Plenty of comments already but I'll chime in.
Wore glasses on and off since middle school. I'm farsighted so I was able to get away with not wearing them much when i was younger. As I got older though it got worse until I pretty much needed them all the time. About 5 years ago i finally got sick of wearing glasses and talked to my doctor about contacts. I have to admit that for the first 6 months it was a pain. Like others, i got the 30 day wearables. I kept them in for a month at a time. Adding drops as needed.
This was fine for about 4 years but then i started having problems. You see when your eye detects a foreign object, it sometimes rejects it especially if your eyes get dry. I developed GPC's on the inside of my eyelid. Basically blisters from my eye lid rubbing on the contact lens. My doctor prescribed steroid drops and suggested a daily disposable or weekly wear and to take them out every night.
So I compromised and still use 30 day lenses but I take them out each night. So far that's been fine and I no longer have issues. Even with the problems I had, I still prefer contacts over glasses.
Wore glasses on and off since middle school. I'm farsighted so I was able to get away with not wearing them much when i was younger. As I got older though it got worse until I pretty much needed them all the time. About 5 years ago i finally got sick of wearing glasses and talked to my doctor about contacts. I have to admit that for the first 6 months it was a pain. Like others, i got the 30 day wearables. I kept them in for a month at a time. Adding drops as needed.
This was fine for about 4 years but then i started having problems. You see when your eye detects a foreign object, it sometimes rejects it especially if your eyes get dry. I developed GPC's on the inside of my eyelid. Basically blisters from my eye lid rubbing on the contact lens. My doctor prescribed steroid drops and suggested a daily disposable or weekly wear and to take them out every night.
So I compromised and still use 30 day lenses but I take them out each night. So far that's been fine and I no longer have issues. Even with the problems I had, I still prefer contacts over glasses.