Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Magic Eye

I have one nearsighted eye and one farsighted eye. My farsighted eye isn't so bad, the prescription is only about +1.25 or something. My nearsighted eye sucks. (The prescription is -3, which isn't that bad considering my sister wears a -7.5 or something.)

To remedy my vision, I wear a contact in my nearsighted eye. The other eye just isn't bad enough to bother with.

Now here's the part that horrifies people. I never take out my contact. Never. I wear a two-week contact in my right eye, but I leave it in generally for a 6 or 8 weeks, continuously, and I sleep with it in. Contacts aren't made to last forever, so eventually it gets old and falls out or something, and I put a new one in. I've been working with this system for a few years now, and it seems to work. I never even realize it's there. Knock on wood, of course, because I know leaving them in can cause problems in some instances. But I really think I have a magical eyeball. Except for the part where it can't see.

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