Found Contact Lost in Eye

[Dixie Luvr 98]

Almost six years ago!

My soft lens was feeling a little dry, so I went to the bathroom to take it out. There under my eyelid was a gas permeable lens. Haven't had that type of lenses since 2003!

 

[Luv2Scrap]

That's worse than the pieces of broken glass from my childhood that work their way out of my foot every once in a while!

 

[zachnsamsmommy]

Oh My! I had that happen, but my lost lens I found (soft) had only been lost a couple of days. If I were you, I'd schedule an appt with my eye dr to make sure you don't have any lacerations or abrasions that need to be treated with antibiotics.

But that is soooo weird...

 

[RachelNinja]

OY! That made me cringe! I guess it's never bothered you all this time? If I have an eyelash in my eye, I go crazy! It's only because I'm used to contacts that I can touch my eye to remove it. But finding one from 6 years ago? I would've dropped to the floor in a faint! Has the eye doctor never been able to see it?

 

[bumbershoot]

If I were you, I'd schedule an appt with my eye dr to make sure you don't have any lacerations or abrasions...

Agreed.


Considering how sensitive my eyes are, where they are bothered by the constant "bloodshot" vein I've had since Lasik, I can't even imagine having a whole contact under there...but your body can get used to anything, I imagine! Glad you found it!

 

[Dixie Luvr 98]

OY! That made me cringe! I guess it's never bothered you all this time? If I have an eyelash in my eye, I go crazy! It's only because I'm used to contacts that I can touch my eye to remove it. But finding one from 6 years ago? I would've dropped to the floor in a faint! Has the eye doctor never been able to see it?

I think I very nearly did. I surely felt the blood drain out of my face.

I've had four exams with two different doctors since then, and no one saw it.

 

[edandcolleen1995]

Almost six years ago!

My soft lens was feeling a little dry, so I went to the bathroom to take it out. There under my eyelid was a gas permeable lens. Haven't had that type of lenses since 2003!

Sorry not buying it.

You can not get more then one year of a contact lens prescription without getting a new eye exam.

So any eye doctor in the last 6 year (lets even say 3 because you bought 2 years of contacts at a time) would have seen it..

 

[laurie31]

Wow - I've lost a lens in my eye before, but it's always come out in a few hours. That's so scary to think it was in there all that time.

I don't believe an opthamologist could have seen it if it had floated around to the back of the eye. I don't know though - any eye care professionals here to weigh in on that?

 

[mrFDNY]

Can you recheck your eye, i lost a $100 bill not too long ago.

 

[HunnyPots]

Sorry not buying it.

You can not get more then one year of a contact lens prescription without getting a new eye exam.

So any eye doctor in the last 6 year (lets even say 3 because you bought 2 years of contacts at a time) would have seen it..

So you're saying she's lying? Why on earth would she do that?
FWIW, I've had lots of contact exams and they barely look at my eyes at all, unless I am complaing about some discomfort of some sort. It would be very easy to miss a lost lens that had migrated to the back of my eye.

 

[Liberty Belle]

Sorry not buying it.

You can not get more then one year of a contact lens prescription without getting a new eye exam.

So any eye doctor in the last 6 year (lets even say 3 because you bought 2 years of contacts at a time) would have seen it..

Uh, she just said she'd had four appointments and no doctor saw it.

 

[Dixie Luvr 98]

Wow - I've lost a lens in my eye before, but it's always come out in a few hours. That's so scary to think it was in there all that time.

I don't believe an opthamologist could have seen it if it had floated around to the back of the eye. I don't know though - any eye care professionals here to weigh in on that?[/QUOTE]

Seriously. I was always under the impression that the eye's muscles would keep one from going too far. It isn't the first time one has gone up so far under the lid that I couldn't see it. They have always worked their way back down within a day, however.

I do know the hard and gas permeable lenses had a tendency to suction to the eye that the soft lenses don't have. Whatever and however, it happened to me.

 

[rie'smom]

Sorry not buying it.

You can not get more then one year of a contact lens prescription without getting a new eye exam.

So any eye doctor in the last 6 year (lets even say 3 because you bought 2 years of contacts at a time) would have seen it..

I have eye exams every year. They consist of:

the air puff in my eye
can you see the balloon- is it on top of the mountain, in front of the mountain, yada yada
Read the eye chart with the bazillion lenses
The doc holding the flashlight looking into my eye.

Not once since I started having eye exams in 1980 did a doctor ever say look up or look down and never has one looked under my eyelid.

Things happen.

 

[Kim&Chris]

I've worn GP lenses for about 16 years now. Those things are exactly what the title says - RIGID. Plus, they're like suction cups, so I can't figure out how 1) you went 6 years with a rigid, hard piece of plastic on your eyeball without having any sort of serious infection or abrasions, and 2) how did it get stuck to your eyelid?

I have left them in my eyes a handful of times & fallen asleep, and OUCH, my eyes are sore the next morning. After 6 years......YIKES! Well, at least the mystery is solved

 

[CaliforniaDreamin]

OMG, that is crazy scary! Maybe you should call your optometrist to see if they need to check your eye, and make sure there is no damage. Wow.

 

[Fuzzysmonsoon]

Normally, I just read the forums but I had to respond to this post because this happened to me when I was in college. In my case, the gas permeable contact caused a bump to form under my eyelid. I went to many doctors including a well known eye specialist in Cincinnati, OH and no one would listen to me when I asked them to check out the bump. Each doctor had a different explanation until the specialist lifted up my lid and grabbed a Q-Tip to pull the contact out from beneath my lid. He figured that the contact had been up there for a few months because my eyelid formed the bump to protect the eye. Gas Permeable lens do stick to the eye especially when they are dry.

 

[DarthKTrava]

So you're saying she's lying? Why on earth would she do that?
FWIW, I've had lots of contact exams and they barely look at my eyes at all, unless I am complaing about some discomfort of some sort. It would be very easy to miss a lost lens that had migrated to the back of my eye.

My last doc looked pretty closely at my eyes and even admonished me for sleeping with the lenses in (only when I dozed off for an afternoon nap).

Edit: one time, one of the docs I went to see had me try a lens. Based on what I read here, it must've been one of those gas permeable ones because they glued to my eyeballs and by the time I got it out, my eye was RED. And irritated. I told him I didn't want any more of those kind of lenses since they did that.

 

[AllisonK]

I've worn GP lenses for about 16 years now. Those things are exactly what the title says - RIGID. Plus, they're like suction cups, so I can't figure out how 1) you went 6 years with a rigid, hard piece of plastic on your eyeball without having any sort of serious infection or abrasions, and 2) how did it get stuck to your eyelid?

I have left them in my eyes a handful of times & fallen asleep, and OUCH, my eyes are sore the next morning. After 6 years......YIKES! Well, at least the mystery is solved

Agreed. I've worn gas perms for about 2 years now (for a cornea condition) and when they move off my eyeball they HURT. And they usually work their way back down onto my eye within a few minutes, so I'm not sure how they would stay stuck in there for so long.

 

[Missy1961]

I've been wearing contacts on & off for 26 years (mostly on). My exams have been a lot complete than the ones some of you are describing--my doctor even has a machine that takes a 3D picture of your eyes.

I'd switch doctors if I were you--I can't imagine feeling confident that they'd find anything if they missed a lens in your eye for 6 years.

 

[seamour]

glad you found it and it didn't form a bump like the other poster mentioned. I would definately get it checked though.