Progression related to age

[Carol Vines]

oh i do agree if you can see enough to get by with glasses then stick with them got to be far easier than contact lenses, grafts etc.

my lenses are my lifeline without them i wouldn't be able to work, i can cope with not driving but would struggle to survive on benefits so on a bad eye day i remind myself i'm lucky to be able to wear lenses to correct my vision, others are far worse off than i am

[Tammy Downsworth]

I tried lenses for a while and am lens intollerant, and the resulting scars have healed quite a bit.

When I was first trying rgb's the shape of my right eye had what John Dart at the Conference last summer described as a 'droopy boob effect!' and the rgb had been sitting 'like a strippers tassle' and scored a mark round the bump.

I switched to full corneal lenses and just after I'd taken out my full corneal lenses I could just about make out the mark, this has completely gone, I still have a prominent vein growing from the iris which is taking a while to subside which is another reason why I can't wear my lenses until it goes, but that is slowly getting better, I also badly scratched my left eye last summer.

So basically I'm trying to point out that in my case quite bad scaring has got better over time, but only by leaving the lenses out a prob if that's the only way we can see properly.

Suppose I'm lucky the vision I get with glasses is supposed to be quite good (the glasses are getting better thinner for quite bad prescriptions etc.) but it's still a bit wierd and with blurred patches and I struggle at work coz of the need to change focus so much.

The risk of scarring can be avoided by getting the fit as good as poss and lubrication as a dry lens has more chance of rubbing and causing problems.

Good luck with the lenses.

Tam

[wheelnut]

Thanks tammy - going to stick with them, see how i get on ....