I have some kind of eye allergies and so I had to remove my contact lenses earlier that evening and my only pair of glasses broke sometime ago. I am not blind without my lenses, but vision is compromised, a little.

At about 9:30pm I realize that there is not enough milk for the next morning. I stand in front of the refrigerator and contemplate if I should wear my lens and drive with itchy eyes or simply drive without them. I decide to take the chance and drive without them. I hurry out of the kitchen door into the garage. Climb into the car and back out of the driveway and go on my way. It is not that bad. I drive a little slow to give myself more reaction time.

All through the drive I keep thinking - this is illegal for me to do since my license specifically says that I have to wear correction lenses to drive. And if something goes wrong, the insurance company won't pay because I was violating a pre-requisite. Regular late night paranoia. All for a couple of gallons of milk.

Then I notice how the street lights streak out due to my astigmatism. I count a few lights of diminishing size where there is supposed to be one and feel a little blurry eyed after staring at the traffic light. Somehow the streaking is absent with the traffic light. I reach Walgreen's, get milk and drive back a little more confident with my diminished vision.

I reach home and feel a little triumphant about my adventure.

The next morning, while I am getting ready to chauffeur the kid to swimming class, I realize the kid's booster seat is missing. The last I saw, it was on top of the car. I was supposed to put it in the car the previous evening. Before I drove to get milk, without my contact lenses.

Conclusion: I cannot see the booster seat sitting on top of the car without my contact lenses. And couple of gallons of milk cost $24.73 when you do things my way.

This is some sort of a funny coincidence. Go to renew my drivers license and they want me to take an eye test. I peep into that machine and can't read a thing. They check the machine again and ask me to peep again. cant read anything.

Guy: Can you go wear your glasses
Me: But I dont wear glasses
Guy: Thats ok I'll wiat, go and get it from you car
Me: But I don't...

3 days later i find out i have astigmatism. $80 glasses to renew a DL.

I thought you were reviewing a book called " how to buy milk without contact lenses". Good that you were not.

Can one use lens when one has astigmatism? A doc told me that it was not advisable, and to stick to glasses.

The problem with astigmatism is that the contact lens should not move around in the eye. It needs to stay put. So they make weighted lenses called toric lenses, which is heavier on one edge. The heavier side stays down while the lighter edge stays up. Thus astigmatism can be corrected using contact lenses. Toric lenses are available in India too.

be carefull man..next time you wont be so that lucky. There will be no next time if something bad happen. Think of your children. - find insurance

Coco-incidentally, hit an old lady's car last evening and caused 6 inches of damage. All through the night I wondered how I could be so reckless. 'Concentration lapse' I concluded. Now, I'm thinking may be astigmatism.

Casement

The most common "treatment" is to avoid what's causing your eye allergy. Itchy eyes? Keep your home free of pet dander and dust, and stay inside with the air conditioner on when a lot of pollen is in the air. If you have central air conditioning, use a high quality filter that can trap most airborne allergens and replace it frequently.