I need -10 correction. Before I even started lessons I did my 3rd
class medical and had no problems passing. I was 20/20 in one eye and
20/30 in the other. Funny thing was when I had my regular exam a few
weeks later, my eye doctor said I was 20/20 in both eyes.

Fortunately my astigmatism is not too bad. I am able to drive with my
glasses, but I do not like to because I lose so much of my peripheral
vision. I do fly with my contacts, but I plan on practicing with
glasses in the event that I have to switch over to them in mid flight.

I am also like you that I can not be corrected to 20/20 with lasik
because of thin corneas. If my astigmatism gets worse I may get
partially corrected anyway. Maybe someday they will get to the point
where they can just clone us some new eyeballs!

On Aug 31, 7:36 am, Emily wrote:
Ash Wyllie wrote:
Emily opined

Not a directly piloting question, but it certainly affects it.

My second class medical expires in December, so panic is starting to
set in.

I have bad eyes.

IIUC, you wear contacts? Why not use old-fashioned glasses?

The question I always get. :-) I have a fairly strong correction (-7
and -8). My peripheral vision is terrible with glasses and since the
focal point (?) is slightly in front of my eyes, there's a fair amount
of distortion and depth perception problems. I can't remember exactly
why the distortion happens, but it does with glasses. I wear them
around the house, but can't even drive in them, especially at night.
Flying - at least landing - is out of the question with glasses.