Second Opinion

[jeremy]

Hi, ive just had my first pair of lenses fitted at Kingston, i'm not happy with the left one, i can see considerably better with the lens out. I want to try and get a second opinion if i can, does anyone have any recommendations for a private practitioner, ive spoken to moorfields-private practice but they cant give me an appointment for a month.
Cheers

[GarethB]

Jeremy,

Lens fitting is as much an art as it is a science.

As these are your first pair, it is possible that the lens fir will not be 100% which is why you will probably ahve a return visit quite soon to see how you are getting on.

How long have you ahd the lenses?

It might be too soon to be asking for a second opinion as some peopel get through 3 - 4 lens before the correct fit is found.

[Damien W]

I agree Jearamy, give it some time as I had to endure quite a few fittings before I got to where I am now.

The first fit was better than my glasses that's for sure (from 6/36 corrected to 6/12 corrected) but it was just to get the fit right, then they worked on the correction.

TTFN

Damo

[Janet Manning]

Jez,
My first post graft lenses were also fitted at Kingston. They were very kind but could only offer me soft perms with 6 hours daily wearing time. They were also very difficult to insert and remove. I could no longer tolerate RGPs after the grafts.

I found out about scleral lenses and they were very discouraging about them. However I insisted on a referral to Moorfields. Took me 6 weeks to achieve and a lot of nagging! Moorfields prescribed sclerals and I now get 12 hours a day regularly and sometimes longer.

Be prepared for a long wait. It took about 4 months to get an appointment at Moorfields and then 2 months to get the lenses. But it was worth it.

I did go back to Kingston and showed them my sclerals. I also suggested one of the opticians go on a course to learn to fit them so that more people could benefit and gave them Ken's name. Clearly they didn't do anything about it. This was about 6 years ago.