The first pair of trial contacts was not successful. I left work for 2 hours in the morning to try them and have the doc check out the fit and my vision. The first thing I noticed was that the vision in my left eye was noticeably worse than with my present pair of contacts. With the Snellen test, it was also shown that I see worse with my right eye (and I see the chart better than my actual functional vision is).
The doc said he wanted me to try them for a couple of weeks anyway because it might just be a case of my having to get used to that particular type and fit (plus, the machine said I should be getting good vision even if I couldn't see the barn when it was whirring about).
While I ws driving back to work, it felt like I got a piece of lint in my left eye. Fine, as soon as I got to work, I took out the contact, washed it off with saline, and re-inserted it. It felt better for abot 10 minutes, then the lint feeling again. Usually, if I let it go, small debris will eventually wash itself out, so I tried to ignore it. After about an hour, I tried washing the contact off again.
It felt better for a while, then the debris sensation again. I let it go, then after an hour or so, washed off the contact. At that point, I noticed both the upper and lower eyelids had slight swelling. The rims of my left eyelid were also turning red.
Time to call the doc.
They weren't really thrilled to hear from me on a Friday afternoon, especially since it would take me about 40 minutes to ge there, but they had me come in anyway. After looking at things, the doc decided I should go back to my old contacts and he would order a different type for me to try.
This is coming at a bad time. I took 4 hours off of work on Friday at a time when I needed to put in extra time (only put in 7 hours instead of the 11-12 I had planned). I only have 2 1/2 more weeks to get everything in order and I was hoping that long hours during the week would keep me from having to go in on the weekends.
That was wishfull thinking!
oh rats! heres hoping the next lot prove better. sounds most uncomfortable.
Posted by: bod | October 17, 2006 at 01:33 AM
Fortunately it was more uncomfortable and annoying than painful. If I had let it go on and tried to wear them thru the weekend, it might have advanced to the painful stage (well, no, I wouldn't have been wearing them at that point since I'm a great believer in pain avoidance - yard work to the contrary)
Posted by: bogie | October 17, 2006 at 03:46 AM