I am hoping some one will have some ideas to this problem. I started swimming in a masters program in July and I love it. But as the 1.5 hour session goes on, I notice that my vision starts to get a little blurry. By the time we are done, I am seeing double. After about an hour or so, it all clears up and I see fine. I wear contacts but they are in place the whole time. This only happens when swiming, I have never had problem like this any other time. Could it be the goggles?I don't have this problem when in a pool just horsing around.
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I agree with seeing a eye professional soon, it is just not worth the risk.
Be prepared for the lecture on not wearing your contacts in the pool though. I get it everytime. I do wear mine in the pool and and still struggle to see the pace clock depending on the lane I am in. I tried swimming without them, and became nauseous. I pull my goggles off from time to time so I can blink a few times - the pressure is abit much for a long workout
The recent Swimmer magazine had two pages devoted to the newer and cheaper goggles with prescription lens. I plan to send the article to my eye MD and ask which ones I might use. He'll probably say the expensive custom ones no doubt. Maybe your eyesight could be corrected with one of the goggle types reviewed, most were under $50.00. And if you have bad eyesight you know this isnt a bad price to correct it, I needed a small loan on my last pair of glasses!
But dont wait - have your double vision checked out soon.
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I agree with seeing a eye professional soon, it is just not worth the risk.
Be prepared for the lecture on not wearing your contacts in the pool though. I get it everytime. I do wear mine in the pool and and still struggle to see the pace clock depending on the lane I am in. I tried swimming without them, and became nauseous. I pull my goggles off from time to time so I can blink a few times - the pressure is abit much for a long workout
The recent Swimmer magazine had two pages devoted to the newer and cheaper goggles with prescription lens. I plan to send the article to my eye MD and ask which ones I might use. He'll probably say the expensive custom ones no doubt. Maybe your eyesight could be corrected with one of the goggle types reviewed, most were under $50.00. And if you have bad eyesight you know this isnt a bad price to correct it, I needed a small loan on my last pair of glasses!
But dont wait - have your double vision checked out soon.
