New contacts

[pegkerr]

Well, I wore them for half a day. I don't think I have the correct fit yet. I'm not confident I picked the right dealer. I have astigmatism in the right eye, and they tried no less than seven different lens in that eye, messing around for over an hour. Very discouraging. The one I left with seemed to be the best of all the ones I tried, but that's not saying much--they said it didn't quite match what they thought was my prescription (but what they thought was my prescription was totally blurry). I can't tell whether the problems I had today were simply because the eye was so tired and sore from my (rather clumsy) attempts at putting lens in and taking them out or because it really is an improper fit. I'm to call Wednesday and come back in; I suspect further tinkering is necessary. If they tinker too much I might say thanks but no thanks and try to find another dealer.

I have a headache now. The fact that I've been doing Quicken tonight doesn't help. I took them out about an hour ago and am resorting to glasses.

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[callunav.livejournal.com]

You make me worry.

Long ago, when I first got glasses, there were only hard contact lenses, and I asked if I could get contacts and was told flatly "No." I have a vertical astigmatism. Normal people, it appears, have horizontal astigmatims. For this reason, it was impossible that contacts, even very expensive contacts, would be remotely viable - and even to attempt it would be very expensive. And uncomfortable.

So I didn't.

In recent years, I've thought that what with all the amazing advances in the technologies involved, SUREly my vertical astigmatism would pose no obstacle to my joining the contact-wearing hordes. And I rather like the way I look without my glasses. I'm not walk-into-walls blind without them, by any means, but I'm probably-shouldn't-drive and will-certainly-go-nuts-from-everything-being-so-blurry impaired, so I thought contacts would be nice. And viable. And maybe even affordable, someday.

I read you entry and fear that I have been vastly optimistic. Alas. Although, since I couldn't get them now anyhow, it's probably just as well for me to believe that they wouldn't have worked out. :)