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Old 05-21-2009, 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by isevilla View Post
Well I talked to the eye dr again today and they swear that my vision will get better. I hope so because I really love the fact that I can wear them and read a book and look far away all at the same time. I really like the whole concept just hope my brain hurries the process so I can see even better.

Oh by the way the eye dr quoted me $250 a box for the right eye which is the multifocal toric and $60 for the left which is multifocal. Is this about what you paid for yours? Its over $300 for 6 lenses each eye! It seems very expensive to me!

Keep me posted on how yours turn out.
You're getting a much better deal than I got. When I got fitted with one toric, one non-toric, both doctors that I saw told me that this would be far cheaper. Well, it wasn't. They charged me exactly the same amount for each lens. I didn't take my prescription on-line because I wanted the on-the-spot customer service while I'm getting used to things. My year's supply was $445. I have the feeling that I've been hosed a bit, but this place has been so great about replacing my glasses when the non-glare coating started coming off and when I broke a lens; they had me fixed up in a day or two at no charge. I wanted to be able to have that level of service if I need it while I'm getting used to being a contact lens wearer.

I think we asking our brains to do a lot of readjusting and I guess we just have to be patient. Now, I got a lens stuck on my eye the other day...you talk about drama! I searched and searched the web and I tried everything until my eye was so irritated and red that I decided to just sleep in the darn thing and go to the optometrist's office and let them take it out. I finally got the idea to put my head over the sink (lined with a paper towel) and have my husband squirt my big bottle of Aquify sideways into my eye. The little sucker just popped right out. I wore my glasses yesterday because I didn't want to further irritate that eye, and then wore my lenses today. I'm kind of nervous about trying to take it out tonight...wish me luck. I always get the right one out so easily, but the left (a different base curve, and the non-toric one) is just a bear and I always have trouble with it. I'm trying to figure out if my technique is different, but I just can't figure out the problem. At least I know that the big eye squirt will get it out if I can't after a try or two.

Ah the things we do for beauty? Convenience? My husband thinks I'm absolutely nuts to not just keep with the glasses all the time. As long as he's willing to arm himself with my Aquify when I need him to, he can say whatever he wants.
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