I had mainly used soft contact lenses (other than a two month foray with hard "gas-permeable" ones, that I strugggled to become accustomed to), since the late eighties.
I wore soft contacts from about 1982 until 1988 when I ended up in the hospital with pseudomonas bacteria in my left eye. The doctor was unsure whether it was caused by the lakes I had been swimming in (It happened on our honeymoon) or infected saline solutions. They were the leave-in type contacts. I wore them for a week then cleaned them...I don't believe they have those anymore...wonder why?
I almost lost my eye, after that Steve wouldn't let me chance contacts until about 1994 or 1995 when I tried the "gas-permeable" lenses. God, what a nightmare those are. I finally had to get custom fitted lenses that I wore fairly successfully until I had Rhys. After he was born I got so sick of people telling me how tired I looked (red eyes from contacts drying out) that I gave up and wore glasses again. By the time Zoe was born I was tired of babies ripping my glasses off my face and smearing the lenses. I had the surgery and the rest is history.
