jacked up.

i had two appointments this week--dental and eye.
can i just say i hate appointments? because i do.
you go in after 6 months or a year of "trying" to do all the things they tell you to do...floss, brush, change your contacts every two weeks, don't sleep in your contacts, etc. etc.
but of course you don't do all those things perfectly (if you do, props). and you can't lie to the dentist of the eye doctor because, hello! they can totally tell if you're lying. i don't even understand why they ask you questions like, have you been flossing daily? responses usually go something like, um. well i try, but... and then they cut you off saying, i can tell you haven't been flossing consistently so you should probably work on that.
excuse me, but if you could tell i wasn't flossing, why did you even ask me if i was? unnecessary, methinks. but whatev. fortunately, that didn't happen to me this time. i was a diligent flosser and no scolding occurred at my dentist appointment.
i wish i could say the same about my eye appointment...
okay, so i don't switch my contacts up every two weeks like they say. because i feel like my contacts work just fine for three, four, maybe five weeks. so what's the point? well, apparently the point is to save your cornea from becoming "jacked up." yes, my eye doctor used that exact term to describe my left eye.
his question: have you been changing your contacts like you're supposed to?
my thought: of course not and you know it because you're looking at your computer screen and it tells you that i only had six months worth of contacts that i made last a year so...
my verbal answer: um. no.
his response: i can tell.
my thought: duhh. else you wouldn't have asked that question.
he continues: because your left eye is jacked up.
me: excuse me, please. isn't there a more eye doctor-y term you could use for that? because jacked up in my mind means you're going blind within the week unless you listen to me, and do what i say.
him: then do what i say. but you're not going blind. we do need to take care of this, though, otherwise bad things could happen like eye ulcers.
me: who knew there were such things as ulcers in the eye. but fine. tell me what to do.

anyways, after a bit more scolding and confirming that he was right and i was, indeed, failing to switch out my contacts, he told threw my lenses in the trash and said, glasses only for the next week (boo). plus i had to get some prescription for my eyeballs. and then i have to go BACK to the eye doctor in a week.
dread.

lesson learned: they eye doctor isn't making up stories when he says to change your contact lenses every few weeks. so unless you want a "jacked up" eye like mine, then do what the doctor say. or atleast try...