Anyone got experience with gas permissible contact lens?

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by NU-2reef

Don't worry your astigmatism is pretty minor in comparison to what I've seen. Contacts should be ok for you. Just give them a try. The hardest part is getting over the fact that you are poking yourself in the eye with a foreign object. Once you get used to that its way better than glasses.

Thanks for the hope I have had two cornea injuries in the past (one was from finger nail of a buddy at school while fighting; you know...kids and the other was when someone pushed me the nose plug of the glass went in and scratch the cornea) and have experience putting in foreign objects into the eyes. Will probably take some time to do it daily but I am pretty sure I will get used to it

[mseepman]

I have been wearing Gas Perm's since 1991 and they are great! They are tough and can survive a lot. My vision is pretty bad but it's relatively stable so I've only had to replace these bad boys 3 times in all those years. Chems for cleaning are also cheap...I use Boston Advance (cleaner and storage solution) and I only need about 3 bottles of each per year at about $8-10 each.

Removing them is easy and they breath a lot better than soft lenses. They are tiny (about half the size of softies).

I even dropped one of my in my hot tub one time (don't ask how) and it took me 2 hours to find it but scooped it up, rinsed it off and popped it back in my eye.

I will say that when something gets into them (like sand at the beach) you will think a 6" spike is going through your brain in pain...but otherwise I couldn't imagine going without them.