Anesthesiologist first glasses

[caligas]

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43, never had glasses. Starting to have a little trouble going back and forth from charting/phone to monitor and distant objects. Noticing a little eye strain. Will get an eye exam.

What to ask? Any specific suggestions for an anesthesiologist, or just listen to the eye doc? Any issues with using fiber optic scope with glasses on? Should I shoot for contacts? Just get readers?

Thanks!

 

[HomeSkool]

I wear contacts during days but switch to glasses when I'm on call. I've never had any trouble with either. If you're using a fiberscope with glasses, you can often just ditch the glasses and adjust the scope's focus to correct your vision. There's a learning curve for putting in contacts, and there's also one for learning how to wear a mask so your glasses don't fog up. Also, glasses aren't sufficient for splatter protection since they don't protect the sides, but I've never had trouble wearing the standard eye protection over the top of them.

 

[sethco]

Contacts all the way

 

[Man o War]

Contacts. Might have to try different kinds until you find some that are comfortable. When I was younger I used the dailies that you throw away at the end of each day. Now I use 30 day ones.

 

[el_duderino]

Contacts. Might have to try different kinds until you find some that are comfortable. When I was younger I used the dailies that you throw away at the end of each day. Now I use 30 day ones.

I have the dailies, but use them for about two weeks at a time. The only real difference I notice between the dailies and the monthlies are that the dailies are thinner and easier to tear. Otherwise I more or less treat them like regulars and it's totally fine. I care a lot less if I drop one on the floor, since I have a pack of 30 instead of 6.

 

[chocomorsel]

Contacts. Might have to try different kinds until you find some that are comfortable. When I was younger I used the dailies that you throw away at the end of each day. Now I use 30 day ones.

What about when on call? Do you sleep in your contacts?

 

[jwk]

I wear extended wear contacts. I leave them in 30 days at a time (likely more since I don't note the day I put them in). My optometrist would prefer I take them out once a week even if I put the same lenses back in, but that doesn't happen much. 🙂 I've worn contacts for nearly 50 years.

I changed to monovision at least 10 years ago. I have a near and a far lens. Some will find this easy to adapt, some will hate it and not tolerate it well. I worked with my optometrist on ideal focal length for intubation, and actually have my near lens in my non-dominant eye (left) because that's how I line up for intubating.

 

[chocomorsel]

I wear extended wear contacts. I leave them in 30 days at a time (likely more since I don't note the day I put them in). My optometrist would prefer I take them out once a week even if I put the same lenses back in, but that doesn't happen much. 🙂 I've worn contacts for nearly 50 years.

I changed to monovision at least 10 years ago. I have a near and a far lens. Some will find this easy to adapt, some will hate it and not tolerate it well. I worked with my optometrist on ideal focal length for intubation, and actually have my near lens in my non-dominant eye (left) because that's how I line up for intubating.

When you wake up in the morning are your eyes all matted? Are they blurry? Do you get eye discharge?
I did research and read that extended wear contacts are not good for the eyes.

 

[el_duderino]

I've tried extended wear, and my eyes always felt crappy and dry and gunky in the morning when I woke up. Even after using eye drops, they were never as comfortable as when I put clean contacts in. I'd also be worried about infection.

 

[Man o War]

I have the dailies, but use them for about two weeks at a time. The only real difference I notice between the dailies and the monthlies are that the dailies are thinner and easier to tear. Otherwise I more or less treat them like regulars and it's totally fine. I care a lot less if I drop one on the floor, since I have a pack of 30 instead of 6.

Yep. I loved my dailies. Unfortunately when I became an old man my eyes got drier and for some reason they don’t bother me as much with the 30 day ones. No idea why.

 

[Man o War]

What about when on call? Do you sleep in your contacts?

No, I take them out when I lay down and put on my glasses. My eyes have gotten a lot drier as I’ve gotten older and I can’t sleep in contacts anymore. I just throw them in if I get called, I’ve worn them so long I can get them in really fast.
I just don’t like wearing glasses in the OR at all.

 

[chocomorsel]

No, I take them out when I lay down and put on my glasses. My eyes have gotten a lot drier as I’ve gotten older and I can’t sleep in contacts anymore. I just throw them in if I get called, I’ve worn them so long I can get them in really fast.
I just don’t like wearing glasses in the OR at all.

This seems like work. Constantly carrying around a case and solution. Screw it, glasses half the time and during call for sure.

 

[caligas]

No, I take them out when I lay down and put on my glasses. My eyes have gotten a lot drier as I’ve gotten older and I can’t sleep in contacts anymore. I just throw them in if I get called, I’ve worn them so long I can get them in really fast.
I just don’t like wearing glasses in the OR at all.

Why no glasses in OR?

 

[deleted875186]

I personally prefer glasses. Much easier, don’t have to worry about it, always have eye protection, just make sure they fit well and are tight, don’t want them to fall off if looking down or something. Otherwise there is absolutely no limitation with glasses. I personally think all contacts get uncomfortable after a while, but then again it’s been 10 years since I wore them.

 

[Ezekiel2517]

I have both contacts and glasses but I must say that the glasses made today are very nice and look very good. I'll put a plug in for where I got my last pair - DAVID KIND - Online eyewear, RX eyeglasses & sunglasses. 6-day Home Try-on . High quality stuff. Also, glasses are better for the OR imo.

 

[Man o War]

This seems like work. Constantly carrying around a case and solution. Screw it, glasses half the time and during call for sure.

Nah, I have a small overnight bag that always comes with me on call. I have a pair of glasses in there just for that bag so they never leave the bag.

 

[Man o War]

Why no glasses in OR?

Just personal preference, I don’t like my depth perception and lack of peripheral vision with my glasses. I have a really high prescription, so that could be part of it. My eyes are awful. Never have worked up the courage to have the corrective surgery.

 

[Shimmy8]

LASIK. Best money I’ve spent.

Had extended wear contacts that were supposed to be changed every two weeks but I was more like 6-8 weeks. They never bothered me, but I know I was at risk for potential issues down the road.

I’m 33 so I had a lot of time ahead of not wearing the contacts like I’m supposed to, so I went ahead and pulled the trigger.

 

[DocVapor]

LASIK. Best money I’ve spent.

Had extended wear contacts that were supposed to be changed every two weeks but I was more like 6-8 weeks. They never bothered me, but I know I was at risk for potential issues down the road.

I’m 33 so I had a lot of time ahead of not wearing the contacts like I’m supposed to, so I went ahead and pulled the trigger.

Can echo this, although I had LASIK at around 23 y/o, best thing ever. Vision was way better than any of the glasses/contacts/whatever I had been using before, and didn't have to worry about things like transitions lenses or having to keep track of both glasses and sunglasses.

Sadly for me, right at about the 10 year mark (which was last year), started getting headaches with driving, especially at night. Went and got my eyes checked. I'm back in glasses now.

Only reason I haven't looked into getting the LASIK touched up is because I'm still in residency and dealing with the frequency of the eyedrops for the first two weeks or so after would be complicated.

 

[chocomorsel]

There's such a thing as a Lasik touch up? Wow. Too chicken even for the first one.

 

[jwk]

When you wake up in the morning are your eyes all matted? Are they blurry? Do you get eye discharge?
I did research and read that extended wear contacts are not good for the eyes.

Once in a while I'll wake up with a little eye gunk, but not a big deal.

The only problems I ever had was years ago with hard lenses. Besides the occasional corneal abrasion, I had some early neovascularization of the cornea with rigid gas permeable lenses. That's when I switched to soft extended wear lenses when they came available. I've been in various types of these for 25 years - never had any real problems, never had an eye infection.