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Soooo it all started this morning when I woke up, I went to the bathroom, took a piss, washed my hands, then started to put in my contact lenses. After washing my hands I accidently left the tap on. All was going well as I put my left contact in, then as going for the right one... OH NO! It fell into the sink and got washed down the drain! I am in the process of ordering more contacts but they won't arrive till wednesday(6 days), so I have three choices now:
a) wear the left one by itself (updated prescription)
b) wear my 2-3 year old glasses (quite outdated prescription)
c) wear neither? is it bad for my eyes to pick a) or b)?
Poll: Choice A,B , or C?
(Vote): Wear the left contact by itself
(Vote): Wear the glasses
(Vote): Wear neither, wait till wednesday
What do I pick? =S
Is it really bad for my eyes to the point where I shouldnt pick A or B??
EDIT: I can see a little clearer with my one contact lense than my 2-3 year old outdated glasses and they make me dizzy because I haven't worn them in so long.
  
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A, but idk much about eyewear for that matter, maybe it could worsen your eyesight on your right eye
Go to the optometrist or w/e its called and ask him
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wear the left contactlense and fix up an eyepatch for your right eye.
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Unless you want to walk around like popeye stop being a faget and where your glasses. I know the feeling of using really old glasses perscription too.. that shit kind of sucks, lol. My glasses are a couple years behind my contacts, which are 2 years old.
No matter what you pick, it kind of sucks, = [
Also, you didn't think of ordering more contacts etc. after you realized that you're on your last set? Lol, when I order my contacts I always get a yearly supply of the most inexpensive uncomfortable contacts ever. (except I usually wear each 1 month pair for 3+ months, I don't really feel any discomfort if you stab me in the eyes, they are made of iron. So my "yearly" order usually lasts 2 or 3 years ' -'a!)
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On September 20 2008 04:05 XCetron wrote:
wear the left contactlense and fix up an eyepatch for your right eye.
you should do this!! It will make you look badass!!! lol!!!
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I'd wear the glasses, unless it is not any more help than wearing nothing at all to you.
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On September 20 2008 04:05 Valentine wrote:
Unless you want to walk around like popeye stop being a faget and where your glasses. I know the feeling of using really old glasses perscription too.. that shit kind of sucks, lol. My glasses are a couple years behind my contacts, which are 2 years old.
No matter what you pick, it kind of sucks, = [
I don't want to not wear my glasses because they are 'ugly' or anything. TBH I can probably see better with my one contact lense than I can with my 2-3 year old glasses, as I said the prescription is quite outdated.
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This happened to me about a month ago. I wore the glasses. Not a hard decision.
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wearing one contact lens drives me crazy... soo blurry. go w/ the glasses.
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let me repeat myself here, contactlense + eyepatch.
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glasses obvious choice...
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wear sunglasses and pretend you're blind.. except you're not
or contact lense + eye patch
how bad are your eyes? # degrees?
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I'd probably go with the contact lens. I know how bad wearing an old prescription can get. It helps, but everything is still a bit blurry and disorienting. Not worth the hassle.
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Hmm.... I've tried wearing the glasses and the one contact and right now I'm preferring the contact:
- Old prescriptions make your eyes worse
- I get a headache when I put on my old glasses because I haven't worn them for so long
- Even with the glasses It's hard to make out words and small objects
- After I get my new contact lenses I would have to re-adjust to contacts AGAIN after having worn my glasses
- 8539723 people are going to be asking me why I'm wearing glasses again every day.
Either way these next 6 days are going to be some of the longest 6 days of my life T_T
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It's hard to play SC no matter what I pick, I felt so disoriented playing a game of SC on iCCup it took me like 10 seconds to split my workers properly D:<
EDIT: And then I got owned by some korean terran.
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I'm so glad that I don't have to use glasses or contact lenses ;p
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good thing is that even if you wear old glasses your vision is not going to go worse, just wear one contact lenses and get something to cover your another eye. You can always say that you popped out one of your eye, makes your image tougher.
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I'm pro eye-patch as well.
- Old prescriptions make your eyes worse
No, your eyes get more dependant the stronger your prescription. An old prescription won't hurt at all.
- I get a headache when I put on my old glasses because I haven't worn them for so long
Fair enough.
- Even with the glasses It's hard to make out words and small objects
Fair enough.
- After I get my new contact lenses I would have to re-adjust to contacts AGAIN after having worn my glasses
Pretty doubtful.
- 8539723 people are going to be asking me why I'm wearing glasses again every day.
No one will care. A friend you talk to all the time might comment, and you'll say "I have to wait a few days to get my new contacts." How painful?
- Eye patches are super bad ass, and I'll get to keep using my regular contact
Yes, do this.
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Alright so I currently have a homemade "eyepatch" on consisting of 1 black sock, and 2 elastic bands holding it on my face. I'm well on my way to being a super bad ass now I guess 
I will hopefully be able to stop by the dollar store or something tommorow to buy an actual eyepatch.
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On September 20 2008 07:17 PsycHOTemplar wrote:
I'm pro eye-patch as well.
- Old prescriptions make your eyes worse
No, your eyes get more dependant the stronger your prescription. An old prescription won't hurt at all.
Uh... you're assuming his eyes are getting worse. This isn't always the case, I know my prescription got weaker after like 5 years of wearing glasses.
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How bad is your vision? If you are legally blind without glasses, then for fuck's sake wear them, but if your vision is not *tood* bad, then just go without.
Seeing things through your eyes without the use of visual aids of any kinds cannot hurt them.
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Snet
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I would just wear the glasses when driving etc, and nothing during normal activities until the contacts arrive.
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Well when I went in for my driving test last year and passed I had to do an eye exam right after and with those pair of glasses i was like .0001% away from failing the eye exam, so I wouldn't use them for driving. I can find my way around fine without contacts/glasses but i cant make out peoples faces very well unless they are close and i can't read. I can see not bad with this homemade eye patch because my left eye still see's clearly. I'm naming my left eye CheesEye because when i SC'ed today like 90% of my games were cheese for some reason and i won every game except one. But for now I must rest my CheesEye, the glasses make me see worse than the 1 c.lense so im just going to stick with this eyepatch idea until wednesday I guess.
GG's CheesEye, you did well today 
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How much dpt. is your vision?
If you have -5 contacts and -2 glasses then no it's not gonna matter a lot. If you have like -2 contacts you can probably get by with just glasses or no contacts.
Don't put in your contacts at the sink by the way, I always do it on my desk when I get up. Another valuable lesson I learned: Don't sneeze or sigh at the contacts when they're in your hands.
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You could tell your optometrist that you have an emergency and get new contacts within the hour. However, if you're not comfortable with this then just go with the eyepatch. Badass and a fabulous reason.
Edit: Typo
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United States2116 Posts
Dont be a pussy just put your damn glasses on.
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On September 21 2008 04:28 Sp1ralArch1tect wrote:
Dont be a pussy just put your damn glasses on.
????????
wtf Did you not read any of the thread where it was noted that:
- I get dizzy/headaches when I wear the glasses
- The prescription is much lower than what I am needing right now
- I was asking if it was harmful to my eyes to wear the old glasses
I'm not stupid enough where I would go on TL just to ask "Am I a pussy for not wearing my glasses?"
Please read it all before you post... -_-
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