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Hi Ginger, I wore gas permeable for five years, they were the best lenses for me too back then. Now, these new ones that I have are brilliant.

I am assuming that Kitty has had an eye test prior to her lenses, I have an eye test every year, work pays for mine as again it is the law.

All laws in Austria, if your children is not vaccinated against, they do stop their equilavent of child benefit.

You are right, the soft lenses are not so good for people with eye problems and I had terrible problems with soft lenses, I also have scar tissue on one eye, which I am lucky I can still wear them, for now.

I have a close friend who has similar problems as you, she only wears the contacts when she has time to acclimatise to them, she told me that it takes few hours for her eyes to be able to work out the long/short difference, however, once she has them working she does find them very comfortable and prefers them to wearing bi-focals.
She returned for 3 sessions before they actually worked correctly

The line I have highlighted disturbs me deeply.........

I fought with the authorities here about vaccinations for my children many years ago. My youngest had had (the diseases), measels, mumps and rhubella, and the health authorities wanted to insist on injecting her with a vaccination against her having them, because I had no proof of her having had the diseases...

I knew she was allergic to many things and that the vaccinations might well kill her, and she didn't need them, as you can only have those diseases once only. So I fought them. They tried to do things like take my allowance away and such too, but I won. I threatened to take them to court for harassment and expose them in the newpapers...

It turned out many years later, that she was allergic to eggs among other things, and at the time they did not have a test for that, and had I given in to pressure, they would have certainly killed her with the vaccinations.

AND, you can bet your ass that none of them would be doing time for it either...........

Authoritarian coercion is never a good thing, especially since they do not know everything...

I wear glasses rather than contacts because I can't stick my fingers in my eyes. Kudos to those who are brave enough to be able to insert those things in your eyes.

It might just take some adjustment because of the one eye distant/one eye near vision thing. That's the old way, though. There are newer contacts that have all three fields of vision (middle as well) like blended bifocals, but I don't know if you can get them with your astigmatism (I have that also, in my left eye).

Go online and see what you can find out about that, 'cuz you might want to tell him/her you want different ones.

Good for you, Gingerb!!!!! (I won't go any further on this in your thread, Kitty...I don't want to take it OT for you.)

I agree that laws are not always correct, Austria has the guidelines and I was not clear. If it is proven that a person does not turn up for an appointment, fails to rebook the appointment and it cannot be proven medically that the child would not benefit from the vaccine, then the money is stopped.

Also the schools have a right to refuse a child who has not had the correct medical follow ups pre-school.

I remember well the MMR debate in the UK, it was brought in way after my children were in need of that.

So in Ireland, they insist that a child has these vaccinations?

I mean ensuring our contact lenses are suitable is one thing, but forcing a parent to have their child vaccinated with detrimental side affects of that vaccine is another donkey altogether!

They insist, (if you don't know any better), and in having the vaccinations done, you have to sign a disclaimer to absolve them of responsibility...

Same now with operations in hospital too...

Once you sign the forms, you sign away all rights to sue successfully........

And the consequences if a parent chooses simply not to have their child vaccinated?

I'm near-sighted and I wore contacts all the time in New Jersey. Down here my allergies bother me so much I've basically given up putting them in. When I did wear them, of course I couldn't see close up any more and I needed glasses to read. Seems like you just can't get away from glasses. When you correct for near-sightedness you can't read and when you correct for far-sightedness you can't see that stop sign coming up LOL I don't like the two different lens either so I just pop my glasses on.

Hi newinsouth, hope you had a nice birthday!

I, so far have been lucky enough to get away with just being shortsighted. I wear glasses when not wearing lenses, which is usually in the evenings, and I try to go at least a day without lenses once a week.

I looked at having mine lasered, my optician did not recommend it because he said that the scar tissue would not be able to withstand the treatment.

So, I'll continue with my lenses and when the time comes, then I will look at bi-focal lenses which is what my stepmother has. If not, then back to the good old specs.

They can be jailed for not acting in the best interests of the child, (according to the health authorities).

I got past it by threatening exposure and by asking them to sign a form stating that they were 100% certain that they were not going to harm my child in any way by vaccinating.

I told them that I was willing for them to vaccinate under those circumstances so I was, in fact, not refusing treatment.

They were unwilling to do that..........

Good lord.

In the UK, we only received a letter reminding us, the NHS are too laden down to chase it up.

WOW!!!! 12 Trials!!! That is a LOT!!! Thanks for the Info! I will check it out :)

Hi kitty, yes, all over a year, they oould not find a disposable lens that worked, then the ones I have now Johnson and Johnson, Acuvue Advance for Astigmatism is what I use. They are brilliant.

Oh! Hello, that makes total sense! I will ask about these. I am also curious to know more about the ones mentioned earlier that are Bi-focals!

Thanks to all who have responded. You have been very, very helpful and I now know where to begin w/my eye Doc!

It is kinda wierd sticking ones finger in the eye. I got used to it but i just wear glasses now. I stoped wearing contacts when the brand of contact solution i was using was pulled from the shelves. My eye doctor said the product was pulled because a batch had been contaminated and some people had gone blind. I think i'll stick with the glasses.


Dennis

That was Renu yes? It was pulled in the US and the UK, bit not here in Austria.

That sounds like it.