Well, thats life for ya...

[myvice]

About a month ago I put down my deposit for a shiny new yellow Daytona...
But it would take approximately 6 weeks to arrive, not a big concern, as I have to sell my old Bandit and sort out the details, like being $6k over budget!
All was going well, had a new owner for the Bandit lined up, which fell through...
Bugger!
Not a biggy as I have to get a new front tyre as I want to sell it with matching Pilot Powers and it needs the tank painted too.
I am now down to two weeks remaining and not stressed...
Except for one little detail...
Last Friday night I broke my glasses, scary ride home, if you want to try it put a film of oil over your visor and hit rush hour in the rain.
Today I dropped into OPSM and had my eyes re-tested.
Slightly worse than last time so about 30 years of sight left, so how long will I be riding for?
20 years? Could be worse but its not what I'd call good news.
Need glasses, $740, this will give me 90-95% better vision.
For the full 100% I need contact lenses, not the soft disposable ones but the custom made hard ones at $600 a set!
So I'm getting both, glasses for day to day things and the lenses for riding.
That’s not the bad part, all of this so far is just "One of those things"
My bike is here in two weeks, also not the bad part...
New glasses will be about two weeks because of whatever, again, not the bad part...
It’s coming...


NO RIDING FOR AT LEAST TWO TO FOUR WEEKS SO MY EYES CAN ADJUST!!!


For two weeks I can look at a brand new, never ridden bike that I own...
And not ride it!

:crybaby: :crybaby: :crybaby: :crybaby: :crybaby: :crybaby: :crybaby:

And I am very, very broke...
Such is life, bit of humour tho...
I couldn’t have timed it better if I had tried!

[apteryx_haasti]

I gotta say it - you poor poor bastard. At least you can post some nice pics, aye? Then we call all be just like you and look at but not ride your new toy!

[chanceyy]

but at least once you have it all sorted you should be able to see whats in front of you .... that has to be a bonus ;)

[Sniper]

That sucks mate.....

[Edbear]

That man Murphy! HE got a lot to answer for....! I FEEL YOUR PAIN! If you want to see, (!!!), how it goes, I'd be happy to oblige...:blip:

[myvice]

That man Murphy! HE got a lot to answer for....! I FEEL YOUR PAIN! If you want to see, (!!!), how it goes, I'd be happy to oblige...:blip:
You’re so kind, and yet "BITE ME" is the only thing I can think of in response to your generous offer...

[justsomeguy]

The way I see it, you're getting a chance to save up some proper gas money.

Congats on the new bike. :done:

Remember to drop me a PM in 4 weeks the next time you're heading out on those eastern roads.

[Edbear]

You’re so kind, and yet "BITE ME" is the only thing I can think of in response to your generous offer...



:laugh: :killingme

[MD]

Myvice, have you considered laser surgery on your eyes? No glasses, no lenses to clean & lose & replace. Big cost upfront but over tens years or more of good vision 24/7 ít sort of pays for itself. About $2500 an eye but some health insurance plans might still cover it. Worth checking out.
Oh yeah, sorry to hear you are still waiting for the new bike.

[myvice]

Myvice, have you considered laser surgery on your eyes? No glasses, no lenses to clean & lose & replace. Big cost upfront but over tens years or more of good vision 24/7 ít sort of pays for itself. About $2500 an eye but some health insurance plans might still cover it. Worth checking out.
Oh yeah, sorry to hear you are still waiting for the new bike.
No can do...
Laser surgery takes off a layer of the cornier and the problem I have is that it’s too thin so it goes to a point.
It’s a type of stigmatism, too much wanking maybe?
Anyway, I can have the corneas replaced when I lose too much vision but until then I'll get my visor ground to my prescription...
Can you imagine that? Cruising along when this bike comes along side, the rider turns his head and you have these two REALY big eyes looking at you?
Heh heh heh...

Will do JSG, just let me run it in first.

[Edbear]

[QUOTE=myvice] the rider turns his head and you have these two REALY big eyes looking at you?Heh heh heh...[QUOTE]




Photoshop anyone...?:blip:

[MD]

..
Can you imagine that? Cruising along when this bike comes along side, the rider turns his head and you have these two REALY big eyes looking at you?
Heh heh heh...


I have enough trouble getting distracted whenever I see two big boobs pointing at me, let alone noticing the eyes! Do woman with big boobs have eyes? I've never bothered to look up.

[BarBender]

Sorry to hear about the bad luck and timing.

Great to hear that you're looking on the bright side of things though...:doh:

[Edbear]

Great to hear that you're looking on the bright side of things though...:doh:



Isn't that a song..?:doobey:

[Toast]

Last Friday night I broke my glasses, scary ride home, if you want to try it !

I know what ya mean. I'm not even that blind (just failed the test at driving licence time for my full), and riding at night without my glasses is near suicide.

[MacD]

Keratoconus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratoconus) care of Wikipedia, quite a good article.

[NSR-Dan]

im pretty blind i cant see the key's on my key board until im about 15cm away from it. i wear contacts when riding.

just a word of advise. carry some eye drops with you. sometimes long rides and wearing a helmet can dry your eyes out when wearing contacts. and it hurts like hell. cant emagine what glass ones would feel like but i bet it would be worse.

[Korea]

Can you imagine that? Cruising along when this bike comes along side, the rider turns his head and you have these two REALY big eyes looking at you?

Has happened plenty of times. It's called the Shinya Nakano Replica helmet from Arai.

[Lou Girardin]

What do optometrists know? When the bike arrives, get on it and ride.
You're only going to see sky anyway.

PS cornea transplants will be a bugger, a year for full recovery I heard.

[ManDownUnder]

Mate - it'll be like tantric sex... nothing for ages... the suspense building and building... then when it does happen - and it goes ooooooo so well..

...it'll be mind blowing...

Wait nicely, enjoy the suspense, enjoy the ride and don't make a mess

[magicfairy]

No can do...
Laser surgery takes off a layer of the cornier and the problem I have is that it’s too thin so it goes to a point.
It’s a type of stigmatism,


I have the same condition - astigmatism. Corneas thin and irregular. I have specially made soft lenses that are weigted so they sit the right way up. When they tried hard lenses for me, even after 4 months I could not tolerate them more than a couple of hours without my eyes getting irritated and having to take them out. So if you haven't worn hard lenses before be prepared for a lot of "getting used to them"
You will probably also notice a lot of glare especially around dusk and at night, makes it very hard to ride - oncoming vehicle lights are horrible. Also bright sunlight glare is worse with lenses, so you may have to invest in some good sunnies for day time riding. Good luck.

[imdying]

Laser surgery... perfect vision, can ride home if you like. Totally recommend it. I had an astigmatism in each eye... two rugby balls in different directions, they fixed that right up :) Check out with the people that do a topographical map of the eye and remove the smallest amount possible. They man be able to do it when the others can't.

[madboy]

It’s a type of stigmatism, too much wanking maybe?I knew it would catch up with me sooner or later...

[kickingzebra]

The technology has changed a lot over the years!! Laser surgery is able to fix astigmatism, but the cost is a lot more than standard short or longsightedness. Last time I priced it, it was gonna be 5 K per eye.
Go for the one where they don't lift the cornea, as that can badly dry your eyes, and make them feel scratchy and dry and horrid.

But four weeks for your eyes to get used to glasses?? maybe two or three days, but not four weeks!!

Had one instance on a gsxr thou with all the go fast bits, wearing contacts, forgot to put me visor down, whacked the throttle, and blew the contact lenses up inside my head!!

I'm as blind as a bat without lenses, so that was a slow trip till they dropped back down!!

Hope she comes right for you quickly!!

[nudemetalz]

It's a tough world but you get to ride soon.

I've got 49 weeks left til I can ride and it's getting tougher by the day.
Taking the bus sux big time !!!!

[imdying]

The technology has changed a lot over the years!! Laser surgery is able to fix astigmatism, but the cost is a lot more than standard short or longsightedness. Last time I priced it, it was gonna be 5 K per eye.I had both my astigmatisms corrected less than 2 years ago for $1750 per eye.

[PuppetMaster]

Do you have Keratoconus ?
I ask because the government still subsidise us. Well they did, I havent got a new lense for a while. i am on a contact lense benefit.

You are lucky you can wear glasses, I havent been able to wear glasses, Ive always worn hard lenses.

[PuppetMaster]

Keratoconus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratoconus) care of Wikipedia, quite a good article.


That article is a load of shite.

Quote - often with little or no impairment to the patient's quality of life.
Piss off, im blind ffs.

It CAN lead to blindness if untreated. I'd call that an impairment. My vision was 4-20 before surgery, 12-20 afterwards, with contact lenses. And thats my good eye.

surgery, someone elses cornea stitched onto your eyeball, thats no impairment ? A whole year of being blind in the eye. and then finally being able to wear a lense, on top of the stitches.

[Wasp]

yea... it sucks to be blind.

whatever you do DONT LOOSE THOSE HARD LENSES (yet another reason why i opted for the disposible ones cos at $12 a lense they dont cost all that much ;))

[MacD]

That article is a load of shite.

Quote - often with little or no impairment to the patient's quality of life.
Piss off, im blind ffs.

It CAN lead to blindness if untreated. I'd call that an impairment. My vision was 4-20 before surgery, 12-20 afterwards, with contact lenses. And thats my good eye.

surgery, someone elses cornea stitched onto your eyeball, thats no impairment ? A whole year of being blind in the eye. and then finally being able to wear a lense, on top of the stitches.

Depends how you want to read the article really. It's not a bad summary of what keratoconus is, how it's detected, and who is at risk of developing it.

About 20% of keratoconics progress to the point of needing a corneal graft. That leaves a fair proportion who don't need a corneal graft and manage with rigid lenses or spectacles only. Fair enough, that's not your experience, but it will be for many people diagnosed with it.

If anybody is interested in reading up on some of the research on keratoconus do a Pubmed (http://www.pubmed.com) search on CLEK (Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Keratoconus).