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#81 :: August 8th, 2012 @ 7:55 PM

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I've had glasses since fifth grade. I'm super near-sighted. From where I'm sitting, if I take off my glasses I can't read what I'm typing. The trees outside would just be a green blob. I don't mind glasses though, they hide the purple-tinge under my eyes during the school year from lack of sleep.

I just got a second pair of frames, too.

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#82 :: August 8th, 2012 @ 8:27 PM

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That's what I do too. MAGIC SOLUTION, IT'S SCIENCE.
If I can squeeze out a few more hours/minutes of clear vision without glasses, then I will! |:

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I am the same |:
& LOL. I have ridiculously dark circles too, but I never thought of glasses in that way!

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#83 :: August 8th, 2012 @ 9:09 PM

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SCIENCE IS A THING THAT IS USED BY ALL BUT RARELY UNDERSTOOD. like magic solution.
okay, i've been tempted so many times to look into eye surgery for when i turn 18 soon, but then i think of lasers and my eyes and i chicken out.

#84 :: August 8th, 2012 @ 9:25 PM

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My eyesight is truly nothing short of terrible, except when just sitting around and reading a book. I feel nauseated if I try to read a book in a car with my glasses on.

#85 :: August 8th, 2012 @ 9:29 PM

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Lasers cutting the back of your eyeball x__x; Freaks me out.
~~SCIENCE~~ needs to come up with less freakier ways to improve vision fast. |:

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Really? For me, I can read even when going backwards on a bumpy bus (probably not the best thing for me eyes though...)

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#86 :: August 8th, 2012 @ 9:32 PM

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@, it takes a lot of practice and many very long hot bus rides with nothing more to look at than sand, to really change your mind about reading on a bus. You know you need to find something else to do when you fall asleep on a bus and wake up five hours later and are only an hour into your approximately three hour commute. Not for everyone though, I understand.

#87 :: August 8th, 2012 @ 9:35 PM

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Hmmm I have astigmatic eyes.. it gets annoying when my eyes are tired because everything gets fuzzy and sometimes I get double vision when reading, but other times I'm pretty much fine.

#88 :: August 8th, 2012 @ 9:44 PM

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I'm about to turn 22 and I was told that I would likely be blind before I'm 35. That was about 5 years ago though, so I don't really know how it's been progressing. I avoid asking/thinking about it, to be honest. My optometrist knows I don't care to know, so she doesn't mess around when I go to see her, lol.

I haven't taken mobility/braille classes, and I don't plan to. There is a lot of crap I would like to learn that I won't be able to learn when/if I go blind, so I spend my time on that. Looking and learning about the beauty of the universe--if I can keep these memories for the rest of my life, I'm hoping being blind might not be quite so depressing. Plus, I figure I'll have plenty of time to learn braille when I am blind =/. You know, the thing that pisses me off the most about this is that I know sign language. But I have a few great people that will help take care of me if I need it. That's the thing that scares me the most, though, I don't want to need help, and I certainly don't want to ruin the life of the girl I love. Sometimes some pretty crazy crap goes through my mind when I start thinking about this and I just can't figure out what the best course of action is, which is why I don't like to think about it.

My mom tried to get a cornea transplant two years ago and for some reason they couldn't do it--again, I really try not to pay attention. So if I didn't also inherit that quality, my eyes may be savable, but I'm not going to find out about that for a few more years. "A time for everything, and everything in it's own time." is pretty much how I think of it. If it's going to happen, it's going to happen, but I'm not going to ruin the time I have worrying about/preparing for it. Atleast that's how I like to think about it, although I accept that I'm likely in some form of denial. Oh well, Amor Fati.

I first got glasses when I was 9 or 10, but I didn't find out I was going to go blind eventually until I was around 15.

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There's a bit of hope, but I'm not one to cling to hope one way or another. I'll find out one day, and then I'll know, but for today I'm just gonna' go for a boat ride, bait some bears, hopefully get a few pictures, and just generally live my life in a beautiful place. I've taken some beautiful pictures this summer, these are the types of things I would miss the most =/. I gotta' get out of this topic, I'm gettin' all depressed here xd.

I typed all this out at 6am this morning and my internet cut out, I took these pictures at about 7:30. Sometimes it seems like the universe is trying to lift my spirits, but at the same time it seems like it's just being an butthead. Could have got some nice pictures of one of my little 200-lb bears too, he walked right up like 12 feet from me, but I didn't have my camera. Sweet day, lifted my spirits after getting all depressed in this topic, lol.

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#89 :: August 8th, 2012 @ 10:19 PM

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@ - I live in denial because I know it'll happen, so enjoy what i can, but because I have a spawnage, I have to in some ways plan ahead for her life as well and how I will live blind and have to raise her, if it happens before she's 18 or on her own in college or so. I was originally told when I was a kid I'd be lucky to make it to 30... then 35... now I might see 40. I'm 33 now. But i know mine's getting worse, so it might be closer rather than farther. This is also why I want to do everything I want to do, like go overseas again, and go see OM live someday, and maybe if Roky ever tours again.....

I also know it puts a crimp in things I do want to do, like live in the country and have a small self sustaining farm/commune because in time I simply won't be able to care for everything on my own.

I'm not lucky enough to be with anyone, or to have any prospects of being with anyone long term, so I have to look to a future alone. I can't hang hopes on someone magically appearing.

#90 :: August 8th, 2012 @ 10:41 PM

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I'm so sorry this topic is making so many people depressed, that wasn't my intention ):
But the pictures are lovely. There are quite a few beautiful things that still make life better. ♥

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#91 :: August 9th, 2012 @ 12:12 AM

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FIRST, I CHANGED MY USERNAME.
AND yes. lasers and eyeballs do not mix. at least, not for me, not just yet. i'll risk the infection!

#92 :: August 9th, 2012 @ 12:19 AM

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I LOVE IT.
did you know
i used to pronounce "autopsy"
as "auto-spy"
(at least, until i watched House...... /offtopic)
For a moment I read that as "losers and eyeballs"
wat.

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#93 :: August 9th, 2012 @ 12:21 AM

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My vision is perfect, actually. :0
When I was younger I used to want glasses because I thought they looked "cool". xD

#94 :: August 9th, 2012 @ 12:28 AM

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OH NO I JUST REALIZED THAT AFTER SOMEONE ELSE POINTED IT OUT AND I'M MORTIFIED BECAUSE OF THE SCREW UP WITH TOMY DEAREST YOU INSTEAD OF TO MY DEAREST YOU what have i done
and i typed it out as losers and eyeballs and then i chuckled at myself even though it was not all that funny but now it is because you saw it that way. heh.
is house worth watching? a lot of my friends do and i haven't yet though maybe i really really should

#95 :: August 9th, 2012 @ 12:45 AM

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no no nooooo
enjoy your perfect glasses-free vision ;____;
i will live vicariously through you...... or something.

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(I think we'll need to move this conversation to a small talk thread soon... haha)
House is good in the beginning, but I started not liking in in the newer seasons.... becomes more of a melodrama than a medical drama ):

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#96 :: August 9th, 2012 @ 1:05 PM

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(i concur. here's the thread i've been frequenting and it's got fabulous people like you! c: )
i really really really hate it when a show disappoints like that! especially when it started out good!

#97 :: August 9th, 2012 @ 3:25 PM

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I have a -3.50 in both eyes, but I have contacts that give me 20/20 vision. It's just a pain in the bum to have to take them out every night and wake up with blurry vision until I can stick them back in my eyes, but glasses make me feel like I'm in a fish bowl and they always gave me headaches because the corners of my vision were always blurry

#98 :: August 9th, 2012 @ 3:27 PM

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bad XD

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#99 :: August 9th, 2012 @ 3:38 PM

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I mainly need my glasses for when I'm in class, and there was this one time that I forgot them at home and we were taking notes. I basically ended up writing gibberish because I couldn't make out the words at all. And now I'm going to get contacts, I hope it goes well.

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#100 :: August 9th, 2012 @ 5:23 PM

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I'm like... blind without my contacts or glasses. Everything is freakin' blurry. Lol I'm nearsighted.

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#101 :: August 9th, 2012 @ 6:55 PM

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SAME. Contacts are such a pain, but a necessary one ):

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I looks so stupid taking notes without glasses
like
my face is pretty much 2 inches from the paper
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#102 :: August 9th, 2012 @ 8:02 PM

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I have "perfect" eyesight, however I have to squint to read anything on a computerscreen.
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#103 :: August 10th, 2012 @ 1:44 AM

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My eyes are horrible. My contact prescription is -5.0, but I also have astigmatism in both eyes as well.

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#104 :: August 10th, 2012 @ 7:56 AM

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Perfect 20/20 vision eyes. I use my laptop A LOT and I also read a lot during the school year, so I don't think you should really blame your vision on those things

But I get what my eye doctor calls "eye headaches" almost 24/7. It's just when you see lots of little sparkles. I usually don't notice them because I am use to them, but if I look near a light or go outside without sunglasses on I really notice them.

#105 :: August 10th, 2012 @ 12:39 PM

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I've never heard of that before! Are the sparkles distracting, or no?

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#106 :: August 10th, 2012 @ 9:44 PM

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We didn't find out what they were for a long time, because they aren't exactly common xD Anyways, the sparkles aren't usually distracting. The only time I really notice them is if I stare at something for a minute, then you'll be able to see little sparkles. But if I look at a light or if I go outside without sunglasses on and it's bright outside, then they become really irritating and really noticeable.

#107 :: August 11th, 2012 @ 12:40 AM

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Huh, that's pretty interesting. It's not connected to something bigger, though, I hope?

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#108 :: August 11th, 2012 @ 1:38 AM

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I've needed glasses/contacts since 6th grade. I prefer and currently use contacts, both my eyes are -3.25 last time I went to an eye doc but that was over a year ago and I think I'm going back sometime next week.
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#109 :: August 11th, 2012 @ 3:43 AM

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I'm waiting for my prescription contacts to come in since my glasses aren't helping me.
One eye is weaker than the other and it gives me consistent headaches.

#110 :: August 11th, 2012 @ 6:06 AM

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Nah, they're just eye headaches. If my doctor isn't worried than I'm not worried. I also get these swirls in my vision, and the swirls blend everything together to the point where I can't tell what's what. I've only gotten them twice though. My doctor wasn't able to diagnose what exactly it is, but because it distorts my vision so badly (they're also followed by a migraine.) that he said, if untreated, they could cause seizures in the future. Ever since I started being treated for my migraines though, I've never had one again.

So really, don't be jealous of those with perfect vision xD Cause chances are those with perfect vision are going to get/already have eye-related problems, despite their 'perfect' vision.

#111 :: August 11th, 2012 @ 8:14 AM

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It's like a convention of almost-blind people, how lovely.

As for myself, I've been wearing glasses ever since the 2nd grade. But, for the past 4 years, I've been wearing contacts because my eyesight is so bad that wearing glasses outside makes me a bit dizzy.
So yeah, my left eye is at -7 and my right eye is at -8. It was only to be expected though, my mom was in the -10s before she got laser eye surgery. All her siblings wear glasses as well and her mom had the thickest glasses of all time.

#112 :: August 11th, 2012 @ 11:37 AM

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i think im like 20/25 in one eye and 20/30 in the other? i used to be perfect, but something happened over the past year that screwed me up a little, i guess. everyone in my family except my siblings and i wears glasses, haha.

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#113 :: August 11th, 2012 @ 1:09 PM

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I can't remember what my actual prescription is, but my eyesight sucks. xD
Both my eyes are really bad, although my left is worse and it's also slower to focus, so I don't have very good depth perception and it's pretty hard to focus on anything. :c Especially when I'm moving.

Most people in my family seem to have crapty eyesight. xD My mom, brother and I wear glasses and my dad SHOULD be wearing some, but he doesn't.

My eye doctor makes me carry around a card all the time so I can call if my retina detaches, because I have a higher chance of that happening.

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#114 :: August 11th, 2012 @ 1:35 PM

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Oh wow O__o yeah, I learned from this thread that we all have our problems and it's probably not a good idea to "trade" them... hope all goes well for you! (:

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LOOOL sounds about right.
Yeah, I've been wearing them since around the same time, and I can't live without contacts now. How was the eye surgery for your mom?

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Retina...... detaches?
what
that sounds frightening

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So it's not genetic... haha. (:

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#115 :: August 11th, 2012 @ 1:40 PM

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Contacts really are so handy, especially if you do sports. Plus you can wear sunglasses again.

And pretty well. I mean, she doesn't have to wear glasses any more, except for reading. And she told me that once my grade is stable for a year, I can have my eyes done as well.

#116 :: August 11th, 2012 @ 1:43 PM

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SUNGLASSES. so useless with regular glasses. so useful with contacts. *___*
Wow, that sounds great! Laser eye surgery was always one of the scariest eye correction methods to me.

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#117 :: August 11th, 2012 @ 1:54 PM

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SUNGLASSES ARE THE BOMB. I always go out with a pair, even when it's rainy because my left eye is really really sensitive to sunlight (baseball bat accident).
And man, I know, lasers and eyes just don't go together. Hopefully, by the time I can do it, I'll be reconciled to the fact. But right now it gives me the heebie jeebies.

#118 :: August 11th, 2012 @ 2:03 PM

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Ouch x__x; The thing is, I always forget my sunglasses, ALWAYS. And there's this thing where I can't push up my sunglasses onto my head (they keep falling down) when I'm not using them because my head is weirdly shaped or something...........
ikr, but then I imagine waking up with clear vision and not getting dry eyes from contacts and and ;____;

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#119 :: August 11th, 2012 @ 2:07 PM

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Trying to imagine what your head is shaped like and getting confused. XD
WAKING UP WITH CLEAR VISION. The dream oh gosh.

#120 :: August 11th, 2012 @ 2:17 PM

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ROFL
it's not like my head is ridiculously shaped
(i hope)
it's just weird, sunglasses never stay on my head |: which makes things really inconvenient.
And being able to fall into bed whenever and not have to drag yourself back up because you forgot to take your contacts out again ;__;

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