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Could I Have A Tumor? What’s Wrong With Me? Please Help.?

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:37:33 +0000

I am 13, I am of average weight, fairly slender. I exercise [my dad taught me how to exercise properly so, it's not that] I am tall too 5′10.
My vision is terrible 20/-4.75 [I think, it changes about every month or two; contact wearer]- no astigmatism
*Have experienced sensations where everything goes dark [eyes open and their don't seem to be any correlation with what I am doing/time of day/where I am, and these occurring]
*I tend to be a klutz, I have great balance and an avid martial artist, but for some reason I will trip or fall for no reason.
*I experience mild to severe pain in my joints, back, shoulders, neck, and pretty much everywhere. This pain is almost constant and the pain arises with no trauma occurring.
*I get headaches quite often and have extreme light sensitivity [even fluorescent light bulbs hurt my eyes, they begin to then water.]
Sun, computer/TV/cell phone screens also cause watering of my eyes [sometimes my nose too]
So,
*pain all over my body *rapid vision change; not for the better about every month a new prescription is required *being a klutz although I have a strong core *blacking out for no apparent reason *breathing normally then suddenly having extra air to exhale *light sensitivity I am under a lot of stress, primarily because of my parents fighting. When they fight I do feel weak in my knees and sometimes they collapse because of this.
I don't drink, or do drugs, and I eat healthy.
I ya'll have any ideas of what is going on, there are some other things, but these are the main problems. Any help is appreciated; Thank-you
[No, I can't just talk to my doctor, my parents won't listen and they think nothing is wrong]
I also have trouble getting my eyes to focus.
No, I am not sexually active [idk if that matters, but it might]

Can I Order These Contacts With My Prescription?

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:44:32 +0000

My regular contacts prescription:
(LEFT) BC 8.5 SPH -1.50 CYL -0.75 AX 170
(RIGHT) BC 8.5 SPH -0.50 CYL -1.25 AX 180
The colored contacts that I’m ordering:
Power (OD) -1.50 Power (OS) -0.50 CYL ???
The problem is that you can only put one CYL value, but I have two different CYLs.
The reason I want to order from this site is that there are not many options available online for toric colored contacts, and I don’t have to order like 3 pairs all at once (like when you’re ordering from eye doctor)
If I HAVE to, I WOULD order 2 pairs just so I have 2 for each eye, but that would cost double the money.. and i haven’t even tried it out yet.
So.. if for example I just put -0.75 for both eyes will it really blur the vision? Only thing I know is that CYL is for astigmatism.. well i don’t even know what that is lol..
Please do not say go to the eye doctor.. I’ve been to several doctors and glasses/contacts places and i dont think i want to pay like $400 all at once for like 3 pairs..

Could I Have A Tumor? What’s Wrong With Me? Please Help.?

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:36:48 +0000

Approximately…how Much Would Lasik Eye Surgery Cost For Me?

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:36:45 +0000

I am seventeen and have terrible vision with a very rare astigmatism. I live in northern Texas so I’m not positive what the price would be.
The cost of my contacts and glasses are really a hassle because my astigmatism is so rare. My contacts actually run around $300.00 every three months!
So if anyone could inform me AT ALL. I would greatly appreciate it!
Thanks (:

Is It Possible For Me To Wear Contacts?

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:40:14 +0000

ive been wearing glasses ever since i was 7 and i want to get contacts now (im 15)
BUT my right eye has extra eye tissue. idk if contacts would make it worse or if i jsut cant wear contacts with that or if it wouldnt matter.
any help appreaciated
oh and btw about how much are contacts? i have astigmatism and i heard contacts for astigmatism are a little more pricey

Two Contacts On Each Eye?

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:37:11 +0000

well the thing is since i am asian i wanna have prettier eyes, right.
so i got this pair of contacts that have black rings around them that make your eyes look bigger. but i didn’t want to wear glasses on top of those so i tried wearing my regular contacts first and putting the circled ones on top of them.
i’ve been doing this for almost two months? and so far my eyes dont hurt or anything. but sometimes the vision blurs a bit and it takes some time for the blur to go away and more often it never goes away. well i clean each one very carefully every night.. and yes they do wear out but it’s only my regular contacts that wear out and i change them every two weeks anyway so that doesn’t matter. well my point is is this going to seriously affect my eyes? is it gonna blind me or something close to blind?
i was looking for prescribed ones that have the effects i’m looking for but since i have astigmatism and my visions for each eye differ a lot it’s very hard/expensive to get them.
should i keep doing this……

I’m About To Get Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lenses, And I’m Wondering If It’s Okay To Play Tennis With Them?

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:37:04 +0000

I just had my eye exam almost exactly a week ago, and my optometrist recommended me rgp contact lenses for crisper vision, as I have bad astigmatism. I know the diameter of rgp contact is smaller than a soft contact, thus, will it be easier to… fall out of my eye in a sense?
I’m going to be playing tennis with them, and I can’t afford to lose a contact lens by it coming out of my eye.
Also, how long does it take generally to custom make rgp contact lenses? I have yet to get a call from my optometrist.

Can I Still Get Contacts?

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:36:27 +0000

I have astigmatism. My glasses have a big prism in them and I have to have a surgery to correct my astigmatism and then another surgery like lasik to get rid of all the problems. I am 17 and can’t do those surgeries for another few years because my eyes are still changing. I’m going to be in my school play and the teacher says that we can’t have glasses for performances. I have no contacts and if I take off my glasses, not only do I see blur, but I also see everything in double. What should I do? I really want to be in this show! Any way I can get contacts to at least not see double? Or to see less blur?

What Contacts Brand Do You Perfer?

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:45:37 +0000

i don’t have astigmatism. i kinda have bad eyes.
How much would it be also for a one year worth of them

I Have Corneal Astigmatisms Of -.75 In The Right Eye And -1.75 In The Left.?

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:45:35 +0000

Can Lasik fix them and give me perfect vision?
I am 24 and believe my eyes are done changing. I have had the same eye prescription for a year now.