One lens

[petedoc]

Hi

Ive recently started wearing contacts, the sight in my right eye is really good with them but my left is not, im finding that just wearing the lens in my right eye and none in my left seems to be much better than wearing both. Is this a good idea?? will this make one or both my eyes worse?? I work as a recruitment consultant which means having to look at a computer screen for up to 12 hours. Does anyone else do this??

best

pete

[Sweet]

Hi,

I couldn't tolerate a lens in my left eye so only wore a RGP in my right until I had a graft on my left over a year ago. I don't always wear both lenses though as it is easier to just stick with the one as I can see much more with that one.

I could see really well with just one eye, you do get used to it! Hoping that you can work something out soon.

[MarkX]

Hi,

I have pretty much the same thing but my right eye is better than my left. I'm also a computer user.

I went mis-diagnosed for a number of years meaning I got used to the ghosted vision my left eye was producing without knowing that my right eye was compensating and my left eye was being used less and less.

Now I have KC in both eyes but much less advanced in my right eye, I find that wearing an RGP lens in my right eye seems to worsen my general vision however I put this down to the fact that with both lenses in, my brain is trying to use both eyes; removing the right lens again just means my brain gives up on the left eye and goes back to over-using the right eye and the vision "seems" better!

Personally i'd recommend going back to whoever fitted them and explaining, pretty sure they'd advise against wearing one and maybe look at re-fitting to make sure your sight is balanced, it's all about making sure both eyes are working as hard as each other (but i'm no expert just a fellow sufferer!)

Let us know how you get on!

[Lynn White]

HI Pete...

Sometimes its easier for the brain to ignore a really blurred image rather than one that is clearer but still blurred, if that makes sense?

Also, one of the major problems with keratoconus is the residual aberrations even with contact lens fitting and those can interfere with vision in general. It is a good idea to report all this back to your fitter to see if they can get a better visual result.

[Andrew MacLean]

Many people spend much of their lives with monocular vision; I'm with Lynn.

By the way, welcome to MarkX who slipped in unnoticed!

Andrew