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Originally Posted by isevilla
i dont think you were hosed at all my quote was for only a 6 month supply $300 so it would be $600 a year for me.
ive had a contact a few years ago decide to hide in my upper eye lid. It was terrible. At least you finally got it out and now know what to do for next time it happens.
How do you like the aquify with these lenses? Im using the clear care and for some reason im drowning them in blink eyedrops every hour it seems. I dont ever remember having this bad of a dryness problem with my other proclears.
Well if go with glasses then they have to be bifocals too so same thing. I read even bifocal glasses are hard to get used to. I cant see having to have eyes down not head to read and all that jazz. Im determined to get these contacts or something to work. |
Yikes! The lens wasn't up in any weird place, although I'm sure it will happen. Mine was just on my eye, right where it should be, and everytime I would draw it down, it would just slide back up and I couldn't get it.
Whoa, $600...I feel worse for you, better for me. Did you try looking at a website, then seeing if they can work with you? My office gave free frames for reading glasses (I have a narrow face and the focal point of the generic readers are way too wide), and a $50 rebate. They also had a no-interest financing plan if paid off in three months.
RE: rewetting/cleaning: they gave me a few Aquify sample systems (have the use their lens case) at the office and I haven't had any problems with it. That's a whole other thing...which drops, cleaning system, preservative vs. preservative free, etc. I just stand there in the eye-care section and look at all of that stuff. I was pickier with my RGPs because I didn't toss those out after a month. I only wore those for about 2 months. Even with Restasis, I couldn't use them because of the dryness...crystal clear vision, incredibly uncomfortable.
As for the dryness. Do you work inside in a really dry environment? I think if I had to work in a super dry environment, I might have more problems. When I walk into a grocery store, I can almost feel them sucking dry...weird. I live on the coast where it's humid, and I work inland where it is quite warm, but not terribly dry. I'm also trying the TheraTears nutrition caps (got a bunch of free samples although any omega fish-oil type of stuff would probably do), and use LacriLube at night. I only need drops every few hours during the day. I also try to keep myself really well hydrated.
Even with all that, I'm doing 100% better with these Proclears than I thought I would. I was prepared to only wear them for 4 hours a day, but wear them easily for 14 hours a day. If they got me through my workouts and some social functions, I was willing to settle for that. I read about all of the ripping and how fragile they were. When it was time to get rid of my trial lenses, I decided to try and tear them. I was amazed at how much they stretched and really didn't tear that easily for me. It was freaky.