So I'm trying these RGP or GP lenses since the soft contact lenses kept moving and turning like a Polynesian dancer on a sugar high. In other words, blurry vision. On the other hand, vision with the GP lenses is as good as wearing glasses--but at what cost?
GP Lenses - Day 1
I put a GP lens into my right eye and it's irritating as hell. Then I practice lens removal using the 2 non-plunger methods available: the Blink Method, and the Two-finger Method. And that was a pain in the ass too. You can't just grab it like a larger soft lens. It took me about a half hour of frustration before I could get the damn thing out. Then I did the same thing with the left eye. Confident now that I could "eventually" remove the lenses, I put 'em both back in my eyes and wore them for an excruciating 3 hours.
I could feel them scratching against the inside of my eyelids every time I moved my eyes or blinked. And that feeling just makes you blink more. My eyes are clearly rejecting these 2 tiny foreign objects.
I'd had enough after 3 hours. Removing the lenses is still a hassle. The worst part is losing the lens in the edges (white) of your eye and then trying to get it to re-center. That has happened to me a lot. Oh it feels so good to not have something in my eye.
GP Lenses - Day 2
I pop the lenses in and they immediately resume being irritating. I find that I can gain temporary relief by pulling my upper eyelids away from my eyes by the lashes. Oh how I wish my eyes were numb.
After only about 2.5 hours, I'm done enduring for today, and out they come. Today I discover a way to quickly and easily remove the little bastards using a slight modification to the Blink Method. I simply look at my nose first, then stretch my eye like I'm from east Asia, and the lens falls right out. I don't even need to blink. Oh thank God for this simple lens removal technique.
GP Lenses - Day 3
I put 'em in again. They are still irritating. I understand they are supposed to take 7 days to get used to. This sucks. GP lenses, why do you hate me?
GP lenses are designed to float on a tear in your eye so they will always move when you blink. What's weird is I can often see the edges of the lens so I can watch it move as I blink. I wonder if that's normal. I hope that stops happening as I get used to them.
5 hours of wear time today. It seems the more I do, the more eye movement is required, and the more of a nuisance these lenses become. Again, I am incredibly relieved after taking out the lenses. Removing the GP lenses is now even easier for me than removing soft lenses.
...to be continued... Read part 2
1 comments:
I'd just like to thank you for posting the modified blink method for lens removal. I rarely wear my lenses because they are so hard to remove. I just spent about 40 panicked minutes trying to remove one lens, gave up and found your post, and it popped out in less than a second! You have given me hope that I can wear these things after all! Many thanks!
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