I went in for my one-week followup on the trial lenses. The doctor I’m working with seems very thorough, and is very invested in getting things just right – I’m very happy with that portion of the experience so far. My vision in my right eye is good after wearing the lenses, but the left eye is undercorrected.
The topology scan showed that the correction zone in the left eye was perfectly centered, and the doctor says that the custom contact should fit the curve of my eye better, providing the rest of the necessary correction. The right eye, however, showed that the contact was sliding up the curve to a slightly flatter area of my eye, leaving a portion of my visual field uncorrected. I can see the results of this at night, when streetlights and other point sources seem to be smeared downwards, and during the day when it makes it hard to read text on the computer.
Unfortunately, the upshot of all this is that I get to allow myself to go back to being blind for the next week, so that the shape of my eyes returns to near-baseline. Then I get another pair of 1-week trial lenses that will hopefully fix the problem with the right eye (left eye will be the same lens). If those work out, then I receive the custom-fitted lenses, which should be about perfect. Oh the joys of science.
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