Contacts Appointment

[unico_love]

Yesterday I had my appointment for contacts, which I haven't had in a long time due to not wearing contacts much (because of my eye problems I wrote a ton about last year). The doctor I saw was surprised my surgeon said I could wear contacts again (he did, he just said to be careful). Now I have to use some kind of hydrogen peroxide solution to soak my soft contacts in overnight, and I have to use a can of saline to moisturize them, because canned saline is preservative-free. She went into how unusual my eye situation is, blah, blah, same as always. She thinks I might also be developing an allergy to typical contact solutions because they can make my eyes sting. She wanted me to try some kind of new daily disposable contacts, but they are really expensive, so I'm not doing that. My eyelid surgeon wanted me to get some kind of Lasik eye surgery, and this woman did as well, and they always go into how many different ways there are to do the surgery now. I started looking into Lasik and similar procedures when I was 16, and last year I was told by two doctors that I can't get it. One doctor said my pupils are too big, the other said my left cornea is dangerously thin. My left eye is already near useless for me, compared to the right. My left retina spontaneously detached itself when I was 15 and I was completely blind in that eye for 6 months (I didn't realize this was a real problem, nor did I know how to express it in any way anyone took seriously -- it's considered to require emergency surgery so 6 months is a very long time). I'm lucky I have any sight in my left eye back, but my vision is only so correctable in it... Meaning, continuing to increase my prescription wouldn't make the vision any clearer; a prescription helps a lot, but my left eye pretty much just stays annoyingly blurry (but much better than it could have been; I used to not be able to see light even). So I just hope nothing bad happens to my right eye! My right eyelid, though, was the one with all the scar tissue from contacts.

I was recommended to start wearing contacts (hard lenses if possible for me, which it wasn't, and I'm fortunate since that would have probably made my eyelid scarring much worse than with the soft lenses). My prescription kept getting worse with glasses, but completely stabilized after I switched to contacts. I used to always break my glasses, they always felt dirty to me, always fell down my nose and got in the way, and there was always tons of glare (even with the expensive lenses to prevent them). Not to mention in vision screening I simply do not see nearly as well with glasses as with contacts, even with the same prescription. I really hate glasses, though I wear them nearly as often as contacts since my contacts problems.

I think I get to re-see the doctor about Lasik in January (he suggested I come back in a year to check on my cornea). I really really want some kind of surgery on my eyes, just so long as I don't go blind in my right eye.

Comments

[sand-piper.livejournal.com]

I hope your cornea will look okay to the eye surgeon. :)

A few years back, I had slightly worse vision in one eye than in the other eye, and it drove me crazy. I can't imagine how it must be for you to have such a big difference in the vision in your eyes.

[unico-love.livejournal.com]

I don't notice it. My right eye just compensates. The only way I can tell something is "off" is when they've held up this thing in front of my eyes and instead of it being centered it was way off to one side (I don't remember the details of this test).