(for anyone confused, he's guessing her prescription)
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Jesus, I didn't think they made contacts that thick. On the bright side, those bad boys could probably stop a direct hit from a nail gun before it hit your eye. I bet it's like wearing permanent safety glasses.
As far as I know only one company does, so uh, hope you like them because it's that or glasses thick as a submarine window. Even with the -16 I can still only get to 20/50 vision thanks to the early onset cataracts caused by the extreme myopia. Is what it is though, I don't complain.
That sucks. I'm sorry you have to deal with all that. Sounds like you have a good attitude about it at least
I appreciate the consideration. Honestly, I can see better now than in my 20s thanks to years of conscious effort to train my brain to use that eye too. When I finally got a vision test at around five years old, I was already pretty bad off in the one eye, but the other was fine at the time, so my brain just kind of learned to use it for peripheral vision and not much else. Hopefully I don't get macular degeneration or a detached retina, but what can you do but make the best of it? Take care out their folks, and get your kids eyes checked!
Gotta train your eye muscles to maintain your reading speed.
When you can feel the inertia of your contact lenses, they’ve gotten too thick