Biofinity and beyond!!
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
So I have been having a problem with my contact lenses. The Acuvue Advance lensesI got from Eyemasters was ok until a month later. I observed that my eyes start turning red after wearing them for a few hours. Also, my vision was never right. The left and right lenses took turns in clearing my vision so that I'd end up squinting on either one. So I'd wear my glasses which constantly gave me headaches. I knew my prescription wasn't right with the glasses but since I read a lot, it was better than not having to wear anything at all. I knew something was wrong and since Eyemasters isn't covered by our vision insurance, I went to this doctor Jeremy recommended. She is Dr. Karen Armitage.
I saw her last Friday and I liked her very much. I asked her if maybe it was the solution, the eyedrops or if something was already wrong with my eye since I get vein-y all of a sudden. She realized that Eyeamasters gave me the wrong prescription. In fact, it was a bit too strong for me. My prescription, as I suspected, still was higher so she gave me this other pair of prescription lenses. Furthermore, she checked my eyes and she did a retinal check and some light periphery tests and she said I did well. My "veins" were ok and that they were obviously just irritated. So aside from changing the prescription of my glasses, she now made me wear Acuvue Oasis. Two days passed and on the 6th hour on the second day, my eyes were turning red again. I notice it not by looking at it but I actually feel my eyes going sort of dry and warm. It just didn't feel right and when I ask Hoen right away how they are, he'd tell me they were turning pink or reddish. So I stopped wearing them. It actually takes an entire day to take the redness away and I just couldn't keep putting some Visine on them because they offered only temporary relief.