Today I went to the Optometrist with my sight set on getting contacts. I've always needed glasses but it is really hard to find ones that look good on my face. Well, I decided that even though when I was a kid I tried getting contacts and couldn't get them in, that I would try again. The main reason: I want to change the color of my eyes.
Now you might be thinking, why ever would you want to do that? Well the answer is actually pretty simple. When you look in the mirror every morning, what do you see? You see two (insert your color) eyes staring back at you. When I look in the mirror, I see my left eye staring back at me blue and my right eye staring back at me green. It's not something the casual observer would notice, but it really, truly bothers me that my eyes are different colors.
The doctor, who didn't seem overly thrilled that I was even alive let alone giving her money to check my eyes, told me that I have a pretty bad astigmatism and that because of this the contacts wouldn't come in the color I wanted. She then told me that I am an "eye-phobic" because I have a hard time having things close to my eye and that contacts would probably be out of the question anyway.
I was heartbroken. I'd been talking myself up about changing my eye color for weeks now and because of an involuntary hang-up I have I wouldn't be able to get what I so desired. Unfortunately for the doctor, I had a lightning strike of an idea that seemed just crazy enough for it to work.
Though the insurance wouldn't pay for it, I could get non-prescription contacts in the color I want and just wear the glasses as normal. She actually told me that that would be silly, but I told her I wasn't going to let anything stand in the way of my progress.
Luckily, the office manager (or whatever she was who took my information and did all the logistical work) was much better at customer service than the doctor. Though she was confused at first, (since I'm sure they don't get many requests like this) she quickly explained my options and told me that as long as I could prove I could get them in my eyes I could get the non-prescription cosmetic lenses I so desperately wanted.
She even gave me some special solution (what they use for hard contacts) because it's viscus enough to simulate the feel of a contact touching my eye. I also went onto the web to find ways that have helped people like myself get contacts in. I think I may have found a sure-fire way (practiced it and it seemed to work well) of getting the contacts in.
My appointment is Noon on Monday and though I'm kinda scared I won't get it, which would cause a major setback in my plans, I'm determined to make this change and do whatever it takes to get there.
Luckily, I still have all day tomorrow to practice with the solution. With any luck I'll stick it to the doctor and get them in within the timeframe easily. That'll be an added bonus. If not, i get unlimited tries. So however long it takes, that's how long it takes.
Persistence is key. Thank goodness I'm like a pitbull when I really want something...
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