Sorry hon, I just saw this. I had a friend once who didn't have any eyelashes, or ANY hair for that matter. I would try to lay off the contacts for a couple of days, I hope you have some back up glasses!! I would go but some Systane TODAY. You can NOT use that with your contacts in but you can put it in 10 minutes before putting contacts in and use it again as soon as you take them out. The systane is one of the best moisture drops on the markey today.
I am a bit concerned about the other things you have described. "Flashes" of any sort can be the fist indication of a retinal detachment. Almost everyone has a few floaters, thats completey normal, but when you talk about your vision being blocked in a particular corner of your vision, again, another sign of retinal detachment. I would STRONGLY advise you to set up an appt with an opthalmologist. Seeing an opthalomogist would be billed into your MEDICAL insurance but remember, they may not do anything with updating/prescribing contacts for you. It would be a full ckeck into the back of your eye to be sure that nothing serious is going on. You need to have your eyes dilated (they put drops in to dialate your pupils) and a visual field done. I am not trying to scare you bit the things you have mentioned do raise some red flags.
As far as your contacts go, when you say two weeks cl, I assume you are probably in the Acc2 or Newvue lens. both are good lenses but if you have a serious dryness issue, you may want to task about the Ciba Night and Day lenses. They were technically designed for extended wear, for the people who think they must sleep in cl's. They are made out of silicon instead of plastic and allow a lot more breathability. We have had a lot of good luck prescribing these as a daily wear lens to patients with severe dryness. Accuvue has also come out with a similair lens called accuvue advance with hydroclear, might be another good option to try!
As far as chapstick goes, I absolutely LOVE Nutrogena lip boost! I love most all of nutrogena products actually! At target you can get a combo pack of lip boost and a lip smoother for like $6.00!! I'm also addicted to chap stick!!
Gotta run, boss is coming!! I hope you feel better!
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