24 hours from being blind...

[chperplt]

I thought all saline implants were for men...

Ba da boom!

 

[learflyer]

Oh yeah......

 

[DrewBlows]

Like most contact lens wearers, I too abused my eyes in my younger days. I eventually got sick of having sore eyes and took them out every night and wore glasses more often. My vision was very poor though, and I hated being blind without corrective lenses.

I eventually decided to explore and eventually have LASIK surgery. It cost $3500 and took a long time to pay off as a flight instructor and a first year regional FO, but I still consider it the best money I have ever spent, hands down.

LASIK is not for everyone, but most people I have talked to feel the same as I do. The one exception is a friend who had very cheap LASIK and had to start wearing glasses again. I don't know if the cost had anything to do with it, but I wouldn't cheap out on my eyes.

 

[AV80R]

... Try those night & day contact lenses. You can literally wear em' for like 24 days or so nonstop (with the occasional clean every so often)...real comfortable too...

My AME told me one day that if it were up to him all Day & Night contact lenses would have an extra warning label just for pilots

- Day & Night Lenses (NOTE! For pilots - Day Lenses ONLY!!!)

No pilot should ever sleep with his/her contacts in - way too risky! Just my opinion of course.

Btw. He said that the "extra openings" in the day & night lenses that allow for extra air to reach your eyes clog up very quickly and although the lenses "feel good" - they definitely aren't "good" for your eyes.