My Freaky New Contact Lenses

My Freaky New Contact Lenses

Left, right, left, right. Blink, blink, squint.

I went to the eye doctor yesterday to get my check up. He is a brilliant doc who we do a number of referrals to in Charleston, SC. I had a few questions concerning my eye care and possible options.

I have been considering laser surgery and getting rid of my glasses

The possibility of "blended" contacts - wearing a close-up contact in one eye and a long vision in the other

Extended wear contacts for when I backpack so I don't have to mess with glasses while out in the "bush"

The simple answers for me were - don't worry about laser yet, I'll need cataract surgery later anyway and we can put refractive lenses in then - don't wear extended wear contacts, anytime, they don't allow your eyes to breath as you sleep, and let's try the "blended" contacts and see how I do.

So here I sit without reading glasses, for the first time in a year or so, typing away. My one eye, the right one, is my long vision; my left is the close vision one. It's kind of weird. Doing close up work my right side is a bit blurry, and the opposite is true when looking far away.

Since it takes the brain a week or so to adjust fully to this dilemma I will wait before ordering more contacts. So far I like the idea of not carrying my reading glasses around - one less thing to lose:)

But I do find myself closing one eye then the other, just to see how the view changes.

WH