Managed to get through night 1. The worst-case scenario envisaged by my research was that my eyelids would get glued to the dried-out contacts and I wouldn't be able to open them when I wake up. Another possibly-concurrent scenario would be continuous stabbing or burning pain too great to sleep. I had a bunch of artificial tears by my bed, and had practiced getting at them with my eyes closed. However, no extreme measures were required. At about midnight things were feeling a little dry so I peeled back the eyeguards and stuck some artificial tears in, but for the rest of the night things were good. This might be because I was waking up pretty frequently on account of the eyeguards being a little annoying for a side-sleeper like me, so my eyelids didn't spend 8 straight hours staying still.
Still no pain, either of the stabbing or burning variety.
Still no sand-in-eye feeling.
Still no discomfort of any kind from the bandage contact.
Given those things and given how hard I've heard recovery CAN be, I am going to be continuing the "keep my eyes shut in the basement all damn day" approach to recovery.
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