UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Hello everyone.

I have been piggy-backing for the last 3 years to deal with my KC. Night time has always been a challenge because my eyes seem to produce a lot of mucus the later it gets. It's really frustrating, and compounded by dryness in the eyes at night... I have to blink five times and push my contacts around under my eyelid to be able to see clearly again. Do others have the same problem? Any solutions?

Michael

Have you told your contact lens specialist of the problems you are having. I don't think I would wear lenses that were giving me so much trouble.

All the best

Andrew

I too used to have the same problem with a lot of mucus between the 2 lenses the problem was solved with changing from 2 week lenses to one day disposable ones
Malcolm

Very interesting, Malcolm. I'll have to look into that. Andrew, you're probably right, too. I haven't seen my doctor in a year and a half - I've been working in Afghanistan where there are no ophthalmologists. But I'm back in the States now, so I'll visit a doctor as soon as I have insurance. Thanks!

Michael,

Hello there and welcome to the forum! Sorry that i haven't had a chance to reply yet but will now!!

I piggy back with a RGP (Profile lens) and a monthly soft lens (Focus Night and Day). I was told that it needs to be monthly because my eyes are too dry for daily or weekly ones and there is a risk of oxygen transmission through to my eye.

I do often find later in the day that my lenses do get foggy and i need to take them out, clean them and put them back in my eye. I don't get any discharge or anything though, just blurring to my vision and i know that the lenses need cleaning. I used to just rinse my RGP but have found that they both need to be cleaned really as i can see much better then! I do manage over 15 hours wear time if i use enough eye drops and Systane twice a day before i put lenses in.

Hoping that you can work this out soon. It does sound as if you might need different soft lenses to piggy back with?

Take care, Sweet X x X