Postby rosemary johnson » Sat 18 Sep 2010 10:44 pm
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
. I am also wondering if it is safe to wear them on really big and fast roller coasters?
