I haven't seen anything like this in fifteen years.

Yesterday I went to the eye doctor. Now I guess I should give you a little back story before I go into what happened. I have very very bad vision. I started wearing glasses when I was in the first grade. I have worn contacts since about the sixth grade. If I am being honest, I would say that I don't really take care of my eyes. I sleep in my contacts, I wear them longer than I am supposed to, I do all the things they tell you not to.

About three weeks ago I went to an eye doctor at a store. I planned to get an exam and order contacts after months of avoiding it. My eyes had been itchy and watery and I mentioned this to the doctor. After examining my eyes she says that I have corneal abrasions on both of my eyes from sleeping in contacts. I had to stop wearing contacts for five days and use antibiotic drops. I did just as she said. I took off three days from work (even though she refused to write me a note) and dutifully dropped my eyes.

Last week my eyes started to itch again. I thought that my eyes were still scratched so I went to see my family doctor who then sent me to an opthemologist. This is the doctor that I saw yesterday. Although this doctor did reprimand me for my poor eye care, she was very nice. we talked about my symptoms and what the other doctor had told me. Then she looked at my eyes.

It is never good when your doctor says "Oh my god! I haven't seen anything like this in fifteen years!" That's right. I have apparently caused a condition in my eyes that will make it difficult for me to wear contacts in the future. Nice. Because of my laziness when it comes to my eyes I now have large bumps inside my eyelids. Isn't that disgusting?

Now I can't wear my contacts at all for two months, which means I will have to buy glasses. which also means that I wasted $90.00 on the first eye doctor who gave me the wrong diagnosis. For mow I have been wearing my glasses from high school. I can't really see very well out of them so all day I have felt like I am in a dream. I can't wait until I can see again.