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Postby asylumxl » Sat 11 Feb 2006 10:32 pm

Hi,
I know im an irritating little b*****d but i thought since everyone else seems to share their experiences on here, i would to. Yesterday i went to try contacts for the first time. I wore them for 6 hours (with regular visits back to the optometrist) and even though i had never worn a pair before it wasn't to bad, apart from the left one which was small and moving around the eye. I go on monday to get them, then i will be wearing them for almost double that time :? . My only worry is that for the 6 hours i had them in, i stil experienced quite bad blurring and double vision in my right eye. Do you think this will go away with time, or do i need a different lens?[/i]

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Postby Sweet » Sat 11 Feb 2006 10:42 pm

Hhmm did i miss something? Where did you get being iritating from?? :roll: :wink:

Anyway, am sorry to read that you are getting bad results from lenses. Sometimes lenses just take a lot of practice and as this is the first lens you have i would think that you need to very slowly build up the wearing time.

If there is a lot of pain then i would go and get that checked out as pain is a bad thing whereas lenses can be uncomfortable at first and make your eye red and watery but it will get better.

Ghosting is very common and sometimes it will settle or your prescription isn't quite right and you need another lens.

Hoping you get this sorted soon! Good luck with it, Sweet X x X
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Postby jayuk » Sat 11 Feb 2006 10:51 pm

Hi

Unfortunately there is a fine line between the pain of wearing new lenses and the pain of literal eye pain! If that makes sense!

Over time the eye will adjust to the lens (assuming the fit is correct and you have no adverse reactions to the material)

Wear time is essential with a new contact lens wearer...and in all honesty I wouldnt recommend going straight into wearing them for 6 hours! I would build up to them.....as that way the eye gets used to them......

Hope that helps

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Postby GarethB » Sun 12 Feb 2006 8:37 am

It is recomended when you first get lenses to sart at 1 - 2 hours the first day. Then build up by an extra hour each day until 8 hours is reached. Then get used to 8 hours fora couple of days before going the next hour.

Many opticians recomend 8 hours max, but this is not enough for many a working day. In these cases it can be helful to extend this period by removing the lenses for say 30 minutes while having lunch.

Remember KC is a damaged cornea and the reason we have regular check ups is to ensure the lens is not causing further damage as it sits on the cornea.

The lenses will move about while the eye slowly changes shape as you getused to wearing them which is another reason to start slowly. The eyelids need to toughen up too as they are going over a harder surface and probably the hard edge of the lens. As the eye acclimatises to the lens, the movement should reduce depending on the severity of KC.

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Postby Andrew MacLean » Sun 12 Feb 2006 9:38 am

Hello

Everything that has been said above is correct. I was just wondering whether the optometrist gave you a pair of practise lenses to wear. if so, it is possible that they did not have the optical correction you need.

When you eventually get your lenses, take it easy at first. A couple of hours on the first day and add an hour each day until you get to the maximum that your optometrist advises.

What sort of lenses are you getting? RGP's?

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Postby asylumxl » Sun 12 Feb 2006 10:00 am

i dont know the names of them (since i only got diagnosed like a few months ago), but the one in the left is slightly stiffer then the one in the right (due to prescription?) and the one in the right is softer (on the eye with more severe keratoconus).

i didn't find them to bad to be honest, i stayed near the area my optometrist was for the whole 6 hours. whenever i went somewhere with a/c the contacts became very uncomfortable due to being the wrong size.

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Postby GarethB » Sun 12 Feb 2006 10:17 am

Discomfort in the presence of air con is quite common and is due to the dryness of the air drying the eye out and making lenses more comfortable.

Artificail tears or lubricating eye drops help a lot. In an aircond office, I need to remove my lenses 2 - 3 times a day otherwise the eye drys so much the lens moves and sticks in the wrong place.
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Postby asylumxl » Sun 12 Feb 2006 10:33 am

my optometrist has me using something called liquivisc i think it is, artificial tears. is this what you are reffering to?

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Postby GarethB » Sun 12 Feb 2006 10:40 am

There are loads of artificial tears depending on your problem, I use Systane by Alcon for lubricating the eye surface and Blink by AMO just for comfort if I have just gone through the blast you get from some aircon units when walking into a shop.

Most drops mimic only one of the three components of tears like the Blink drops. Systane mimics two components of tears, wetting and lubrication of the eye surface.
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