From age 14 until this time last year I only wore disposable contact lenses. It was then that I purchased my third pair of glasses — and the first in over seven years. Since I got those, I’ve favored the spectacles over the contacts because wearing the contacts became a drag (having to take them out is not hard, I know). It’s rare when I put the lenses in nowadays and ever rarer when I wear them to bed. On Saturday morning I awoke and for about fifteen seconds I thought my terrible eyesight (-4.00 in both eyes) had been cured by some divine intervention. This ecstasy lasted only long enough for me to come back to reality. Well if yesterday wasn’t bad enough, it happened again today. The worst part is that I believed it more today than yesterday until yet again I realized what had happened. One day, most likely after surgery, my vision dream will come to fruition.
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March 30th, 2005 at 09:42 am
Wow i wouldnt know what thats like… perfect vision in both eyes… i guess i never thought about it but it must suck to wake up and not be able to see clearly….
April 1st, 2005 at 11:25 am
I have terrible vision too, much worse than your puny 4’s! (-6.25, -6.75) However, I can’t wear glasses at all. They don’t do anything but make me seasick, even if i stick it out with them for a while (the longest i went was 2 weeks before giving up). I started out wearing glasses in second grade, and wore them exclusively till 8th grade when i got daily disposable contacts. What a hassle!! but wow could I see so well! Then in 9th grade I got new glasses that I liked better and some more daily disposables and I switched off between them or something. In 10th grade I got the 2 weekly ones, and I started sleeping in them every once in a while. By senior year my perscription had degraded so much that I could barely wear glasses at all, and I got contacts I could sleep in. Now, except for that one two week period, I only ever don’t have contacts in when I’m taking an old pair out and putting a new pair in. It’s a nice life waking up and being able to see, when without contacts i can’t even see my hand in front of my face (literally).