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JstAnotherSub -> contact lenses (7/22/2010 7:23:21 AM)
ok, I am 48 years old and have been so enjoying the fun of having to keep moving up in strength of drug store reading glasses for the past few years. Eye doctor tried to get me to do the progressive lenses last year, but I said I am good with the cheapos since I drop em and lose em so much. So yesterday, I go for my eye exam and mention how I hate wearing glasses. He offers me some contacts to wear while I look at glasses, and I am amazed that I can read even the little bitty letters with contacts on. I fall for it hook line and sinker! A sweet lil gal that works there tortures me by making me put them in and take them out 5 times before I can leave. We laugh, I curse, I take a cig break, but finally I do it and I walk out so happy that I can read every road sign, read collarchat with no glasses, see the birds in the trees out back clearly. The world is clear again! So, this morning I have tried 3 times to put the motherfuckers in, and I can't seem to do it. I am ready to kill, I have tried every trick they taught me yesterday, and I keep finding it on my eyelashes or my cheek. Any secrets another contact wearer might could give me? I can't go back to glasses after my day of freedom yesterday dammit. And, if you wear contacts, how long did it take you to get the hang of putting them in and taking them out? Ugh, I am going to try again, and I hope I get to read replies with the contacts in.

divi -> RE: contact lenses (7/22/2010 7:25:16 AM)
I got my contacts at 16 ... took me awhile to get the hang of it. Practice Practice Practice.. It gets easier ..good luck!! I love contacts !!!

domiguy -> RE: contact lenses (7/22/2010 7:56:12 AM)
It took her over a year to not put them in backwards. Practice Practice Practice

domiguy -> RE: contact lenses (7/22/2010 7:58:12 AM)
op....Do you just put them in when you need to read?

JstAnotherSub -> RE: contact lenses (7/22/2010 8:06:08 AM)
not just for reading...they are bifocal contacts.....i just had failure number 4 for the morning, thought I had lost one, looked everywhere and finally found the damn thing stuck to the end of my finger-lol. I will try again in a half hour or so. I am going to be wearing them all the time, once I get the hang of this..... I can't remember the last time "Is it in?" went through my mind as many times as it has this morning. I go back to work on Monday, so I gotta get it right by then, I won't have all day to play after that.

AquaticSub -> RE: contact lenses (7/22/2010 8:13:50 AM)
I started wearing them in middle school and it took me a few weeks to get it down. My advice is to try several styles of putting them in and taking them out - everyone does it a little differently. I hold my eye open with one hand, pinning back my eyelid with my forefinger so I can't blink, and use the forefinger of my other hand to actually put the contact in. I've seen people who do it one handed, which always amazes me.

VirginPotty -> RE: contact lenses (7/22/2010 8:25:01 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JstAnotherSub I will try again in a half hour or so. I am going to be wearing them all the time, once I get the hang of this..... I can't remember the last time "Is it in?" went through my mind as many times as it has this morning. That's good, take a break. Sometimes mine pop right in, other times....................GRRRRRRRRR!!! I know when I hear a slight squishy sound that it's in. Sat. night my right contact was actually too far up in my eyelid for me to see so I couldn't get it out. I took a long shower then sat down & massaged my eye w/the hopes it would slide on down. It did after about 30 minutes.

JstAnotherSub -> RE: contact lenses (7/22/2010 9:10:09 AM)
Well. they are on and I am exhausted. It will be nice to go down in history as the first person too uncoordinated to wear contacts though! Can't wait til tonight before bed when I get to take them out [:'(] Thanks for all the replies, and any new ideas or advice is more than welcome still.

AquaticSub -> RE: contact lenses (7/22/2010 9:13:15 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: VirginPotty quote: ORIGINAL: JstAnotherSub I will try again in a half hour or so. I am going to be wearing them all the time, once I get the hang of this..... I can't remember the last time "Is it in?" went through my mind as many times as it has this morning. That's good, take a break. Sometimes mine pop right in, other times....................GRRRRRRRRR!!! I know when I hear a slight squishy sound that it's in. Sat. night my right contact was actually too far up in my eyelid for me to see so I couldn't get it out. I took a long shower then sat down & massaged my eye w/the hopes it would slide on down. It did after about 30 minutes. Ditto on the squishy sound and EWWW! Thank G-d that hasn't happened to me. Athough once a contact got so dried out that I actually had to run into my doctor's office to get them to take it out for me. I kept freaking out that I was going to hurt my eye whenever I tried to get it out. [:'(]

sirsholly -> RE: contact lenses (7/22/2010 9:20:42 AM)
quote: So, this morning I have tried 3 times to put the motherfuckers in, and I can't seem to do it. I am ready to kill, I have tried every trick they taught me yesterday, and I keep finding it on my eyelashes or my cheek. <<<wonders if JstAnotherSub will admit it if she shoves one up her nose

JstAnotherSub -> RE: contact lenses (7/22/2010 9:37:29 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: sirsholly quote: So, this morning I have tried 3 times to put the motherfuckers in, and I can't seem to do it. I am ready to kill, I have tried every trick they taught me yesterday, and I keep finding it on my eyelashes or my cheek. <<<wonders if JstAnotherSub will admit it if she shoves one up her nose hahaha yeah I will, once I pick me up off the floor from laughing at me.

sirsholly -> RE: contact lenses (7/22/2010 9:38:21 AM)
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