Lesley Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Sorry to hear that Egluntine - I hope it is soon better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Sorry to hear that Egluntine - I hope it is soon better. Ditto! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura007 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I hate being seen in public with my specs. Still....it could be worse. conjunctivitis is awfully painful i have had it a couple of times, but i love my spex. i work in the optics business and ther are lots of lenses on the market that are so much thinner and lighter than they used to be. im sure your optician has told you but if you wear contact lenses you really should have a pair of spex with your current presciption in them (i am not implying that you dont by the way) for this very reason. when you are next ready to purchase some new spex ask you dispencing optician about high index lenses, the higher the better. there are lots of styles available and a good optician will make sure you get a trendy pair os spex that are right for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanne Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I thought I just had a spot of conjuctivitis...so I stopped wearing my contact lenses on Thur of last week. I thought it would settle of it's own accord and it didn't seem so bad at the weekend, but last night and this morning it was awful. Had to go into town today in connection with work, and I called in at the opticians on the way home. I have got a corneal abrasion and a tiny ulcer inside my eyelid. No wonder it is so bloomin' sore. He reckons I must have got had a tiny tear in my lens which has wreaked havoc. Have got anti-biotic drops and an appointment for next week. I hate being seen in public with my specs. Still....it could be worse. Goodness me, that sounds so painful. Wear your glasses. Much safer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Phil has high index lenses Laura - he has quyite a strong prescription, but needs very clear sight becaus ehe works as an illustrator. I understand that he's what opticians call a 'critical observer' in that he can see the tiniest spec (pain in the bum more like ) He sometimes wears disposable lenses when we go out at night, because it can be a pain walking into a warm restaurant or bar and having his specs steam up. How are the mince pies tonight Egluntine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I'll join the ouch club with you Egluntine. I can now eat, but I've bruised both sides of my tongue-don't know how, it just hurts. If it makes you feel any better I've had to wear glasses since I was three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KateP Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Hope you are feeling better soon. Anything to do with eyes is horrible. I wear daily disposable lenses and a bit broke off one of them in my eye once - no idea how I managed that! Had to go to the hospital as I couldn't find it - very embarrassing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 ouch - that does sound very painful Egluntine........poor you I must say you're looking very intellectual in your glasses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogs and chickens Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Sounds awful for you. I hope you start to feel better soon. I can understand about the glasses thing as well, I hate wearing mine too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 How are the mince pies tonight Egluntine? Pouring with boiling hot tears intermittently! I find looking at the computer screen tricky too.....that is why I have hardly posted on the forum today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Sorry to hear that you're suffering Egluntine . I hope that your eyes heal quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Ow, sorry to hear about your eye. Hope it clears up soon. A friend hated being seen with her specs on, she gave herself all sorts of problems wearing her contacts when she shouldn't. Now she's got a lovely trendy pair of red or dead specs and you never see her without them!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 Mine are red, very trendy, Osiris, varifocals. I got them just before Christmas....I Just prefer contacts......I can't be doing with the steaming up of the lenses.....plus I have discovered that you can chop mountains of onions with contacts in, and not shed a tear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riane Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 sorry to hear about your eyes....I could pop in after work to chop your onions.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 A kind offer Maria! I was thinking of getting takeaways for the forseeable (if you'll pardon the pun!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joojoo Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Sorry to hear things are not so good for you at the moment. Sending big hugs, tissues & optrex Best Wishes xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 ouch, big sympathy! I used to be like you - hated glasses - but I've just got so fed up with fiddling with lenses, and the vision never seems to be as good as with my specs. Like Anne, I'm reaching the stage where I can't read small print - I might try the mono thing with lenses, I am dreading the thought of bifocals. Nothing wrong with them I'm sure but it just makes me feel old! Hope the eyes are less painful, just imagine you are Celia Johnson in Brief Encounter, with a handsome doctor leaning over you to get the smut out ... (no pun unintended!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 There is never a handsome doctor around when you need one. Trevor Howard isn't dreadfully handsome though.....is he ? I love Brief Encounter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 No, I have to say he's not that much of a heart-throb! It's such a great film, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperman Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I damaged my eye with a tape measure about fifteen years ago, luckily it was on what the doctor described as the not so imprtant bit! i.e. the white of the eye rather than the yolk I had some chemical stitches to glue the offending flap back down. I remember thinking at the time that it is either superglue they are using or they are just telling porkies to make me feel better. It took about three months before I could blink without the feeling of having my eyelid stapled to my eye and about three years for it to return to normal. You really really don't realise how much you blink until it is extremely painful to do so! I now wear contact lenses (I never thought I could even attempt them) and safety glasses for the most mundane of tasks including tape measures! I hope it settles down soon, Hugs (I'll keep my eye out for you!) sorry Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 5, 2008 Author Share Posted March 5, 2008 luckily it was on.........the white of the eye rather than the yolk :lol: and (I'll keep my eye out for you!) sorry I had a corneal abrasion years ago when someone accidentally flicked me in the eye with the corner of a tea-towel they were folding. The pain of that was absolutely indescribable.....in fact I was admitted overnight to the Eye Hospital in Manchester and given pethidine or morphine or somesuch. That is why I didn't realise that I had another......although it is pretty damn painful, it comes nowhere near close to the last one. A matter of scale I suppose........this one was described as "tiny". It is feeling a little better this am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Good news, sounds like it's healing then. When my old flatmate had her eyes lasered for shortsightedness she wanted the throw herself out of the window with the pain for a day while the surface of the eye grew back. She got some super-duper-turbo-nutter-painkillers when she had the second eye done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 5, 2008 Author Share Posted March 5, 2008 Good news, sounds like it's healing then. When my old flatmate had her eyes lasered for shortsightedness she wanted the throw herself out of the window with the pain for a day while the surface of the eye grew back. She got some super-duper-turbo-nutter-painkillers when she had the second eye done! That is worth knowing! They make it all look so easy on the ads! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen&Lee Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I've had this several times Egluntine, it's very painful isn't it I was told - (eventually) that the ulcers are a form of Herpes - like the ones people get on their lips - so its likely you will get the problem again. I very rarely wear contacts now - but still find glasses annoying - its the steaming up / having to wipe them when its raining that irritates me Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
