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-7.5 right, -8 left. Glasses all the time since I was 8!

@Mrs. Oatmeal: my vision before cataracts surgery! I have had glasses since age 2!

mine were both -4.25 I think.
now they're 20/20.
yay lasik

Horrible! -7.0 in both eyes!

-13 and -15, can't remember which eye is which. Worn glasses since the 3rd grade. Yeah it's pretty awesome They have stabilized in the last few years and while lasik isn't recommended I can get surgery to replace the natural lense in the cornea (i think) with an artificial one in the near future.

Horrible!! -5.5 in contacts with slight astigmatism in ine eye

-6.50 on the left, -5.75 on the right with astigmatism. I sooooo want lasik but everyone keeps saying to wait...

Mine is +1.5/+1.25... reading glasses since I was 16. Ugh.

Mine was -5.75 or something in both eyes for like 10 years, and then I had LO and it got even worse. I think they're both -6.25 now. I hope they don't get any worse! I'm not a viable candidate for Lasik either.

@MK0180 Woo, sounds like your vision is like mine! I'm like -12 or -13 in my glasses, a little less in contacts. I wear my glasses a lot because I get allergic conjunctivitis - I literally have an allergic reaction to contacts in my eyeballs I still wear them but not as often as I'd like.

I am also not a candidate for Lasik because of my vision but I'm very interested in the lens-replacement surgery. Or I would be except that it's like $20,000.

-4.00 left eye, -2.75 right eye. I wanna get LASIK soon!

I'm -10.5 in the L and -11 in the right. It's bad. Worn glasses since I was 4. Both retinas have detached in the past few years (and were reattached). Having extreme nearsightedness cause the retinas to tear.

@MK0180: I feel you on the heavy glasses. We are both approaching the limit for contact power, I believe....I think it only goes up to 15, and those are hard to find.

-1.25 (l) and -1.5 (r)

Bad enough that when I asked my eye doctor for the number, like whatever-20, he said that the chart he keeps in his office doesn't go that high. And I can't wear any of the semi-comfortable soft contact lenses because they don't make them strong enough.

I don't think I'll ever get Lasik though...the idea of it just creeps me out. And I don't really mind my glasses, they just feel like a part of me at this point. An expensive part of me since I have to pay tons extra to get the lenses made thinner/less shiny than they usually are with a super high prescription...but a part of me nonetheless.

-3.25 r and -3.5 l. I'm considering getting LASIK.

@MrsADS: My sister had her's replaced because of cateracts and they are no where near the miracle she was told they'd be.

I'm -9 in both want to look into Lasik

Wow- I thought I had bad vision! I mean it sure feels bad to me when I'm not wearing glasses and can't see anything further than a foot away!

I am -2.5 and -3.0. I am nearsighted, so when I read, I take off my glasses. I was going to get LASIK and then I found out that if I do, because I'm nearsighted, I'll be more likely to need bifocals by 40. So I'm unsure

20/15 with Lasik before it wasn't too bad, like -1.25 or something, but it really interfered with my job. I remember doing chest compressions on this guy and my glasses slid off into his pile of bloody vomit

-6.5 on the left, -5.75 on the right. Def need to thin my glasses out! I wish I could get lasik!