It’s New Year’s Eve!!! And guess what? I received an sms in the afternoon from BL Optometrist and they told me that my contact lens have arrived. What a great news, I was so excited but at the same time, I felt a bit nervous because I didn’t know what to expect. I was very afraid that the lens would not be able to help me at all.
I arrived at the shop around 4.30 pm. I followed Madam Low into the dim room and without wasting any time, she unsealed the envelope containing the contact lens and put them into my eyes after washing them. Right eye followed by my left eye. As usual, I felt very uncomfortable on the upper eyelids, I can’t stop tearing for a few minutes. When my tears subsided, Madam Low taught me how to remove the contact lens. And she wanted me to try removing them by myself. I thought it was easy at first but I was totally wrong. It’s very DIFFICULT!! According to Madam Low, there are actually a few other ways to take off the lens. If you are new to RGP lens, you might want to know this.
1. Place your the right hand’s index finger (tip) on the lower eyelid, and left hand’s index finger (tip) on the upper eyelid. Press gently and make sure that the both lids are sealed (meaning no gap between lid and eye ball). Press the lids gently inward and then together, and the lens will be wedge out of your eye (upper lid)and make sure you take it before it drops. (this is the method that I use)
2. Sit at a table covered with a clean towel, and lean over until you are looking down at the surface.
Place your index finger at the outer junction of your upper and lower lids. Stretch the skin outward and slightly upward while keeping your eye open wide (don’t allow your lid to slide over your lens).
Blink briskly. The lens will be pinched by the pressure of your eyelids and will pop out onto the clean towel. Or you may catch the lens in the palm of your hand.
3. The last method will be using Plungers or DMV removers, it’s a small suction device that can be obtain from your eye care practitioners and pharmacies. But it’s recommended to remove the lenses using your fingers because if you are in a situation where you can’t use your plunger you can still remove them using your fingers easily.
Finally, I was able to remove them after several attempts. Phew, what an experience!
Ok, the main part, vision!
When the lenses are on, I can’t really see well. Apparently, the prescription of the lenses are not good enough. I need higher prescription. This might due to the regression and my short sightedness has become a little bit worse since my check up 40 days ago. I can’t really see well, even with my current pair of glasses. This is no good, but the good news is, the obvious Abberations like double visions, and haloes are gone!!!. I must say that I’m quite a happy with the vision quality, I can almost see 20/20 during the assessment , with the right prescription.
But I noticed that there are some sort of funny reflections on my right eye. I need to observe this a little bit more. I don’t feel very comfortable after wearing them for 3 hours. So, I did what Madam Low told me, I removed the lenses after 3 hours of wearing.