Staring fear in the eye
Literally, I have been staring/facing one of my greatest fear for the last 7 weeks. As hard as I tried, it’s virtually impossible to shun it or disregard its ominous presence as it lies just on the top of my right cornea. As you might have guess, the little bugger is my RGP contact lens.
I’m sure you heard of many gross tales of how contact lens will move to the back of your eye ball when you sleep with it or how difficult it is to remove a broken contact lens from the cornea. Well, these tales combine with the inability to comprehend the reasons for wearing contact lens instead of spectacles led me to declare years back that I would never ever wear contact lens.
After all these years, I guess God have caught up with me and decide to overrule my declaration! With Keratoconus, I am aware that eventually, there will be a need for me to wear contact lens in order to correct my irregular astigmatism.
Intolerant of spectacles, I’m in the 8th week of wearing my RGP. Though I have become a contact lens wearer, I still find it hard to understand why people choose contact lens instead of spectacles. I dislike the sand-in-the-eye feeling and the dryness when I’m wearing the lens and the cumbersome daily cleaning routine. But the little bugger can undoubtedly provide me with a good vision even though it’s only a 6/9. (Interestingly, with Keratoconus, it is hard to get a 6/6 vision even after correction.)
Spectacles/contact lens/LASIK surgery, these visual aids and treatments are widely and easily available to improve our vision. Do ponder for a minute, what do we see?
RGP allow me to have a better vision but sadly, sometimes I use it to see and find the fault in others. Aunty Pik Yee and Peng Kong accompanied me when I went for the contact lens fitting and interestingly, Aunty Pik Yee said,
“Wouldn’t it be great if there is a kind of spectacles that when worn, you will only see the good in others?”
I’m sure you heard of many gross tales of how contact lens will move to the back of your eye ball when you sleep with it or how difficult it is to remove a broken contact lens from the cornea. Well, these tales combine with the inability to comprehend the reasons for wearing contact lens instead of spectacles led me to declare years back that I would never ever wear contact lens.
After all these years, I guess God have caught up with me and decide to overrule my declaration! With Keratoconus, I am aware that eventually, there will be a need for me to wear contact lens in order to correct my irregular astigmatism.
Intolerant of spectacles, I’m in the 8th week of wearing my RGP. Though I have become a contact lens wearer, I still find it hard to understand why people choose contact lens instead of spectacles. I dislike the sand-in-the-eye feeling and the dryness when I’m wearing the lens and the cumbersome daily cleaning routine. But the little bugger can undoubtedly provide me with a good vision even though it’s only a 6/9. (Interestingly, with Keratoconus, it is hard to get a 6/6 vision even after correction.)
Spectacles/contact lens/LASIK surgery, these visual aids and treatments are widely and easily available to improve our vision. Do ponder for a minute, what do we see?
RGP allow me to have a better vision but sadly, sometimes I use it to see and find the fault in others. Aunty Pik Yee and Peng Kong accompanied me when I went for the contact lens fitting and interestingly, Aunty Pik Yee said,
“Wouldn’t it be great if there is a kind of spectacles that when worn, you will only see the good in others?”
The real challenge in wearing contact lens is not to overcome the fear and discomfort but to use it and see the goodness in others, the beauty of this world and to read my Bible. :)
posted by keratoconusgirl @ 12:05 AM
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