Contact lenses!

[kate_nepveu]

As of three hours ago, I have soft contact lenses. I am most pleased about this. Consequently, I ask you all:

Tell me all the interesting ways you've lost your soft contact lenses, so I can try and avoid them. (I already know about the uninteresting ways of swimming, showering, and getting hit in the eye. => )

Comments

[rilina.livejournal.com]

I've worn contact lenses off and on for about fourteen years. I lost my first contact on the very first day that I owned one; no one's still quite sure how I did that. (You can imagine the scolding I got from my mom for that one!) I haven't lost any since then, but I have ripped a few by screwing the lid of the case down on top of them. This happens when I'm particularly tired and clumsy at the end of the day. I've just learned to take them out earlier. And now I have two week disposables (Acuvue II in one eye, a different brand in the other because of my astigmatism), which makes the whole losing/ripping issue much less of a big deal. I love disposables; they're a thousand times more comfortable than my old non-disposables ever were.

[kate_nepveu]

Be careful of screw-on lids: double check.

I've only worn mine for four hours so far, of course, but they were a lot more comfortable right off the bat than I expected. We'll see how the adjustment goes.

[rilina.livejournal.com]

I keep those little bottles of rewetting drops just about everywhere--in all my bags, at my office, and at home. They're very useful.