in is by no means the country I sleep and dream in. Define patriotism. Hold the boat, you spastic monkey! ~ Elenka

02-13-2002, 10:16 PM	#13
markedel 'Sober' Mullet Frosh Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Queen's Posts: 1,245	Contacts aren't as good as say LOTR-but they're pretty close __________________ "Earnur was a man like his father in valour, but not in wisdom"

02-13-2002, 10:37 PM	#14
Elanor Hobbit in the Music Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Westmarch Posts: 1,111	I got contacts about 7 years ago. I'd been wearing glasses since I was about 9, so it was a big change. It made me feel almost like a different person. I don't even notice the contacts when I'm wearing them. The only way I can tell if I have them on or not is by my blurry vision! I still use my glasses a lot though, for evenings and sometimes weekends when I feel like taking a break from contacts. A friend of mine wore his contacts too much and the skin on his eyes got oxygen-deprived so his blood vessels started growing into his pupils--yuck! __________________ Middle Earth Crossword Puzzle on the Tolkien Site of DOOM Segovia Mazes

02-13-2002, 10:43 PM	#15
Elanor Hobbit in the Music Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Westmarch Posts: 1,111	If you have problems getting them in it's probably because, like I was, you're paranoid about touching your eyes. I used to be so afraid that something would get in my eyes. I couldn't let anything get near them. So you have to overcome this before the contacts will go in easily. Practice just touching your eyeball with your finger and see what it feels like. It doesn't hurt, it's just unfamiliar! Make sure your hands are clean, though! And don't have super long nails. When you're confident touching your eyes, then contacts will be no problem. __________________ Middle Earth Crossword Puzzle on the Tolkien Site of DOOM Segovia Mazes

02-13-2002, 11:13 PM	#16
ryan t2t relic Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 531	I never could touch my eye for them, i tried getting them once when i was.. 4th grade. was really freaked out about touching my eye. Everyone i know with them says you get used to it after a week or so, so i figure i'll give it another go sometime soon __________________ "And the Lord spoke, "Send me your money, Empty thine wallets into my pockets my pockets, the pockets of Ryan, Ryan, he who will deliver the money unto me. Then you will truley be happy." And the people followed, and all was well." --Ryan 62:33

02-14-2002, 12:36 PM	#17
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	I got them a few months ago. they really are very cool.

02-15-2002, 09:30 AM	#18
Twilight Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wilmore, KY Posts: 269	Contacts are so good. I have had them for 6 years now. It takes a bit of time to get them in each morning, but everything is fine once they are in. Glasses always used to fall off of my face when I had them. __________________ Sometimes I wonder how many monkeys with typewritters it would take to reproduce what I just wrote.

02-15-2002, 10:25 AM	#19
zulu Sapling Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 13	All of you need glasses?? Haha!

02-15-2002, 11:25 AM	#20
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Haha your self! Glasses make us look cool and errrrrrrr... cool!

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