Hello
The most frustrating thing is when air bubbles appear during the day and recently it seems they appear with the slightest touch, I cant even sneeze now without it appearing. I find it really hard to carry on with an air bubble as it just constantly distracts me and have to take it out.
Its really annoying, and even the smallest bubble becomes a big problem when using the computer or watching TV.
Anyway Thanks for the replies.
Air Bubbles
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girlypants
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Hi
Do you think it could be a fit problem with the lens? I had a check up last week and I had not realised that I had my lenses in the wrong eyes and the right one wasnt fitting quite as it should and wasn't sealing so air bubbles were getting in. If your eye has changed slightly, it could maybe be altering the fit of your lens enough to let air in.
The funny thing with my sclerals is that the L and R on them is so slightly engraved on it, its almost impossible to see with KC eyes, even my optometrist had a hard time seeing the letters under his microscope. I now have a giant L engraved on one of them to stop them getting mixed up again
Do you think it could be a fit problem with the lens? I had a check up last week and I had not realised that I had my lenses in the wrong eyes and the right one wasnt fitting quite as it should and wasn't sealing so air bubbles were getting in. If your eye has changed slightly, it could maybe be altering the fit of your lens enough to let air in.
The funny thing with my sclerals is that the L and R on them is so slightly engraved on it, its almost impossible to see with KC eyes, even my optometrist had a hard time seeing the letters under his microscope. I now have a giant L engraved on one of them to stop them getting mixed up again
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someperson
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Well I only wear one scleral lens so cant get it mixed up. Not sure about a fit problem, I always thought sclerals only came in one size. I wonder if anyone else knows.
Another problem I seem to have sometimes is when I think I have an air bubble, I ask someone else to check and they cant see one. I think this may be because the liquid is not 'clear' enough.
These air bubbles get so frustrating sometimes, especially when they appear a little while after getting them in properly.
Another problem I seem to have sometimes is when I think I have an air bubble, I ask someone else to check and they cant see one. I think this may be because the liquid is not 'clear' enough.
These air bubbles get so frustrating sometimes, especially when they appear a little while after getting them in properly.
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Susan Mason
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Hi
Why don't you PM me and then maybe we can chat on the phone, what you are mentioning all seems very familiar to me!
Keep trying and don't give up
best wishes
Susan
Why don't you PM me and then maybe we can chat on the phone, what you are mentioning all seems very familiar to me!
Keep trying and don't give up
best wishes
Susan
don't let the people that mean nothing to you get you down, because in the end they are worth nothing to you, they are just your obstacles in life to trip you up!
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rosemary johnson
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Hi.
I've been wearing sclerals since I was 14.
efore anyone asks, I'm not 24-yet-again.
WHen I first had them, they wre made of Perspex and had two little air holes drilled in each, so every time I blinked, air would come in and out and I tended to have huge great air bubbles around the bottom of my iris.
I'm told this went against all the "text-book" rules on how the things should fit, but it worked for me.
I started filling the sclerals with fluid - in those days, a wonderful stuff called K-Lens that you can't get now for love nor money - when it first transpired I ;d strated to get hay fever. It was a case of hoding the lens horizontally, filling it up and putting it in quickly efore it all dripped out through the holes.
When I started with an RGP scleral, about 16 or 15 years ago, they had no air holes, and filling them to the brim and putting them in full of saline (which I'd had to switch to by then, alas!) was a cynth in comparison.
Do I still get air bubbles underneaththem? - well, probably, to be honest. But I can't see any air bublles with the sight I get these days.
Certainly they aren't the huge ones that tended to come and go in the old, air holes, way.
Do I worry about them? - no. Fraid not!
One way I've heard recommended is to ensure the lenses are full to the brim before trying to put them in.
I put my in over the kitchen sink (whe I'm at home, or at, eg. my mum's place). Plenty of space to lean over, and a nice handy draining board to aly out all the clobber on.
If you're getting air bubbles developing during the say, then I'll echo the advice to get the fit checked out.
Rosemary
I've been wearing sclerals since I was 14.
efore anyone asks, I'm not 24-yet-again.
WHen I first had them, they wre made of Perspex and had two little air holes drilled in each, so every time I blinked, air would come in and out and I tended to have huge great air bubbles around the bottom of my iris.
I'm told this went against all the "text-book" rules on how the things should fit, but it worked for me.
I started filling the sclerals with fluid - in those days, a wonderful stuff called K-Lens that you can't get now for love nor money - when it first transpired I ;d strated to get hay fever. It was a case of hoding the lens horizontally, filling it up and putting it in quickly efore it all dripped out through the holes.
When I started with an RGP scleral, about 16 or 15 years ago, they had no air holes, and filling them to the brim and putting them in full of saline (which I'd had to switch to by then, alas!) was a cynth in comparison.
Do I still get air bubbles underneaththem? - well, probably, to be honest. But I can't see any air bublles with the sight I get these days.
Certainly they aren't the huge ones that tended to come and go in the old, air holes, way.
Do I worry about them? - no. Fraid not!
One way I've heard recommended is to ensure the lenses are full to the brim before trying to put them in.
I put my in over the kitchen sink (whe I'm at home, or at, eg. my mum's place). Plenty of space to lean over, and a nice handy draining board to aly out all the clobber on.
If you're getting air bubbles developing during the say, then I'll echo the advice to get the fit checked out.
Rosemary
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