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From: bruceb@telesoft.UUCP (Bruce Bergman @favorite)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re:  Contact fiasco (summary)
Message-ID: <315@telesoft.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 4-Mar-86 15:48:31 EST
Article-I.D.: telesoft.315
Posted: Tue Mar  4 15:48:31 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 7-Mar-86 06:43:43 EST
Organization: TeleSoft, SanDiego CA
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[line eater offering]

Well, thanks to all those who sent me mail or posted about
my contact problem - I find I'm not alone!

I received about 15 pieces of mail on the topic, including
some from people within my own company.  There was no (NONE)
dissention among the responses.  All said that soft contacts
and especially extended wear contacts, won't last more than
a year under normal circumstances.

I still feel my eye doctor should have forewarned me about
this - at least I would not have flamed so much.  I doubt
I'll go back to him again.

Since then I've removed my contacts (instead of just sliding
them to the side when they itch) and I'll probably get some
new ones in the near future.  I won't get the SILSIGHT brand
again unless the insurance is lower.  I've heard of another
brand called (something) with a delta-k rating of 54 (and
supposedly will last longer than soft), so I may look into
these.

In retrospect, I imagine I would have been happier had I
never tried extended wear.  Wearing hard contacts all the
time, I never experienced the pleasure of sleeping in my
contacts.  *alas*

Again, thanks to all those who answered - it was many more
than I expected!

bruce

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