A painful and difficult night

I've worn contact lenses for many years, especially those with a prescription for my eyes, as I suffer from myopia. Although I always try to take the utmost care with them, something happened to me yesterday that made me afraid to wear contact lenses again. I had a terrible night, panicked, and didn't know what to do. I can only wait until today to find a solution.

It all started when I finished photographing my Halloween makeup. I normally use magnifying artistic contact lenses so I can see what I'm doing clearly. Yesterday I decided to use these black ones with an anime-style finish. When I put them on I didn't notice anything strange, but as time went by I was getting a little more uncomfortable. When I finished taking the photos, my vision blurred and my eyes started to burn. I thought they had simply irritated my eyes, but the blurry vision seemed strange to me. Even so, I didn't give it much importance and thought that by taking them off everything would go back to normal.

But the panic hit when I took out my contact lenses and I could NOT see anything out of my right eye and out of my left eye I could see a little better but still blurry, my second mistake was desperately going to wash my eyes thinking that maybe some makeup got in my eye, but this made everything worse, my eyes hurt even more, my husband checked me and told me that my eyes looked very irritated and that he noticed something strange in a corner of my right eye like something blurry/opaque. It was too late to go to a doctor so I finally decided to wait until the next day, but I swear I was in a horrible panic.

My temporary solution was to cover my right eye, which was more affected of the two, and try to rest it as much as possible. Besides blurry vision, something strange was also happening to me: every time I looked at the light from the light bulbs in the house, I saw a rainbow halo. I'd never seen that before, and it really worried me. It's frustrating to feel all of that at the same time and not be able to ask for help.

And besides not seeing anything, I also felt like I had something stuck in my eye, like sand had gotten in. I went to bed with this discomfort and even though I rested my eyes, I couldn't sleep well because I was worried. Luckily, when I woke up today, I could see better, but I had a headache and a feeling of swelling in my eye (although it looked normal). I decided to go to the doctor anyway, and what the doctor was able to determine was that the contact lenses I was using were already expired. An oversight that made me have a terrible night, but in the end, it taught me a lesson. Luckily, it wasn't anything too serious, although it seemed like it. I got home and applied these drops that the doctor prescribed and felt a little more relief.

Although my eye is still a little irritated, I feel much better now.

And I'll definitely have to get rid of most of my contact lenses, since most of them are the same age as when I bought them. Time really flies so fast that I don't even remember when I bought them. So, if you wear contact lenses, be very careful about the expiration date and, above all, make sure you clean each one properly.

Glad you’re feeling better now. That must’ve been such a scary experience definitely a good reminder to always check expiration dates. 👁️💧
Thank you! I'm fully recovered. Luckily, it was just a scare 😅😭
That isn't very comforting. Especially the eyes. One of the most important parts of our body. Without it, everything can change. Good thing it's all better now. Just be careful next time. 🌷
Thaniks alot! From now on I will be much more careful
No tenia ni idea que los lentes de contacto se podían vencer, increible. 😮
Que bueno leer que el relato tuvo un final tranquilizador. Espero que te recuperes pronto totalmente 💖
Gracias @faffy ya estoy completamente recuperada, tuve suerte de no quedarme ciega de un ojo jaja, hay que tener mucho cuidado con todas las cosas que tengan contacto con cualquier parte del cuerpo tan delicada como los ojos ☠️