I’ve been hearing a lot of talk about the new contact lens technology that I’m considering urging my wife to go back to the eye doctor to talk about getting a prescription for the latest contact lenses. She tried wearing contacts back in the early 1980′s and had really bad luck with them. Her astigmatism was really bad, which made it hard for her to remove the lenses. And the floated around on her eyes, which was painful, and made her eyes water and her nose run constantly. She tried them for a couple of years but gave them up when she got pregnant because the doctor advised her not to wear them while she was pregnant. After the baby was born she just didn’t have the time to fool with them, so she gave up.
But now I’m thinking that with the new contact lens technology, she probably can go to the soft lenses which would be a lot less painful to wear. Although I don’t know if she would have the stomach to do what needs to be done to remove them. She gets really weird about her eyes – she can’t even put eyedrops in by herself!