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TIFU By wearing contacts in the wrong eyes for the past year

I've been wearing contacts for probably 15+ years. They've never been entirely comfortable, but I've kinda just sucked it up because it's convenient especially for things like being active.

Last visit to the eye doctor I told him my current lenses were ok but maybe could be better. He adjusted with a different brand with slightly different size and fit for each eye. Also adjusted the prescription just slightly.

A week or so later the shipment comes in, I pick them up. I still had some old pairs left so I go through those, then months later I start wearing the new ones. Placebo effect, I tell myself they're maybe slightly better. Mostly the same. Idk. Hard to tell. Some days they feel better than others.

Fast forward a year later to today. My eyes have really been bothering me the past month or so. Worse than ever. Like I can't wear my contacts more than 3 or 4 hours without feeling pain. I decide I'm going to make the jump to wearing dailies instead of monthlies. I start shopping around for daily contacts online and pull out the boxes and the copy of my prescription from my eye doctor. I now realize they put the "L" and "R" stickers on the wrong boxes and I've been wearing them in the wrong eyes for the past year.

TL;DR: Eye doctor mislabeled my contacts after last visit, I didn't double check

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