I went blind in one 注目する，もくろむ after having 誤った 攻撃するs fitted while wearing 接触する レンズs - I still can't see 適切に 18 months on

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A receptionist （人命などを）奪う，主張するs she was blinded for months after getting 攻撃するs fitted while still wearing her 接触する レンズs.

Lillie Barrett, 22, from 井戸／弁護士席ing in Bexley, south-east London?began to experience an itchy left 注目する，もくろむ after getting a 始める，決める of £55 ロシアの 攻撃するs fitted while wearing her 接触する レンズs in November 2022.

After experiencing a watering 注目する，もくろむ 夜通し, she visited the 化学者／薬剤師 the に引き続いて day and was given 減少（する）s to soothe her red and swollen 注目する，もくろむ.?

But two days later when her 注目する，もくろむ began to swell and yellow gunk started to build up on her cornea, Lillie （人命などを）奪う，主張するs she lost all 見通し in her left 注目する，もくろむ.??

Horrifying （映画の）フィート数 shows Lillie's cornea turning a 煙霧のかかった grey as she （人命などを）奪う，主張するs she was left blind in this 注目する，もくろむ and not able to see in 3D out of the other, and was later told she had developed a corneal ulcer.

Lillie Barrett, 22, from 井戸／弁護士席ing in South East London, forked out on a pricey pair of ロシアの 攻撃する 拡張s but began to experience an itchy left 注目する，もくろむ すぐに after, and was even 一時的に left blinded

Lillie was 急ぐd to the 緊急 department at St Helier Hospital in Sutton where an 注目する，もくろむ specialist 知らせるd her she had developed an ulcer on her cornea.

Although the 顧問 was unable to place a 限定された 原因（となる） on her 注目する，もくろむ 感染, Lillie now believes it was 原因（となる）d by bacteria coming into 接触する with her 接触する レンズ after having her 攻撃するs done.

によれば the NHS, a corneal ulcer is an open sore in the outer 層 of the cornea that occurs when the surface is 損失d and is said to be more ありふれた in 接触する レンズ wearers.

She is now 警告 other 接触する レンズ 使用者s to be careful when using 月毎の 接触する レンズs and is 勧めるing people to switch to daily 使い捨てできる ones as they are more hygienic.?

Lillie said: 'Six hours after my 任命 my 注目する，もくろむ started to 反応する and it felt like something was scratching my 注目する，もくろむ so I took my 接触する レンズs out and put my glasses on.

'夜通し my 注目する，もくろむ wouldn't stop watering and I thought it was just my アレルギーs playing up or I had 契約d conjunctivitis because I had been around kids recently.

'I went to a 化学者／薬剤師 the next day and they said it looked like it was conjunctivitis and gave me some 注目する，もくろむ 減少（する）s and I began to use them.

'My 注目する，もくろむ kept watering an d started swelling and became really red.

Pictured above is the 恐ろしい 注目する，もくろむ 感染: a corneal ulcer which is thought to have been brought on by Lillie's 接触する レンズs

'For about two days I left it as I just thought it was conjunctivitis as I had yellow bits in my 注目する，もくろむ.

'This then stopped coming out of my 注目する，もくろむ and became stuck on my cornea and by the second or third day I lost all my 見通し [in this 注目する，もくろむ].

'I was going to 運動 myself to the doctors but then realised I couldn't as I didn't have any 3D 見通し. Everything looked flat because I couldn't see out of this 注目する，もくろむ.

'At the hospital, they told me it was an ulcer on my cornea but they couldn't tell me the exact 推論する／理由 it happened.

'Someone in the 注目する，もくろむ department said to me I wasn't going to get my 見通し 支援する unless I went through with 外科.

'I broke into 涙／ほころびs as I was so shocked at what had happened.

'My left 注目する，もくろむ made my 信用／信任 go 負かす／撃墜する a lot as people were looking at me strangely and I stopped going out as much as I used to as I was really upset about it.

'I use 月毎の 接触するs and 明らかに these can be more dangerous than daily 接触するs.

The glamorous receptionist now advises others to 支払う／賃金 more 注意する to their 注目する，もくろむ care and 断言するs off 月毎の レンズs which 要求する stringent upkeep?

'After what happened, I still wear 接触するs but I have switched to daily 接触するs now.

'I would say to people that they should switch to daily 接触するs and not use 月毎の ones as you don't have to clean them, you just put them in the 貯蔵所 after using them. It's not 価値（がある） it after what I went through.

'I know the doctor couldn't 確認する the exact 原因（となる） of my 感染 but I do think it was 原因（となる）d by my 接触するs'.?

'If I was to give anyone some advice it would be to just be careful when wearing 接触するs and definitely go to the hospital sooner as I left it for two or three days b efore doing so'.

Although she's not 支援する to 十分な 注目する，もくろむ health, Lillie is miles better, but still an 熱心な 接触する レンズ wearer and has made the switch to daily レンズs and recommends others do this too

After 存在 定める／命ずるd 注目する，もくろむ 減少（する）s and 苦痛 救済, Lillie was 発射する／解雇するd from hospital but had to return for check ups until May 2023.

She （人命などを）奪う，主張するs her 注目する，もくろむ remained discoloured for six months and says her 見通し 徐々に started to return.

にもかかわらず this, Lillie （人命などを）奪う，主張するs she has still not fully 回復するd sight in her left 注目する，もくろむ almost a year-and-a-half on from the 感染.

Lillie said: 'My 見通し started to come 支援する slowly after using the eyedrops and having hospital 健康診断s.

'The colour of my 注目する，もくろむ was still really bad in January 2023 and you couldn't see the 黒人／ボイコット part of my pupil. My 注目する，もくろむ was like this for 概略で six or seven months.

'By April 2023 the colour of my 注目する，もくろむ had returned やめる a lot. You can hardly notice it unless you look really closely.

'I can now see a lot more than I could but my 見通し is still bad.

'I can see 影をつくる／尾行するs and people when they're in 前線 of me but that is only if I の近くに one 注目する，もくろむ. If both 注目する，もくろむs are open it makes it harder to see'.

Lillie says she has been 申し込む／申し出d 外科 to help 回復する her 見通し but 最初 拒絶する／低下するd this after 審理，公聴会 about the 危険s that could come with the 操作／手術.

But after recently 地位，任命するing about her レンズ horror on TikTok, she says she may 再考する going under the knife as other 使用者s 株d the 外科 success stories.

Lillie said: 'The 外科 was to help me 回復する some of my 見通し 支援する by doing work on my cornea but I didn't take the 外科 as they said there was a 危険 my 注目する，もくろむ could go 支援する to square one again [and I had been making 進歩 with my sight].

'Now I've seen people's comments on TikTok about how the 外科 worked really 井戸／弁護士席 for them, I think I would consider getting it done to 回復する some more of my 見通し'.