I have worn contact lenses for well over ten years now.. started off with Specsavers monthly disposables, then a couple of years ago, when I had a small corneal ulcer, the opitician advised I either stop wearing them (!!!!! Not bloody likely! !!) or go onto daily disposables. So, at double the price, I did so.
Today I had a bi-annual full eye check and she commented on my red left eye. I hadn't noticed it felt sore and told her my eyes are often a bit red as I am always so tried (sleep deprived.) She checked it out extra throughly (with yellow dye etc) and said the blood vessels are a bit big and my eye is 'not very happy', which indicated that there is not enough oxygen getting to my eyes, especially since I wear my lenses constantly except when asleep. (6.45am until midnight or 1am approx!). So she has told me to go for a contact lense check at the first available opportunity (Wednesday!!!!) and to WEAR MY GLASSES UNTIL THEN!!
Obviously, I am doing as I am told as won't compromise my eye health depsite my serious aversion to glasses (it's not just vanity.. really!.. it's that I HATE the feel of glasses.. always have.. and the feeling now, after a decade of contact lense wearing, of not having 20/20 vision - ie not being able to see 'round the edges' actually makes me feel quite disorientated!
I asked what would be the effects, theoretically, of ignoring her advice and she said the blood vessels would grow more and grow over the cornea towards the pupil! And that this would affect my vision.
She said I can have a new kind of lense.. actually cheaper than the daily disposables, that allows oxygen to pass through much better. Although these come with solutions etc again which I hadn't had to deal with since getting rid of the monthly disposables. But I can't get these until my appointment for the lense check obviously.
Has anyone else had this kind of problem with their contact lenses?
SJ x