Astigmatism??

How many of you have it?

I found out Yesterday that I do.. My vision also just isn't as good as it could be and I have some problems focusing. I'm getting some awesome glasses by Candies that have transisions lenses. But I wonder if this means I'll have to wear glasses forever??? Are glasses horrible to wear? I was told I won't have to wear them All the time, mostly when I'm reading or on the computer but the more I wear them the better. They were talking about coming back and getting some kind of coating put on the lenses or something so they don't glare since I'm going to start driving soon. You know, its weird. I didn't really think there was something wrong with my eyes til I went and saw how much clearer and sharper things could be, and now its like my eyes are bugging me because I know that I'm not seeing things as good as I should be able to. The glasses will be ready early next week. She said it usually takes 2-3 days but the week

a LOT of people have it. some people who dont think they have it...have it.

its no big deal. its one of the more common causes of blurry vision:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astigmatism

http://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions...

Nothing says you'll have to wear glasses (awesome ones or not) forever. Whether you find them horrible to wear is sort of a personal thing. Over the years, eyesight generally becomes weaker but for me, my eyes are stronger than they were five years ago.

Having an astigmatism simply means that ur eye is refracting the light it takes inside in a different manner. I have one, & the actual shape of ur eyeball is more like a football rather then round, so it takes in light differently. Unfortunately, the only way to fix this is with glasses due to the fact that u will always have a constant "blur" that affects your vision, however they do make contacts now that are for people with this problem, & recently laser surgery can correct this too, altho I'm not sure about the success rate. Speaking from personal experience....besides the fact that I am near-sited as well, I find that if I'm on the computer or reading & go to look up at anything really that's when I notice the astigmatism. Even when I am driving mainly at night, I notice that the words have a slight blurry haze above them which makes it hard to read. So glasses are required. But I feel your pain, & as far as wearing glasses...now-a-days they have so many neat & sexy glasses to choose from so no worries! Look on the bright side, you can look sexy & smart! But yeah, I didn't know that anything was wrong with my vision until I went & got an eye exam after I got health insurance..go figure! But when I put my glasses on it was like a whole new world!!!!

I know what you mean about how now you see how much clearer and sharper things can be - I felt the same way. I remember driving down the highway with my mom (I was 10 years old at the time) and I kept pointing out things I had never noticed before.
You'll probably have to wear glasses for life. If you hate wearing them you can get contacts - I have astigmatism in one of my eyes, and I have no problem wearing contacts. I find that I see better in contacts, but I have a really strong prescription. If yours isn't bad you might not mind wearing glasses.