Contact lenses

[watervole]

I'm trying contact lenses for the first time.  Life had got to the point where I had to wear specs to be able to focus on the faces of people I was talking to.  Wearing glasses all the time tends to be tricky for me as the field of vision is smaller and I have to move my head rather than my eyes to see what I want to see.  Holding the head at unnatural angles makes my neck hurt - which is not a good idea.

So, I'm experimenting with fairly weak contact lenses backed up with reading glasses.

So far, (all of one day) I love the lenses when they're in. The world close to me is suddenly far more detailed and I don't need glasses for gardening, dishwashing, etc.  However, the reading glasses I'm now using (slightly weaker) turn out to slide down my nose...  I suspect that can be resolved (they were only ten quid from the rack in the chemist, so I'm not complaining), but I'll get someone else to try it.. 

The hard part is getting the lenses in...

The lady at the opticians gave me several practices and was very helpful, but it's definitely an acquired skill.  I need to get a tall shaving mirror asap so I have a fighting chance of seeing what I'm doing.  I almost lost a lens this morning trying to put them in.  It took around a dozen attempts before I managed it - I hope it gets easier with time!

I hope I get better at it.  I'm enjoying having peripheral vision again - and I'm finding it easier to move around the house as well.

Comments

[watervole.livejournal.com]

I think the wearing schedule is different for soft lenses. I got the impression from her that you could wear them all the time from the start, but this doesn't seem to be the case.

The finger trick sounds like a good idea. I'll try that.