opticians, lens and laser treatment
 

Hello

he he just thought maybe no one can read this if they need glasses..lol

anyhow, i wear glasses and lens, toric cos something wrong with my shape of eye..as well as blind as a bat.

Just wondering what the set up is in aus for contact lens wearers. I normally go to specsavers and pay a monthly fee to get new lens every three months.

Are opticians expensive? Are they easliy accessible. Dont know why im asking this as I will be living over 3 hours outside of Adelaide!

Maybe I should try for laser treatment. :scared: Anybody had it done and can recommend someone in England.

thanks...i know lots of questions.

regards

lolly

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What a great question to ask as Ive been wondering about this. I get monthly soft lens and wear glasses as back up . I also have an astigmatism
in one eye but im a bit scared about laser treatment.
shall watch this with interest
Mandy

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hiya,
i asked this question a couple of year ago, and the feedback i got was that aus isnt as forward in contact lens as the uk (ie the monthly disposable lens packages you get with vision express and specsavers).
but this was a couple of years ago, so it may have caught up by now ;)
shall too watch this with interest :D

sue x

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I just submitted this but it blanked me...so apologies if it is a repeat.

Try Ebay (I kid you not) they have Optimax (one of the better places) selling spare space at £900 both eyes and £1200 both eyes but state of the art. Worth the £60 consultation fee for sure.....as mentioned in moneysaving expert.

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for lasik you could try St James' in Leeds which is fairly close to you and reputable.

be aware that complications can occur: see here .

contact lens schemes such as those run by specsavers etc certainly don't exist here in Tas, not sure about elsewhere in Aus; online CL companies exist though: see here .

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its such a bloody carry on with lenses for me anyway. I have a high perscription, glasses like jam jars..lol so only wear one perscription lens which is a torric (sp) lens, its got those little lines at the bottom to keep it positioned on the eye surface, the other is just a clear lens. You shoul see the carry on trying to position the torric lens on one finger before i put it in..lol

oh how i would love to have laser treatment but think im beyond hope.

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lol ... re laser surgery; my optician always says ''if its that good, how come so many opticians still wear glasses'' :D
good point.

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lol, me too.

i call it my mr magoo look :D when i have to wear my specs.

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the lines are to indicate the orientation of the lens on the eye, the actual positioning is done by gravity due to prism ballasting-the lens will find its correct postion as you blink; you don't need to "line it up" before insertion.

do you have any idea of your spectacle or contact lens prescription?

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:D mine that heavy i have to scaffold them up..lol


edit..im talking glasses...nothing lower.. ;)

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so you telling me that i go through the whole bloody carry on of finding me jam jars...finding the best possible light to see the bloody lines on lens..and have done for the last 8-10 years...AND i didnt need to... :D

Ive no idea what perscription is for specs or lens..cant see the writing.. :D

i did ask the optician today if i could have my details for going to aus he said no problem...or did he say...no! problem! maybe im going deaf as well as blind.

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i used to work in sheffield-who's your optician?

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sorry........just think of the time you'll save now though!

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I go to vision express on the moor - i know a lot of people knock them, but ive had an excellent service from them over the last 10 years. i pay £22 a month for monthly disposable lens, solutions (2 bottles of the stuff that costs £13 a bottle every 3 months), free lens check ups every 3 months, plus free replacement lens if i lose them, and free sight checks every year with £79 towards specs every year. cant argue with that

my prescription is something like -8.50 ... -.1.75 ... the rest may as well be in hieroglyphics!!

:D :D :D

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there is no absolute limit on someone's suitability for Lasik-it depends on the corneal thickness; -8.50 is probably approaching the limit though havindg said that.

i used to work in Optical Express at the bottom of the Moor.