Posted: Tue 01 Oct 2002 8:56 am
Louise wrote:
Hi all. Is the 'Steripod Blue'saline which I now understand is
available on prescription used for rinsing lens?
What I use saline for - I'm still on Amidose - is to fill up my
RGP sclerals with before I put them in. That is, I hold the
lens with "point" downwards and the hollow full of saline. I
then have to put the lens in while pointing my face down into
the kitchen sink...! This is supposed to make the lenses go in
without air bubbles underneath. In fact I've been putting my
scleral lenses in like this since vry soon after I first got
them, originally using K-Lens (any other old K-Lens fans here??) before it was discontinued, then saline, because it seemed to
make them settle more comfortably.
So far I've
been buying Boot's own brand of aerosol saline as it worked out cheaper than saline from Moorfields which we can only get on a
script when attending for an appointment.
I think the idea of using something like Steripod Blue or
Amidose is that it is easier to get a lens
full-up-like-soup-bowl without getting bubbles in it -
allegedly, it is quite hard to get a lens full up of saline
without getting bubbles in it from an aerosol can, and bubbles
defeat th object of using the saline to get the lens in without
bubbles under them!
I'm still on Amidose but (like many others, I gather!) don't
like it much as it is not a patch on K-Lens! I used to have a
friend who worked in a lab who'd make up bottles of isotonic
saline for me and sterilise them in the lab's autoclave - but he doesn't work there any more... I think he made these a slightly different "strength" from Amidose and it was more confortable -
I think Amidose is just a little bit *too* salty for me and
inclined to sting a bit...
Incidentally - how long do you folks find that each tube of
Amidose will last? - mine used to last about a week each, but I
seem to be getting through them faster recently - maybe I'm
getting more slapdash in my old age.... or maybe it was
something to do with the Miraflow....? (I've gone back to
boston now - the "spirit"-y smell of the Miroflow was setting
off my asthma.)
Another question:
People who use the saline in tubes/pods which need the tips
cutting off - how do you manage if you go abroad? I mean, with
the rules the airlines now have about not taking scissors, etc,
onto planes? I go off to several meetings/conferences abroad,
and don't want to have to pack a suitcase to check in just so I
can take my Swiss Army knife (nor lug it about at the end, when
I can put the overnight bag stuff partly in my handbag and
partly in the briefcase with my laptop (which has to go hand
baggage if I want it to work again!!)). Besides, what happens
if one is flying long-haul and needs to start doing things to
one's lenses on board, eg. if they dry out in the air
conditioning?? has anyone had any luck trying to let them take
your scissors/knives with you if you have a doctor's letter
saying you have an eye condition...... ? - or do you just snip
the tips off what you hope will be enough to last before you set off?
Has anyone noticed there is going to be a horror film about a
person who has grafts?!! Could this be a KC group outing?!!
Tee hee!
Rosemary
--
Rosemary F. Johnson
Hi all. Is the 'Steripod Blue'saline which I now understand is
available on prescription used for rinsing lens?
What I use saline for - I'm still on Amidose - is to fill up my
RGP sclerals with before I put them in. That is, I hold the
lens with "point" downwards and the hollow full of saline. I
then have to put the lens in while pointing my face down into
the kitchen sink...! This is supposed to make the lenses go in
without air bubbles underneath. In fact I've been putting my
scleral lenses in like this since vry soon after I first got
them, originally using K-Lens (any other old K-Lens fans here??) before it was discontinued, then saline, because it seemed to
make them settle more comfortably.
So far I've
been buying Boot's own brand of aerosol saline as it worked out cheaper than saline from Moorfields which we can only get on a
script when attending for an appointment.
I think the idea of using something like Steripod Blue or
Amidose is that it is easier to get a lens
full-up-like-soup-bowl without getting bubbles in it -
allegedly, it is quite hard to get a lens full up of saline
without getting bubbles in it from an aerosol can, and bubbles
defeat th object of using the saline to get the lens in without
bubbles under them!
I'm still on Amidose but (like many others, I gather!) don't
like it much as it is not a patch on K-Lens! I used to have a
friend who worked in a lab who'd make up bottles of isotonic
saline for me and sterilise them in the lab's autoclave - but he doesn't work there any more... I think he made these a slightly different "strength" from Amidose and it was more confortable -
I think Amidose is just a little bit *too* salty for me and
inclined to sting a bit...
Incidentally - how long do you folks find that each tube of
Amidose will last? - mine used to last about a week each, but I
seem to be getting through them faster recently - maybe I'm
getting more slapdash in my old age.... or maybe it was
something to do with the Miraflow....? (I've gone back to
boston now - the "spirit"-y smell of the Miroflow was setting
off my asthma.)
Another question:
People who use the saline in tubes/pods which need the tips
cutting off - how do you manage if you go abroad? I mean, with
the rules the airlines now have about not taking scissors, etc,
onto planes? I go off to several meetings/conferences abroad,
and don't want to have to pack a suitcase to check in just so I
can take my Swiss Army knife (nor lug it about at the end, when
I can put the overnight bag stuff partly in my handbag and
partly in the briefcase with my laptop (which has to go hand
baggage if I want it to work again!!)). Besides, what happens
if one is flying long-haul and needs to start doing things to
one's lenses on board, eg. if they dry out in the air
conditioning?? has anyone had any luck trying to let them take
your scissors/knives with you if you have a doctor's letter
saying you have an eye condition...... ? - or do you just snip
the tips off what you hope will be enough to last before you set off?
Has anyone noticed there is going to be a horror film about a
person who has grafts?!! Could this be a KC group outing?!!
Tee hee!
Rosemary
--
Rosemary F. Johnson