Part-time contact lenses

It’s been a few weeks since I started a contact lenses trial and while I’ve not worn them daily, I do find they fill a need to some extent.

I never followed up my previous post to share my experience of the monovision contact lenses, which is the alternative to the distance lenses. I tried them a couple of times and they just didn’t work for me. The main problem is they didn’t work very well for driving and I felt I was better off wearing my old glasses. The biggest reason I like wearing contacts is the addition of peripheral vision, particularly while driving. Also, my close up vision was too weird and trying to do close-up things made me feel a bit sick.

My optometrist had ordered another brands of contacts for me to try and there really wasn’t much of a difference with them to the original brand. In the end I opted for the ones that were cheaper and I should have those available by the end of the week, assuming no delays.

The optometrist has also ordered a pair of multifocal toric lenses for me to try out too. These have to be custom made and they are monthly which has both plusses and minuses. The positive is there would be far fewer resources required for them, being changed every four weeks as opposed to daily. I really prefer this option, especially if I find they are useful. The downside, of course, is the higher risk of infection. There’s no foolproof way to do it but I believe I should be okay so long as I use good hygiene practices while using them. These take a month to get in so I won’t be trying them out for a bit. I’m rather hopeful they will work for me but I don’t have any plans for them being part of my eye care at the moment.

Meanwhile it’s just a matter of using the remaining trial packs up. I think I’m going to have quite a few of the mono-vision left lenses left over though, since I can’t really bring myself to use them much. Maybe I can save them for a rainy day? :D