contact thoughts

[April]

I managed to get them in, despite the palsy in my left hand. LOL things look weird. Kinda shortened and small. It's kind of neat, however everything's somewhat blurry. And I think the doc didn't prescribe the right strength for my right eye.

Heh. Definitely not driving quality. Hell, I can barely see what I'm typing. Astigmatism sucks.

 

[Willing and Unsure]

I had that whole blurry thing happen to me once when I put my contacts in. it turned out the one fell out of my left eye and that's why everything looked so strange and small.

 

[calypso_21]

Hun you need to call your doctor. They should not be blurry. When you are getting used to them you should only keep them in a couple hours every day gradually increasing the time. Atleast that is what they suggest.

Did you get them from the doctors or mailed to you?

 

[Lost Cause]

hmmm....

You may have them each switched to the wrong eye. I reversed mine a while back with the same type of results. Are they hard or soft? I'm just putting up with mine till I can afford to zap my eyes. Like you said, the doc could have prescribed some that do not cover your eye properly. Hope you can read this!

 

[horny_giraffe]

I managed to get them in, despite the palsy in my left hand. LOL things look weird. Kinda shortened and small. It's kind of neat, however everything's somewhat blurry. And I think the doc didn't prescribe the right strength for my right eye.

Heh. Definitely not driving quality. Hell, I can barely see what I'm typing. Astigmatism sucks.

Make sure that the lens with the astigmatism is rotated correctedly. That's a problem I had all the time when I had contacts. Douse your eye with saline and it should fall into place, if you haven't already done that.

 

[kidthor]

I had hard lenses years ago, back before they fully developed the soft lense technology for my condition...they were the most damn uncomfortable thing ever...took forever to get in and forever to get out...I even had a little suction cup for extraction...I was always afraid I'd pull my eyeball right out of the socket...

...Anyway...that's why I only wear glasses now...

 

[April]

I'm going back to the glasses in a few minutes. I just wanted to start wearing them a bit.

I had a brief moment where vision was good. But I think the right lens is not positioning itself correctly. Perhaps I'll look for an eye doctor here and have the peepers checked again. The doc who did them in the states was in a bit of a hurry. (assembly line mode)

I've doused them several times with the rewetting drops. Didn't help much. Oh well. Can't expect everything at once. Thanks for the concern.

 

[Ask For More]

You definitely need to see an optician. There are plenty of reasons why they're not really working
I only wear contacts occasionally, because apparently I have tight eyelids which push the lens down. So the vision I get isn't completely clear.

 

[Mischka]

Toric lenses are the most difficult to fit, because they have to be weighted to correct the astigmatism. If it's not fitting after half an hour, then most likely it's not going to fit. You'll need to go to a local optometrist to get properly fitted. Even a great doc can get it wrong the first time out, but one in a hurry is less likely to pay attention to your eyes. That sucks that you had to waste your time and money on a doctor that didn't work out.

As others have suggested, a gradually increasing wear time also helps your eye to adjust to the contacts, if it's been a while since you last wore them. The optical I worked at recommended 1 hour, then 2 hours, then 4, then 8.

Good luck.

 

[JerseyBoy]

You seem to have sensitive eyes as well as astigmatism

my advice: do NOT see an optician or optomotrist...see an Opthomologist. He is an actual doctor and will know quite a bit more about the eyes.

 

[Mischka]

my advice: do NOT see an optician or optomotrist...see an Opthomologist. He is an actual doctor and will know quite a bit more about the eyes.

An optician cannot prescribe contacts. They fit glasses and teach people how to wear contacts after they've received a doctor's prescription.

An optometrist's speciality is prescribing glasses and contacts. Opthamologists are trained in diseases of the eyes; they are not as good for lense fittings and they cost more (because they are surgical doctors). If there is an actual problem with April's eyes, an optometrist will recommend she see an opthamologist. If it's simply a matter of fitting the proper toric lenses, an optometrist is better qualified.

 

[JerseyBoy]

An optometrist's speciality is prescribing glasses and contacts. Opthamologists are trained in diseases of the eyes; they are not as good for lense fittings and they cost more (because they are surgical doctors). If there is an actual problem with April's eyes, an optometrist will recommend she see an opthamologist. If it's simply a matter of fitting the proper toric lenses, an optometrist is better qualified.

i just have a bad taste for optomotrists. The last one I saw 6 years ago told me it was fine to store my lenses in saline and sold me a can of it and told me to not waste my money on the disenfectant storage solution. Less than a month later I was in the hospital for 10 daysas a virus that had grown in my lense case was now eating away at my cornea. My eye was saved but I cannot use a lense in it anymore. But Ive said all this before. I should have sued his motherfucking ass!

I'd really have to question the statement that an optomotrist is better qualified for anything. I guess it depends on who you ask.

 

[Mischka]

I'd really have to question the statement that an optomotrist is better qualified for anything. I guess it depends on who you ask.

I worked for an optometrist for three years. We saw many patients that went to an opthamologist first for their glass and contact fittings, only to have to redo the entire procedure because the opthamologist did not prescribe toric lenses to a patient with an astigmatism, or told a patient that wearing contacts for an entire month without taking them out was fine.

Optometrists are doctors. They are trained in their speciality - prescribing corrective lenses for the eyes. Yes, there are quacks out there, but that can be said for any profession. I'm sorry that you had such a terrible experience with one optometrist, but that does not discount the entire group. The one I worked for was well-respected, and has a large base of returning, satisfied customers.

(And I promise that we never told anyone saline was sufficient for cleaning and storage. We went down a two page checklist for new contact wearers, detailing everything from protein removal to chopping jalepenos while wearing contacts.)

 

[April]

I never knew the difference between an optician, optometrist, and opthalmologist. Thanks Mischka.

I had the exam in the states because I wanted contacts and wanted to avoid dealing with a local doctor because of the language thing. That'll teach me to attempt an end run around things. LOL

The lenses feel fine in my eyes, and the left lens seems to be of the proper strength. The right one seems wrong though. Well, they weren't intended by me to be replacements for my glasses, just something to supplement on occasion.

Damn, now I gotta borrow someone's phone book. Heh.