Re: Replacement Keyboard??

Paul Russell <prussell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yes, soft ones. The left and right are the same so at least I don't have
> to worry about that but I am having a hard time telling when they're
> inside out. One eye feels fine but in the other one I could feel the
> edges of the lens when I blink. I've had that one out and back in a few
> times today now and I'm hopeful that I've now got it right, but of
> course the eye itself is quite pissed off with me now after all the
> meddling. I'll give it some time and see if it settles down.

Balance it on the tip of your finger, like a tiny dish, so it's standing
up, so so speak. If it's the right way round (cornea side up) it'll have
a smoothly curved shape from edge to edge. If it's inside out, then the
outer part of the lens will have a very slight reflex curve- it might
just be that the sides of the lens look straight, instead of curving in
like the centre part. It's pretty clear when you see it.

The only possible difficulty is with one-day lenses (actually good, with
careful cleaning, for about a week). They are so thin that it may be
quite hard to tell what way out they are. I have monthy lenses, cleaned
overnight every night. I change them if they develop a tear, or a nick
on the edge, or just start to feel uncomfortable in any way. A six month
supply usually lasts about nine months.

> Please tell me it gets easier with time...

Yes; it gets quite trivial.

But have a regular schedule, always using the same gestures- this makes
sure you almost never get them inside out. And always be scrupulously
clean- I wash my hands twice in the morning before I put the lenses in,
once in the evening before I put them to soak. If you feel you are going
to have to take them out during the day (this almost never happens after
the first month or two) then take either a small bottle of saline
solution or, cheaper, a small bottle of one-step cleaning and soaking
solution, and a packet of wet wipes to clean your hands.

I haven't had the slightest eye infection for more than ten years now.

Hard lenses were a hell of a lot more work- and could be bloody painful
if something blew in under the lens. That practically can't happen with
softs, which seal the edge against your eye. Modern lenses are superb-
my ophthalmist niece uses vey low power soft contacts as bandages after
she's had to work on somebody's eye and they are excellent.
--
Peter
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