I just thought I'd share this, no point to it really but it's quite stupid and funny.
I'm actually visually impared but that's a whole other story. I've got glasses that I wear sometimes and have always been against contact lenses because I never liked the idea of just sticking them in my eye. But for some reason a few weeks ago I thought why not, so booked an appointment at Specsavers to try them out.
So anyway, they checked the health etc and put some contact lenses in. To cut a long story short, I was quite nervous about it and fainted. The poor opticianist looked so scared but I felt fine afterwards. So I got booked in for a 'teach' so they could teach me how to put them in etc.
So I went for two teaches, the first time able to get a lense in the right eye but not the left. The second I got them in both eyes about five times and we both agreed that I could take some home for a trial. I could get them out easily enogh. This was yesterday (Wednesday) and I left wearing some, took them out a couple of hours later with no difficulty and all was fine.
I thought they were amazing, you just stick them in and they improved yoru eyesight.
So earlier today I put some in before work. I say 'put them in', I'm sure the right lense went in but not so sure about the left lense, it kinda got stuck on my eyelash but I'm pretty sure that one went in too. At least one or both were in anyway because I could see a lot better. Off I went to work and all was fine as far as I was concerned.
When I got home earlier tonight I tried to take them out but I just couldn't for the life of me, which I thought was weird because I had no trouble getting them out beforehand. Anyway, I don't remember at any point physically seeing them out of my eye but they must have come out because I could see just as well as I always could without any lense or glasses.
I was really worried though because like I said, I never physically saw them out. The optician told me not to sleep in them because she fell asleep with hers in for ten minutes before, woke up, couldn't see a thing and they were all shrivelled up. She cut her eye the day before and apparently when you sleep the eye repairs itself. Her lense had partly healed in her eye whilst she was sleeping. Doesn't sound too nice and I didn't want that happening to me. You are also only supposed to keep them in for ten hours and the tength hour was nearing.
As I said I was really worried after hearing that so I went to A&E. I was so sure they were out (somehow) because I couldn't see as well but at this point didn't know what was going on because I was tired etc. So after a four hour wait I saw the Triage nurse who looked in my eye and said she couldn't see anything in my eye apart from the fact it was pretty scratched up with me trying to get a non-existent lense out.
So that was my Thursday night I feel really stupid about it really but I was so worried. I'm pretty worried about going to sleep now actually even though she assured me they were out.
As much as I loved wearing the things, I'm debating whether to throw the rest away in the morning. i can't be having that!
I'm actually visually impared but that's a whole other story. I've got glasses that I wear sometimes and have always been against contact lenses because I never liked the idea of just sticking them in my eye. But for some reason a few weeks ago I thought why not, so booked an appointment at Specsavers to try them out.
So anyway, they checked the health etc and put some contact lenses in. To cut a long story short, I was quite nervous about it and fainted. The poor opticianist looked so scared but I felt fine afterwards. So I got booked in for a 'teach' so they could teach me how to put them in etc.
So I went for two teaches, the first time able to get a lense in the right eye but not the left. The second I got them in both eyes about five times and we both agreed that I could take some home for a trial. I could get them out easily enogh. This was yesterday (Wednesday) and I left wearing some, took them out a couple of hours later with no difficulty and all was fine.
I thought they were amazing, you just stick them in and they improved yoru eyesight.
So earlier today I put some in before work. I say 'put them in', I'm sure the right lense went in but not so sure about the left lense, it kinda got stuck on my eyelash but I'm pretty sure that one went in too. At least one or both were in anyway because I could see a lot better. Off I went to work and all was fine as far as I was concerned.
When I got home earlier tonight I tried to take them out but I just couldn't for the life of me, which I thought was weird because I had no trouble getting them out beforehand. Anyway, I don't remember at any point physically seeing them out of my eye but they must have come out because I could see just as well as I always could without any lense or glasses.
I was really worried though because like I said, I never physically saw them out. The optician told me not to sleep in them because she fell asleep with hers in for ten minutes before, woke up, couldn't see a thing and they were all shrivelled up. She cut her eye the day before and apparently when you sleep the eye repairs itself. Her lense had partly healed in her eye whilst she was sleeping. Doesn't sound too nice and I didn't want that happening to me. You are also only supposed to keep them in for ten hours and the tength hour was nearing.
As I said I was really worried after hearing that so I went to A&E. I was so sure they were out (somehow) because I couldn't see as well but at this point didn't know what was going on because I was tired etc. So after a four hour wait I saw the Triage nurse who looked in my eye and said she couldn't see anything in my eye apart from the fact it was pretty scratched up with me trying to get a non-existent lense out.
So that was my Thursday night I feel really stupid about it really but I was so worried. I'm pretty worried about going to sleep now actually even though she assured me they were out.
As much as I loved wearing the things, I'm debating whether to throw the rest away in the morning. i can't be having that!