Something very weird with my contact lenses

EileenG

This morning, I lost my left Boston lens, and couldn't find it, so I hunted around, found an old left lens, scrubbed it hard and put it in.

I got a new prescription a year ago, which allow me to see perfectly in the distance, but I've found I need reading glasses over the lens for phone and reading.

BUT, today, with the old left lens, I fould I could read and work on my laptop without glasses. True, I can't read signs in the distance with that eye, but I can with my right eye.

I'm tempted to stay like this, as it's amazingly handy to have both short and long vision, even it's one eye at a time.

Thoughts?

jeoun

EileenG wrote: »

This morning, I lost my left Boston lens, and couldn't find it, so I hunted around, found an old left lens, scrubbed it hard and put it in.

I got a new prescription a year ago, which allow me to see perfectly in the distance, but I've found I need reading glasses over the lens for phone and reading.

BUT, today, with the old left lens, I found I could read and work on my laptop without glasses. True, I can't read signs in the distance with that eye, but I can with my right eye.

I'm tempted to stay like this, as it's amazingly handy to have both short and long vision, even it's one eye at a time.

Thoughts?

The prescription in your old lens is probably weaker than your new lens, therefore it is closer to your reading prescription. Optometrists often fit patients with the distance prescription in one (the dominant eye) and the near prescription in the other (non-dominant eye). This is called "monovision". This often eliminates the need for reading glasses as you have found!

EileenG

I've spent two days like this, and I love it. I can see whatever I want, no glasses required. I definitely think it's worth staying like this. There is a faint fuzz on one side when I'm looking at distance, but not enough to have any signifiant effect.