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From: chai@utflis.UUCP (Henry Chai)
Newsgroups: net.med,net.consumers
Subject: Re: Hard lens advise request
Message-ID: <602@utflis.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Nov-85 11:33:08 EST
Article-I.D.: utflis.602
Posted: Mon Nov 25 11:33:08 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 26-Nov-85 01:29:36 EST
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Reply-To: chai@utflis.UUCP (Henry Chai)
Organization: FLIS, University of Toronto
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Summary: 

In article <697@leadsv.UUCP> chris@leadsv.UUCP (Chris Salander) writes:
>	I have gone for years without considering contacts because they
>could not be used for astigmatism.  Now that has changed, 

But this is nothing new! several years ago I had hard lenses fitted
that took care of my astigmatism.  Where have you been hiding? :-)

>that the sort of contacts that you must wear must keep a specific 
>orientation; i.e. you cannot but them in just any way.  They are suppose
>to be heavier on one end so that that end is always down, keeping them 
>oriented properly.  

These are called weighted lenses.  You put them in as with other contact 
lenses but they will keep their 'orientation'.

>(And how can you stand to put things on your eyes?)

How can you stand to be so narrow minded? 8-)
Just because you haven't tried it doesn't mean it can't be done.

-- 
Henry Chai, just a humble student at the 
Faculty of Library and Information Science, U of Toronto
{watmath,ihnp4,allegra}!utzoo!utflis!chai