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My prescription is moderately strong -6.5 and -7

Yes. I wear extended wear contacts that are supposed to be replaced once a month. I take them out and replace them when I notice a significant deterioration in vision, or when my eyes feel scratchy. For me has varied between a month and about 18 months. YMMV

I have very occasionally rubbed my eyes to the point of accidentally removing a contact, mostly this is a habit I have trained myself out of

Most days and nights I forget that I have contacts in, I always sleep in them, makes getting up in the night to pee much safer, and other night time activities more enjoyable




That's great! Having to take contacts out every evening and to then clean them was quite a hassle. I should try contacts again.

>makes getting up in the night to pee much safer

Is that really the case? My vision is only slightly better than yours (although my last check was years ago) and I feel like I could do most things without glasses just fine. Anything that requires reading is difficult though, unless it's on my phone where I can just bring it very close to my face.


Depends on the probability distribution of single Legos in your nocturnal environment.

On a more serious note, when a fire alarm has gone off in the middle of the night and I have to grab a sleeping child and get out of the building, then it's one less thing to worry about for sure




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