I can't wear contacts??!

I can't wear contacts??

My friend's dad is an eye doctor. He checked my eyes and one eye is farsighted and the other is nearsighted. Plus, I have an astigmatism in one eye. He told me I couldn't get contacts and I was crushed. I've been wanting contacts forever and I was finally allowed to get them. He changed the lenses in my glasses. I've told all my friends how upset I am and they think it's ridiculous that I can't get contacts. They suggested I get a second opinion. Should I? Or should I just suffer with glasses? :(

Firstly... Optometrists are fully qualified and capable of fitting contact lenses! What was the reasoning behind you not being able to wear contact lenses?
If you have a high amount of astigmatism contacts may not work too well for you. Also your eyes need to be in good condition to sucessfully wear contacts (free of scarring and damage). There are many reasons why you may not be able to wear contacts full time, some reasons include:

- Dry Eyes
- Working or being around fumes/dust
- Allergies to contact lens materials
- Severe seasonal allergies
- Lack of motivation
- Poor hygiene practices
- Inflammation or disease of the anterior segment
- Any systemic disease which may be complicated by contact lens wear, such as diabetes, epilepsy, mental incompetency
- Poor tear quality or quantity
- Irregular cornea
- Giant Papillary Conjunctivitis
- High amount of corneal astigmatism

As for one of your eyes being farsighted and one being nearsighted that should not be the reason you cannot get contact lenses.
The condition you have is called Anisometropia! This is where the two eyes have an unequal refractive power usually at least 2 diopters in difference. One eye may be myopic (nearsighted) and the other hyperopic (farsighted).
When spectacles are used to correct the refractive error,
the problems begin to erupt. Images are displaced by all corrective lenses. Converging or magnifying lens displace the images towards the edges of the lens creating magnification whereas diverging or minifying lens displaced the images towards the center of the lens creating
minification.
Making glasses for a person with anisometropia can be quite complicated and if not made properly can cause double vision. To avoid these complications most people with anisometropia prefer to wear contact lenses.

You should ask your eye doctor to explain why you are not able to wear contact lenses! You could get a second opinion but if you have some serious reason why you cannot wear contacts then it is likely another optometrist will say the same thing. :)
hope that helps a bit :)