contacts with cylinder component or contacts + glasses

I have been wearing glasses for very long time (since my childhood). I
have a severe myopia and thin retina.
My recent prescription is OD -11.25 OS -8.00 with cylinder component
(and of course mi vision isnt 20/20 - is much much less).
Because glasses with that power are pretty thick my opthalmologist
offered
me to start wearing soft contact lenses. He asked me to choose whether
I want to wear only contact lenses or contact lenses with cylindrical
correction of glasses ( and then my lenses in glasses would finally be
thin).
What would you advise me to choose. I am so used to wear glasses that
I think I could look funny without them.
What is a average annual cost of lenses (with all the changes etc)

Thank you for your help

 

My prescription:
OD -11.25 cyl -2.25 ax 028
OS -8.00 cyl -2.50 ax 145

 

(Eugene Phar) wrote in

I would offer my patient with your prescription the following options:
rigid lenses, or Focus Night and Day with the cylindrical correction in
spectacles to be worn over the contact lenses. IMHO you would asking for
trouble with toric soft lenses as they are very thick and the oxygen
permeability is severely compromised in higher prescriptions. An RGP lens
would be the simplest and perhaps the best physiological option once you
got over the initial discomfort.

Average annual cost of Focus N&D would be approximately $300 US, excluding
professional fees. Those are replaced monthly. Annualized cost of RGPs
would probably be less that $200 for the first year, and nothing for the
following years until the lenses needed to be replaced. The average
lifespan of those is from two to three years.

DrG

 

Just wanted to echo Dr. G's options here. There simply are no soft
toric lenses available in your prescription that provide adequate
oxygen permeability---with the possible exception of Proclear Torics,
Custom Tailor Made. And that's not an ideal situation, but better
than anything else currently available. But better still are the two
options he suggested.

I've used Night&Day with spectacle over-correction with great success.
There, you have the advantage of healthy contact lenses (that you can
wear continuously day and night) that will provide reasonable vision
and personal safety/convenience. Add the spectacles for fine-tuned
vision and the added safety of protective lenses and "the look" you
are acoustomed too, and that's a win-win situation.

Best of luck with your decision,

LB
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What have you heard about toric Night and Days. It's my understanding that
they are in the pipeline.

DrG

 

EU, maybe, USA later, as usual.

(I sent you a private email with more details.)

--Larry

--
Dr. Larry Bickford, O.D.
Family Practice Eye Health & Vision Care

The Eyecare Connection
http//www.eyecarecontacts.com
larrydoc at m a c.c o m

 

Much thanks for the heads-up.

DrG

 

I live in Poland but at the moment I am in the USA
and I met with the opthalmologist here.
Is there a big difference in prices of lenses between the US and EU?