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- Tue 02 Feb 2021 2:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Huge variation with my vision
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3439
Re: Huge variation with my vision
Yes there are people who wear contact lenses with glasses over the top. I have met people with KC who wear glasses over their contact lenses. I think in sometimes this is to correct some of the astigmatism, but I can't remember exactly why it was done. In older people with presbyopia reading glasses...
- Tue 02 Feb 2021 2:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Huge variation with my vision
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3439
Re: Huge variation with my vision
Hi Rhys, It was a very frustrating experience because whilst ‘in the chair’ he was able to improve my vision significantly, but wasn’t able to reproduce those excellent results with the lenses. If you got good results in the chair one would hope that a lens with similar results could be prescribed. ...
- Tue 02 Feb 2021 2:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Contact Lenses after hydrops
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2618
Re: Contact Lenses after hydrops
Hi Sharon, The fit seems perfectly fine but I am just worried that by wearing the lens I could cause another hydrops. Have you had the fit of this lens checked? As Graham has said in his response the shape of the cornea may have changed due to the hydrops. Like Graham I'm not a practitioner, but I'v...
- Wed 20 Jan 2021 5:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Contact Lenses after hydrops
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2618
Re: Contact Lenses after hydrops
Hi Sharon, Sometimes vision can improve after hydrops. On the main part of the website there is this description of hydrops which you might find helpful: https://www.keratoconus-group.org.uk/index.php/hydrops-and-keratoconus/ I am surprised to read that your contact lens practitioner is not clear ho...
- Thu 10 Dec 2020 8:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Lenses clouding up
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1790
Re: Lenses clouding up
Hi Jugger, I wonder if this could be lots of tiny bubbles, or froth, forming under the lens. I had a similar problem with a corneal RGP. I was convinced it just needed cleaning and es taking it our several times a day to clean. The optometrist suggesting that I piggy backed the lens with a soft disp...
- Mon 07 Dec 2020 4:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Fed up of air bubbles
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2919
Re: Fed up of air bubbles
Hi Carmel, Bubbles are a nuisance, I sometimes get them with my left corneal RGP if I don't do the head down technique correctly. It sounds as if your insertion technique is correct as you can get the lenses in without bubbles. As the problem is only occurring with the left lens, and it is after ins...
- Sun 27 Sep 2020 10:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Advanced KC options
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2925
Re: Advanced KC options
Hi Samuel, You might find it useful to look at some of the presentations from one of the Keratoconus Groups Conferences. The link to the conference videos can be found at: https://www.keratoconus-group.org.uk/index.php/publications/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5JjXE7c6TI8QqRDB_rZ8mA/videos In ...
- Wed 16 Sep 2020 9:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Nhs funding
- Replies: 24
- Views: 21961
Re: Nhs funding
Hi Has, I believe that hybrid lenses should be replaced after six months. So if you had continued with hybrid lenses you would be paying for four lenses each year. The current charge per lens is £57. Moorfields FAQs does infer this as it refers to the charge relating to six month's supply of lenses....
- Mon 25 May 2020 2:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Help
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2786
Re: Help
Hi Has, can you recommend me any opticians in Peterborough that I can go to? There is a list of KC friendly opticians on the Keratoconus Group site website the list can be found here: https://www.keratoconus-group.org.uk/optoms/ I think the reason for me getting so many eye infections is due to the ...
- Sat 23 May 2020 7:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Help
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2786
Re: Help
Hi Hass, Welcome to the forum. Can anybody advise me on where to purchase keratoconus lenses from, I had no luck from my opticians Do you normally get your lenses from the optician, or from a hospital? If you are getting your lenses through a hospital eye department and only go to your local opticia...