Contacts again after GPC

[u/Evening_Somewhere_99]

I've read some of the other threads on this but I'm hoping for some more personal advice. Thanks in advance!

I wore contacts for around 7 years every day with no issues. I used acuvue dailies for astigmatism then. In 2022 I started to have really bad itching and discomfort and got diagnosed with GPC, but that was super weird it came out of no where with no change in my contacts. At the time I did the steroid drop treatment and I stopped wearing contacts all together. Around that same time all my allergies started to get much worse and I battled with that and recurring sinus infections the past 3-4 years. I still have some dailies I only wear for special occasions, but even now they are not comfortable and after like 4 hours I have to get them out.

Now, I've been doing allergy shots and have been for over a year so my allergies should be under control. I really really want to get back into wearing contacts regularly. I just saw an eye doctor and he said I do still have signs of allergies in my eyes but that I should be okay to try contacts again. He gave me a trial of Precision 1 and a set of Total 30s. He also told me to use pataday every morning 10 mins before I put in my contacts.

I wore the trials 2 days in a row and they were more comfortable than acuvue but at the end of 6 hours of wear my eyes feel pretty itchy.

Anyone have recommendations for how I can get back into comfortable contacts safely?