I had needed an eye exam but had been putting it off. That is until my glasses broke. Well, when I went, they were running a special…free eye exams. My insurance will pay for one exam per year so I thought I’d go back for a contact lens exam. Turns out, that was free too. Now, a bit of background….
About 20 years ago in Hermann, MO I gave contacts a go. However, my eyes were bad enough that to get the correction I needed, I had to get gas permeable contacts (as opposed to soft ones). I never did get used to them moving on my eyes and gave up on them.
Fast forward to yesterday. I picked up my contacts, they showed me how to insert/remove them, and sent me on the way with 5 trial pairs of daily lenses.
Initial results:
- I can’t see as well as I can with glasses. Although, my vision is corrected to 20/20 with contacts, it is corrected to something like 20/10 with glasses.
- The dr said that would get better as my eyes adjusted to the contacts
- I didn’t notice them in my eyes too much. I expect as I get used to them, that will go away
- Because of #1, I doubt I’ll wear them 100% of the time.
[Update 2013-02-02 06:27:28] A write-up is here after me wearing contacts for the second day.
[Update 2013-02-04 18:46:42] I had day 5 of my trial. I blogged about days 3, 4, and 5 here.