My Eyes, My Eyes!
Or, “Why I Am the Worst Person to Have Contact Lenses.” Or, “How I Am Going to Go Blind at a Young Age.”
I’ve been wearing contacts for years now. Six years actually. And you know what? I actually don’t have a pair of glasses with a current prescription. You wanna know when I got the only pair of glasses I own? Six years ago.
Obviously that means I always wear contacts, all day erryday. And I don’t have the special contacts that are okay to leave in and stuff. I have the kind that you’re supposed to wear for like eight hours a day and throw out every two weeks. Funny story. I wear my contacts for however long I’m awake (usually 15-18 hours) and change them, oh, once a month. You know what you’re NOT supposed to do with contacts? Wear them for 15-18 hours a day and use the same pair for a month.
Wow look at the similarities between what I do and what you’re not supposed to do!
Listen, it’s not as bad as it seems. It’s not like I’m trying to say, “I hate you eyes, I am going to make you suffer!” I just…don’t have a pair of glasses that I can reasonably wear. The ones I do have are drastically weaker than my current prescription. And glasses are expensive. And I’m irresponsible and lazy. And I don’t really like wearing glasses much. So…yeah, it is pretty much my fault. Sorry eyes.
But at least I’m not as bad as some people. My one friend’s co-worker apparently wears the same pair of contacts for months. And she doesn’t take them out. She sleeps with them in. Anyone who has contacts knows what it’s like to sleep with your contacts in. It’s as if your eyes are people and you decide to smother their faces with plastic bags until they are almost dead. Repeatedly.
So I’m not as bad as some people are with contacts. But, I am bad. And I really need to invest in a pair of glasses that I won’t mind wearing.
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Posted by Cindy — Tuesday, July 12th 2011
YOU REBEL, YO. Ahh, I remember when I used to wear contacts every day! They kept telling me to replace my pair every month, but I always switched every 3 months or so. Those things get expensive!
Posted by Haley — Tuesday, July 12th 2011
Oh dude. Not good, yo. Be nice to your eyes! Although you must be taking good care of those contacts because if you hadn’t been you would have had some nasty infections by now. I had this insane infection in my eyes that happened the day before sophomore year high school homecoming dance; all the blood vessels in my eyes burst. Damn did I look hawt. :P NEVER HAPPENED AGAIN. Learned my lesson.
Get some glasses, though! I got some trifocals last year (super sexy amirite) and they have actually IMPROVED the vision in one of my eyes. No joke. Doesn’t really help me much since I’m already beyond blind but I was still pretty shocked it happened at all! :D
Posted by Kristine — Tuesday, July 12th 2011
JOOOOSHHH! Don’t wear contacts for 15-18 hours at a time! I seriously got an eye infection for doing just that in my senior year of high school. I lost some serious vision because I didn’t see a specialist for months. When I finally did see my ophthalmologist, he prescribed some steroid eye drops and antibiotics because the infection was so bad that my eyes developed scarring. I really couldn’t read anything for a month until I cleared the infection.
Basically, I stopped wearing contacts for good when I found out I got ANOTHER eye infection a year after the first major eye infection.
Eye glasses aren’t too bad, but I’m really looking forward to not having to wear them anymore if I get vision corrective surgery like LASIK.
Posted by Clem — Tuesday, July 12th 2011
I’m really careful with my contacts. My eye doctor said 8 hours is the maximum I should wear them, 12 hours OCCASIONALLY if totally necessary, and for a month. I always throw them out at the end of the month, and I only wear them from 7:30am-4pm, and sometimes for a few extra hours if I go to a movie or concert or something. I haven’t worn contacts in months, though. I see them as less and less necessary as the months go by and I stop caring about school. :P The last time I wore them was probably early March.
I don’t have glasses, though. I mean, I have a pair, but I got them when I was 13, and the prescription is wrong, and they don’t fit my face anymore. I have’t worn glasses since grade 8.
Posted by Clem — Tuesday, July 12th 2011
Oh yeah I should also note that I don’t pay for my own contacts. :P It’d be a different story if I did. I’m getting my final years’ supply in around 4-5 months (not sure how many pairs I have left, I’ll have to check) before I turn 18 and can’t a) have free eye doctor visits under OHIP, and b) have my parents pay for everything. :P
Posted by cantaloupe — Tuesday, July 12th 2011
Haha, I’ve been wearing my contacts for over 24 hours right now. I once wore them for almost 6 days straight, only taking them out for a few hours on this one day because I figured it would be a good idea. I haven’t changed them in… who knows how long. (Too expensive. I’ll change them when they irritate my eyes when I put them in, which is not right now.)
And I’ve never had an eye infection ever. Haters gonna hate, but some people just aren’t susceptible to eye infections and some people are, I think. Knock on wood. Oh shit I’m gonna get an infection like tomorrow probably….
Posted by Sarai — Thursday, July 14th 2011
I totally used to do the same thing until I got new glasses. For shame :(
Posted by Maggie — Tuesday, July 26th 2011
You should sign up for mystery shopping websites and look out for good eye test deals like I do. I’ll be getting my (third) pair of new glasses tomorrow and (atm) have paid for them myself but when I get reimbursed, I would have gotten them for free in exchange for about half an hour to fill out a questionnaire on my experience!
But yeah, I do the same sometimes, wear them for longer than I should. But, I think as long as you disinfect them each time and you have no problems, it’ll be ok! :)