Glasses or Contacts?

[Mars357]

I've been wearing glasses for about two years now. I really hate wearing glasses. I have an appointment tomorrow with the eye doctor and I'm thinking about switching to contacts. I've heald off on the contacts because I'm not sure I'll be very good at putting them in and taking them out. I've been thinking aobut getting my prescription for contacts and getting a pair of disposables just to try them out.

Can anyone offer any insight on contacts? Which are better, hard or soft (there's some joke fodder), disposable or non-disposable... any brands that you've found to be more comfortable than others?

Do you have to take disposables out every night? I'd love something I can put in and leave alone for a week or more....

Thanks!

Mars