UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Hi, Thanks for your replys my ophthalmologist actually refered me to Gartnavel not once but twice but i never ever heard anything back from them first time or second :roll: . Specsavers in Glasgow actually put me off going back to an options i know you can't tar them all with the same brush (is that...

Hi, I had grafts in both my eyes over 10 years ago, i did have soft perm lenses untill a couple of years ago when i moved to the glasgow area, and cannot find a decent opticians anywhere!! i used to attend specsavers for my soft perms (i got them free every six months) so thought i would try them in...

Well Andrew, when you put it like that!!

LOL, no it wont be Monday i'll be there I forgot to say my optician want sme to go back to RGP'S but im not keen as i know how uncomfortable they are to wear. Andrew, do the consultants at Gartnavel actually test your eyes and order your contacts? or do they just tell you to go back to your own cons...

Thanks Andrew,

Im going to go to gartnavel some time this week, i'll let you know what the said.

Thanks Gareth, i didnt know that.

Thanks Andrew i might try Gartnavel. Lizzie, my gp has already refferred me but as i say it's another 5 months before i get seen, altho i live in glasgow i have asked to be reffered back to my original consultant that did my grafts (about 10 miles from Glasgow) my eyes are always up and down but are...

Hi Jay, i've had soft perms for a couple of years and this is the first update i've heard of, in saying that i used to live in the back of beyond so mabye thats why

Thanks Andrew, can i really go to A&E because of my contacts? wont they just tell me to see my optician or consultant? i know if id went to A&E where i lived previously because of contacts the'd have chased me.

Thanks for the replys, When i had my soft perms i got a voucher for them, ive only just moved to Glasgow so dont know if i will have to pay for them here, i had a very bad infection in my eyes and thats why my optician stopped me getting any more soft perms (until i see my consultant and he oks it) ...