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Old 10-28-2008, 03:00 PM
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Default Boston XO at the End of the Day

When you take your Boston XO contacts out to go to bed, do you always remove them at the same time each night, or just before bed, regardless of the hour?
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Old 05-04-2011, 07:18 PM
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I usually take my XO gp lenses out just before bed as I hate the vision with my glasses; "spectacle blurr!"

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Old 05-05-2011, 09:58 AM
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I usually take my XO gp lenses out just before bed as I hate the vision with my glasses; "spectacle blurr!"

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What is "spectacle blur"? Is it something that happens when you put your glasses on right after you take your contacts out?
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Spectacle blur is when you wear a rigid contact lenses and they reshape the corneas so that when you take them out the vision with you glasses isn't as clear because of the corneal reshaping!

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Spectacle blur is when you wear a rigid contact lenses and they reshape the corneas so that when you take them out the vision with you glasses isn't as clear because of the corneal reshaping!

Shari
Oh. I wasn't sure what that meant either. So how long does it take for your corneas to return to "normal"?
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To have the corneas go back to their "original" shape probably a good month. You'd have to check with an eye doctor OD or MD on that to be sure.

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To have the corneas go back to their "original" shape probably a good month. You'd have to check with an eye doctor OD or MD on that to be sure.

Shari
Wow, really? I thought it would only take a few minutes!

So if you wear lenses like Boston XO, and you decide to stop wear them for whatever reason, you're going to have blurred vision for a month?
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It would take a while for your eyes to "reshape" back to the cornea's original shape to get an accurate prescription for eyeglasses.

For instance, my eyes are "refracted for wearing my glasses after I take my lenses out at night. When I first wear my glasses in the morning before lens insertion I get "ghosting" of images due to my astigmatism coming back. So in order for me to see good the next morning I would have to have my eyes refracted after my lenses have been left out overnite to get an accurate prescription to wear in glasses when I first get up in the morning!

I have a choice of "good vision" at night or good vision in the morning with glasses. It's like take your pick. I don't like it but I wear my contacts most of the time so it doesn't bother me that much.

Even if I could wear soft contacts, I still wouldn't wear my contacts part time because I don't like how I look with my glasses. Some people like wearing contacts part time; I don't!
That is why I'm a good GP contact lens wearer. Some people don't want to wear their contacts all the time and enjoy switching back & forth between glasses and contacts and I don't like that. GPs are pretty much all or nothing. You either wear them or you don't!

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Old 05-06-2011, 09:22 AM
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It would take a while for your eyes to "reshape" back to the cornea's original shape to get an accurate prescription for eyeglasses.

For instance, my eyes are "refracted for wearing my glasses after I take my lenses out at night. When I first wear my glasses in the morning before lens insertion I get "ghosting" of images due to my astigmatism coming back. So in order for me to see good the next morning I would have to have my eyes refracted after my lenses have been left out overnite to get an accurate prescription to wear in glasses when I first get up in the morning!

I have a choice of "good vision" at night or good vision in the morning with glasses. It's like take your pick. I don't like it but I wear my contacts most of the time so it doesn't bother me that much.

Even if I could wear soft contacts, I still wouldn't wear my contacts part time because I don't like how I look with my glasses. Some people like wearing contacts part time; I don't!
That is why I'm a good GP contact lens wearer. Some people don't want to wear their contacts all the time and enjoy switching back & forth between glasses and contacts and I don't like that. GPs are pretty much all or nothing. You either wear them or you don't!

Shari
Thanks for taking the time to patiently explain all that. It's a good post for a site called "Lens 101."
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You're welcome!

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It would take a while for your eyes to "reshape" back to the cornea's original shape to get an accurate prescription for eyeglasses.

For instance, my eyes are "refracted for wearing my glasses after I take my lenses out at night. When I first wear my glasses in the morning before lens insertion I get "ghosting" of images due to my astigmatism coming back. So in order for me to see good the next morning I would have to have my eyes refracted after my lenses have been left out overnight to get an accurate prescription to wear in glasses when I first get up in the morning!

Shari
What do you mean by your eyes being "refracted"? I know that when light is re-directed by a lens it's called refraction, but I've never heard of eyes being refracted.
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You're welcome!

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Back to the original question. When you take your lenses out, it is always at the same time, like 10:00 or something?
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Old 07-08-2011, 12:11 PM
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To have the corneas go back to their "original" shape probably a good month. You'd have to check with an eye doctor OD or MD on that to be sure.

Shari
Wow, I've never heard of such a thing. So when you take these Boston contact lenses out, your vision is even worse then before you started wearing them, because of the corneal compression? That doesn't sound very cool.
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Wow, I've never heard of such a thing. So when you take these Boston contact lenses out, your vision is even worse then before you started wearing them, because of the corneal compression? That doesn't sound very cool.
You're right. It doesn't sound very cool, Droopy.

OK, now I want to know about that and what time people take their contacts out around here.
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You're right. It doesn't sound very cool, Droopy.

OK, now I want to know about that and what time people take their contacts out around here.
Okay, I don't know if this will help you, but I generally take my glasses off right before I go to bed, or sometimes before I get into the shower if I take one in the evening.

Does anyone have a similar schedule with their Boston XO contacts, or do you just leave them in 24/7?
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I only wear my Boston XO contacts during my waking hours not 24/7 as they are not extended wear! Unless your eye doctor says it's okay I would never wear my lenses 24/7!
Yes, I remove my lenses at bedtime; my eyeglass prescription is for wearing after removing my lenses at the end of the day and I don't see as well with my glasses because of the change in my cornea shape. It doesn't bother me because I wear my contacts pretty much every day all my waking hours unless I'm sick and then it doesn't matter much to me how my vision is!

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Old 09-19-2011, 09:56 AM
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I only wear my Boston XO contacts during my waking hours not 24/7 as they are not extended wear! Unless your eye doctor says it's okay I would never wear my lenses 24/7!
Yes, I remove my lenses at bedtime; my eyeglass prescription is for wearing after removing my lenses at the end of the day and I don't see as well with my glasses because of the change in my cornea shape. It doesn't bother me because I wear my contacts pretty much every day all my waking hours unless I'm sick and then it doesn't matter much to me how my vision is!

Shari
Thanks for telling us your personal contact lens wearing habits. I think the best thing about this site is when people say "this is what I do" or "here's what I've experienced."
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Thanks for telling us your personal contact lens wearing habits. I think the best thing about this site is when people say "this is what I do" or "here's what I've experienced."
I'm with you, Petra. When that happens it really makes these threads come alive.
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Spectacle blur is when you wear a rigid contact lenses and they reshape the corneas so that when you take them out the vision with you glasses isn't as clear because of the corneal reshaping!

Shari
Thank you Shari. Sorry it took so long to say it to you.
So you get spectacle blur from wearing contact lenses? I guess it's called that because that's what happens when you put your glasses on, huh?
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Yes, but it doesn't bother me that much because I wear my Boston XO Contacts all my waking hours!

Shari
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Shari- have you told your Dr about the 'spectacle blur' ? If your glasses are made from the most recent Rx, the vision should be stable when you take off the RGPs. Also, the blur is usually very transient and should disappear within 15 to 20mins. I've been fitting RGPs for +25 yrs, and when I see "spectacle blur', it's because the lens is not fitting properly. I haven't seen it in RGPs for a while, but see it often in people who wear soft lenses that are too tight. That's something that needs to be checked.
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Shari- have you told your Dr about the 'spectacle blur' ? If your glasses are made from the most recent Rx, the vision should be stable when you take off the RGPs. Also, the blur is usually very transient and should disappear within 15 to 20mins. I've been fitting RGPs for +25 yrs, and when I see "spectacle blur', it's because the lens is not fitting properly. I haven't seen it in RGPs for a while, but see it often in people who wear soft lenses that are too tight. That's something that needs to be checked.
That's good to know, Contact Lens Fitter. Hopefully Shari doesn't have anything major going on.
You will let us know, won't you, Shari?
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That's good to know, Contact Lens Fitter. Hopefully Shari doesn't have anything major going on.
You will let us know, won't you, Shari?
Shari? It's been over a month. Where did you go Shari?
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Hi, I'm still here! Haven't had anythng to talk about just checking any new posts!

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Hi, I'm still here! Haven't had anythng to talk about just checking any new posts!

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Thanks for checking in. We were getting worried about you.
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Hi, I'm still here! Haven't had anythng to talk about just checking any new posts!

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Oh good. I though we'd lost you. Thankfully you're still with is. So what do you think about this forum? It's pretty cool, yeah?
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Yes it is a pretty cool forum!

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Yes it is a pretty cool forum!

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I'm glad you like it. I like it too. Especially now that people are beginning to respond to posted questions.
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I'm glad you like it. I like it too. Especially now that people are beginning to respond to posted questions.
Yeah, no kidding. It's nice to have someone actually respond to me sometimes--but enough about my love life . . .
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Yeah, no kidding. It's nice to have someone actually respond to me sometimes--but enough about my love life . . .
Would you like a rim shot to go with that one-liner?
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Yeah, no kidding. It's nice to have someone actually respond to me sometimes--but enough about my love life . . .
Very funny, mayibfrank. Girls like a guy with a sense of humor, you know.
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Very funny, mayibfrank. Girls like a guy with a sense of humor, you know.
NYGiants is right you know.

Do you know what else girls like (or so I've heard)? A guy with nice eyes. I can tell you personally that glasses turn women off.

At least, that's what I keep telling myself . . .
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NYGiants is right you know.

Do you know what else girls like (or so I've heard)? A guy with nice eyes. I can tell you personally that glasses turn women off.

At least, that's what I keep telling myself . . .
Still no dates, huh kid?
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