contact lens discussion thread (merged)

wishiwasarichgirl

Roberta1 wrote: »

It appears I am stuck with the £20 fee! I have received a response as follows:

[FONT=&quot]"... you should understand that there is a difference between a sight test prescription and a contact lens specification. The optometrist does not have to produce and hand over the contact lens specification to you until such time as he or she is happy that your lenses have been dispensed and fitted satisfactorily. Your sight prescription on the other hand, you are entitled to immediately upon completion of your sight test. There invariably is a charge levied for a contact lens test/specification which is distinct from a sight test."[/FONT]

have you recently been fitted with new/different lenses?
If so then the optician will need to do a check up, and it sounds like this might be what they are asking you to do, as there is normally a charge of around £20 for CL check-ups. If you are buying your lenses from Specsavers they will often waive this charge, but if you want the rx to purchase elsewhere then you will have to pay.

ailuro2

I was told if that happened to wait at least 20 minutes before trying to take them out - bit late now!

DH has a habit of doing this when drunk, his eyes look a bit bloodshot but seems to have no ill effects.

One difference though is we use disposables (much easier than cleaning them every day - I thought the extra money was worth it for me)

Of course you really should get in the habit of taking them out when you get home from work etc, and putting on your specs, I was told to wear mine for 12 hrs a day max.;)

If in doubt contact your optician, as of course we're not allowed to ask for or give medical advice here.

geri1965_2

I've slept in mine before (gas permeable) - no harm done, apart from my eyes feeling a bit gritty in the morning. I'd leave them out today to let your eyes recover a bit.

ailuro2

reminded me of a bloke at work who told me he used to forget to take his lenses out after he'd been to the pub, so he stopped using them and just wore his glasses instead...

only for his wife to wake up in the middle of the night and come downstrairs to see what he was up to - I've been trying for an hour to get my lenses out, but I can't get the little !!!!!!s out!

But darling, you didn't have your lenses in tonight..........:eek:

janb5

[quote=ailuro2; One difference though is we use disposables (much easier than cleaning them every day - I thought the extra money was worth it for me)

Of course you really should get in the habit of taking them out when you get home from work etc, and putting on your specs, I was told to wear mine for 12 hrs a day max.;)

Just to say that I agree with Ailuro and have found daysoft lenses to be great.........https://www.daysoft.co.uk
Not suitable for people with astigmatism

Mander

I used to do that quite a lot when I was younger, esp after a night at the bar. My optometrist has told me that there are more tiny blood vessels in my eyes than normal, due to a lack of oxygen in my eyes over the years, but it's not anything particularly harmful. Just leave them out for a day or so.

Burlesque_Babe

I'm always falling asleep in mine and so does OH, I currently have fortnightly ones . Sometimes a bit horrible getting them out as they get stuck to the eye, but a bit of all in one lens solution gets it out ok.

I've worn lenses for 20 years and I'm ok.

Buttonmoons

I currently use monthly disposables and I was told that It was okay to sleep in them, once a week at the most. I just did it last night, and apart from your eyes feeling a bit dry it's fine.

silvercar

janb5 wrote: »

[quote=ailuro2; One difference though is we use disposables (much easier than cleaning them every day - I thought the extra money was worth it for me)

Of course you really should get in the habit of taking them out when you get home from work etc, and putting on your specs, I was told to wear mine for 12 hrs a day max.;)

Just to say that I agree with Ailuro and have found daysoft lenses to be great.........https://www.daysoft.co.uk
Not suitable for people with astigmatism

You can now get toric disposable lenses that will correct astigmatism.

D4WNO

I've done this before and it makes your eyes feel all gakky in the mornings. The optician who fitted mine told me to never leave them in overnight as, and this sounds awful, your eyes will naturally "refresh" themselves overnight and they develop new layers. This means that you may end up with a new coating so to speak over the top of the lenses, but I imagine this would take days. It put me right off after that and even manage to take them out when I'm drunk now lol