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Nabokov
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 Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 4:38 am Post subject: wearing glasses on the ice? |
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I don't own a pair of contact lenses and i can't afford to get any. My vision is getting worse all the time. I play without my glasses but i have great difficulty seeing the puck past the hashmarks i always have to squint if a player is coming in at the puck and i usually let shots from the blueline in because it is too blurry to see anything that far. Does anyone have advice for wearing glasses under your helmet can you strap it to your face somehow?
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montreal961
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I used to do wear glasses under my mask, until I got contacts. I cut 2 slits inside the helmet in the foam. The arms on my glasses would fit perfectly in there. Then I just used anti-fog on my glasses so they wouldnt fog up.
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Arthriticbutterflystyle
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Location: Calgary AB
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| I'm not sure how much they cost but they make somewhat inexpensive sports glasses that are just lenses with flexible frames and a clothe-wrapped rubber band to hold them onto your face. Probably a better alternative to damaging your glasses if you can afford them. |
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puckstopper135
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Location: Ontario
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| For them not fogging up, one of the women on the women's drop in league I joined just rubs some soap on them, washes them off and they never fog up. |
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jaredmt
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i had the same problem for roller hockey only i went and bought the contact lenses eventually.
i wasnt able to get glasses on under the helmet either. even if you can, it would be too distracting in my opinion. if you have to look down below the glasses, you're eyes will have to adjust then you look back through and your eyes will adjust again. during intense plays, i think your eyes would just keep going in and out of focus, it probably wont be much better with the glasses on
did you check to see if your insurance covers any part of the cost? my friend bought contacts for a pretty cheap price because his insurance paid for huge portion of it.
also, you wont have to replace the lenses as much as you would think. if you're careful with the lenses, you could make a 6 month supply last 2+ years |
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Arthriticbutterflystyle
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| jaredmt wrote: | i had the same problem for roller hockey only i went and bought the contact lenses eventually.
i wasnt able to get glasses on under the helmet either. even if you can, it would be too distracting in my opinion. if you have to look down below the glasses, you're eyes will have to adjust then you look back through and your eyes will adjust again. during intense plays, i think your eyes would just keep going in and out of focus, it probably wont be much better with the glasses on
did you check to see if your insurance covers any part of the cost? my friend bought contacts for a pretty cheap price because his insurance paid for huge portion of it.
also, you wont have to replace the lenses as much as you would think. if you're careful with the lenses, you could make a 6 month supply last 2+ years |
Before I had surgery I used to make my 2 week lenses last 2+ months each...you just have to take daily care of them. And no, it had no negative affect on my vision. |
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puckstopper135
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| You had eyeball surgery? That's intense. |
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Efe
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Arthriticbutterflystyle
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Photorefractive Keraktotamy. PRK for short...lol
Yeah I had surgery on my eyes...paid for by the military. Only good thing they EVER gave me. |
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itechwarrior
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I got myself laser eye surgery instead.  |
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Arthriticbutterflystyle
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| itechwarrior wrote: | | I got myself laser eye surgery instead. |
PRK is Laser surgery... 
There's two primary types and about 500 variations of them...PRK and Lasik.
Lasik they cut a flap on your cornea, flip it open and use the laser then flip it back down. It takes up to 2 years for it to heal together again but there's less pain involved.
PRK they rub the top layer of your cornea off then laser your eye directly then put gas permeable contacts on your eyes and it heals in about 5-8 days then fully heals in 6 months.
The military only uses PRK because of it's much faster recovery time. |
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itechwarrior
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I chose PRK. But there is no contact lense on top. They burn off the top layer of the eye ball with a solution, then they use the laser correct the vision. Then allow it to heal. Nothing is placed over top. Took me 3 days to recover, and I wore sunglasses pretty much anytime outside for a year.
http://www.lasereye.com/ - this is where i got it done |
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Arthriticbutterflystyle
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| itechwarrior wrote: | I chose PRK. But there is no contact lense on top. They burn off the top layer of the eye ball with a solution, then they use the laser correct the vision. Then allow it to heal. Nothing is placed over top. Took me 3 days to recover, and I wore sunglasses pretty much anytime outside for a year.
http://www.lasereye.com/ - this is where i got it done |
That's what I was saying about the variations. Not to mention, I had mine done 4 years ago so I'm sure they've made thousands of advances since then. Either way, when you do the math it's actually cheaper to have the surgery done...and it's so awesome...I never have to worry about my contacts, I don't have to replace my glasses or worry about losing them...when I wake up in the morning I can read the VCR clock across the room without putting anything on. I love it. I'm sure Itech would gladly agree it's the best decision ever. And oddly enough, a lot of insurance companies cover at least a part of it. |
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montreal961
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My contacts are starting to become a pain in the a$$, and I’m looking into getting my eyes "lasered". How do they do this anyway? I know I’m going to research if, but it’s always great to have first hand info. Do they somehow freeze your eye or something, and then point a laser in it? I don’t want to sound like a p*ssy, but does it hurt? ( )
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itechwarrior
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| montreal961 wrote: | | My contacts are starting to become a pain in the a$$, and I’m looking into getting my eyes "lasered". How do they do this anyway? I know I’m going to research if, but it’s always great to have first hand info. Do they somehow freeze your eye or something, and then point a laser in it? I don’t want to sound like a p*ssy, but does it hurt? ( ) |
They put drops in, that freeze the eye. They then place a ring on your eye which is exactly the size of the area they need to laser. They drop a second set of drops in which (this may sound gross but you don't even notice it) burn off the top layer of your eye. Then they swab it out. Then the make you focus on a red light. The machine is so precise that if you are not perfectly focused on the red light it can't work, or if it is actively using the laser it will shut off to prevent any screw ups. So you focus on the light for less than 30 seconds per eye, then you're done. The whole process takes less than 15 minutes in and out. Then you put on your sunglasses, and go sit in a dark room for 3-5 days. In pain, but it's bearable pain. Plus you get T3's.
It is by far the best thing I have ever done in my entire life. It's been 2 years now and I've lost a little of the OVER perfect vision I had, but I can still read the stop sign a block away.
Don't be afraid cause it's so freaking minor, and such a good return. |
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