glasses worn over RGP lenses
Posted: Wed 22 Nov 2017 7:35 pm
Hi All
just wondered if anyone wears glasses over their contact lenses to help with long distance. i can't find much info about it online so thought some people on here might have had similar situations or want to know it could be an option for them.
I have KC and rely on my RGP aswell as piggy backing as my job is physical and find this helps ease the pain of RGP. although my eyes do still get dry. I was told for YEAAAAAAARS i couldn't wear glasses with my lenses as a boost, but i went to Moorfileds last week as a new patient ( as my normal person retired) and THEY asked me if i had glasses and if i would like to try wearing them. I had a test and i now have prescribed glasses to wear over the top of my lenses to give a little boost. i think it has helped a little bit, as a car passenger i can see signs slightly clearer and more prominently especially reflective signs at night. i do still get a little confused with number plates but 3 times out of 5 i seem to get them right which is amazing for me at about 20 meters back. i also got tested for glasses to wear when i'm not wearing my lenses - so for at night or in the morning ' the hard bit' they said. but after a few more tests with my lenses OUT , i could see about 4/5 lines which seemed like a miracle! as without lenses i can't even see the black print of the big A!!! they are VERY strong glasses but will hopefully help with mornings/late nights, watching tv or if i'm on a long haul flight and just sitting there. i don't think i could wear them out. but at the moment my eyes are an inch away from objects to properly see without lenses! so anything will be a bonus for my everyday living and to make things easier - the worst is putting lenses into tired eyes! as you'll all know.
has anyone else experienced anything like this? my eyes are slightly too thin for Cross linking now which is annoying, i am 30 next year and for the last 2-3 years my eyes have stayed the same. before this they were changing ALL the time with lenses pinging out all the time! so hoping they have stabilised...
just wondered if anyone wears glasses over their contact lenses to help with long distance. i can't find much info about it online so thought some people on here might have had similar situations or want to know it could be an option for them.
I have KC and rely on my RGP aswell as piggy backing as my job is physical and find this helps ease the pain of RGP. although my eyes do still get dry. I was told for YEAAAAAAARS i couldn't wear glasses with my lenses as a boost, but i went to Moorfileds last week as a new patient ( as my normal person retired) and THEY asked me if i had glasses and if i would like to try wearing them. I had a test and i now have prescribed glasses to wear over the top of my lenses to give a little boost. i think it has helped a little bit, as a car passenger i can see signs slightly clearer and more prominently especially reflective signs at night. i do still get a little confused with number plates but 3 times out of 5 i seem to get them right which is amazing for me at about 20 meters back. i also got tested for glasses to wear when i'm not wearing my lenses - so for at night or in the morning ' the hard bit' they said. but after a few more tests with my lenses OUT , i could see about 4/5 lines which seemed like a miracle! as without lenses i can't even see the black print of the big A!!! they are VERY strong glasses but will hopefully help with mornings/late nights, watching tv or if i'm on a long haul flight and just sitting there. i don't think i could wear them out. but at the moment my eyes are an inch away from objects to properly see without lenses! so anything will be a bonus for my everyday living and to make things easier - the worst is putting lenses into tired eyes! as you'll all know.
has anyone else experienced anything like this? my eyes are slightly too thin for Cross linking now which is annoying, i am 30 next year and for the last 2-3 years my eyes have stayed the same. before this they were changing ALL the time with lenses pinging out all the time! so hoping they have stabilised...