New Contacts

After months of knowing that I needed them, I finally got new contact lenses last week. It's so good to be able to see again. I'd reached the point where I couldn't even read roadsigns with my right eye, so I suspected that my prescription had changed quite a bit, and it had.

During my exam, the optometrist had me take my old lenses out and then asked me to read back to her the top line of text on the eyechart. I had to admit to her that, not only could I not read the line to her, I couldn't actually see a line of text. Normally I can at least see a dark smudge that I know must be a line of text, but this time all I could see was a totally white square.

I guess spending 40-50 hours per week for several years staring at tiny text and a computer screen eventually takes its toll. Thank heaven I can at least still get my vision corrected.