UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Hi
I know this may seem a funny question but does anyone know if it is safe to wear sclerals when you are flying as I have this really weird fear that my eyes are going to pop out of my sockets because of the pressure change? . I am also wondering if it is safe to wear them on really big and fast roller coasters?
I am asking this because I am going to Florida next year and have never been on a plain before and am worried about the effects, if any that my scleral lenses may cause.

Thanks

Hi dolphin,
I wear scleral lenses and have done for, oops! over 30 years no.
I've done a fair bit of flying, and not (generally) had problems with the lenses, taken them out or nything.
the exceptions to taking them out have been when I've been on long-haul flights (to SOuth Africa, and to New Zealand) with overnight flights when I wouldn't have kept the lenses in that long or while (trying to) sleep anyway.
On those occasions, I booked "special assistance" at the airportss, saying I was arriving not able to see a thing and needed escorting off the plane and to the next place.
This should be free and a good service - in practice it varies - all too often, they send a wheelchair!!!! when what you really want is just someone to walk with you cos you can't read the signs.
Arriving in New Zealand was superb - very helpful man, guided me (an dmy mum) well, guided me to nearest Ladies to crank in lenses again, then said he'd show us the rest of the way as he was booked to anyway! Only complication was the extremely careful"biosecuirty" questionnaire about whether we'd been around animals, or on farm land or forests recntly.... Yup, I'd been horse riding in Epping Forest and was wearing a pair of jeans-jodhpurs and my jodhpur boots, in the hope of going to ride my cousin's horse while we were visiting!I've never had to give a second thought to the lenses when travelling in Europe.
Do be sre, though, to check all the rules on carrying fluids with you, so as not to be parted from your solutions.
Safe journeys.
Roller coasters I know nothing about (have balance problems so they appeal not at all!) - though suspect sclerals would be less problem than the corneal type - a scleral isn't oging to pop out.
Rosemary