Hi all. I just discovered this group so forgive me if this has been over

discussed!  My brief history...I got glasses in 9th grade for
nearsightedness
(I can see close up..right?),  lost them soon after that. Got soft
contact lenses,
loved them til I couldn't see out of them any longer because of
astygmatism,
got hard PMMA lenses and wore them for ~30 years, wore them too many
hours a day and warped my corneas. Switched to RGP's ~2 years ago, good
news is my corneas went back to normal (the Dr. didn't think they
would),
bad news is I hate my RGP's.  I can only wear them ~10 hours a day, and
they bug the heck out of me.  They are not comfortable and they get
foggish
quite often.  I can however see 20/15 with them.  I hate glasses, but
have to
wear them at night.  I am quickly approaching the age (ACCK) where I
will
have to get reading glasses.  So here, after all that, is my question!
Have any of you worn toric soft lenses and been pleased with them?  My
Dr. is going to get me a trial pair of Focus Torics to try.  I don't
want Lasik.
I just want to see really well and not have these pickin RPG's lenses.
Well, that's not really all, I want tinted lenses too.  :}
thanks for all info and experiences!!

Gotta warn you that you wont see as well with the soft torics as with
your gas perms no matter how optimum the fit is with the soft cl's.
You may be able to get 20/20 best corrected acuity but the "clarity"
wont be as good. You may (emphasize "may") be able to wear the soft
cl's longer but if it's a dry eye situation it may be a wash.  Long
term gas perm/rigid lens wearers just don't see as well when switching
to scl's. If your expectations are tempered you may do fine.

frank

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Hi I am actually a friend of Michelle's and she asked me to tell you about
my toric lens experience. I wear Toric soft lenses from Bausch and Lomb
(soft lenses 66) and they work really well for me.  This is my first pair
of contacts ever so I really have nothing to compare them to. However I can
wear them for the entire day without any discomfort whatsoever. These
lenses are also cleverly marked so you can position them in your eye when
you put them in so that they will be in the correct orientation.  I am not
sure if you will see as well with these as you will with RGP, however I
know that if it is comfort you are interested in, and are willing to make a
slight sacrafice in visual acuity, then these are worth a shot.

Cheers Seth