Given up with Piggybacking

[kieran19685]

After a month piggybacking I have given up and gone back to RPGs

Piggybacking is more comfortable but for me the vision is worst and the appearance of my eyes are far worst I.e more pink and red

Also when I take my lens out my vision is horrendous compared to Rgps

Hopefully another solution can be found...

[Lia Williams]

Hi Kieran,

I'm sorry to hear that piggybacking hasn't worked for you. Hopefully they'll find an alternative for you that works.

It may be worth checking before you go to your next appointment whether they would like you to wear the piggybacks to the appointment so that they can see what the problem is. It may be that a different soft carrier lens would work.

Lia

[Andrew MacLean]

Hello Kieran

I couldn't cope with piggybacking either. I moved on to a scleral which was amazing. The thing here is that Keratoconus is a 'bespoke' condition; what works for me might not work for you and just because a ton of people get on well with one lens does not mean that everybody else will.

Keep trying.

[nathanjones]

Hi
i've piggybacked for three years now. its annoying yes, sometimes painful after long day but as long you use eye drops and ensure that your hard lens dosent slip the vision will improve along with the red eye etc. just dont rub your eye after taking your lenses no matter how tempting

[kieran19685]

Thanks for the advice got an app in the morning il see what they say

[ne1960]

I'm trialing piggybacking too at the moment. Not sure yet if it'll be suitable. The initial comfort is better than with just the rgp lens but I've had problems with the rgp becoming "cloudy" and, of more concern, major problems at times getting both lenses out. I'm having another review soon with my optician to see how things have gone and decide on the options then.

Obviously I've got my own personal problems with it but that's not to say it won't work for other people. Sometimes it's a case of giving it a try just in case it helps.

[Lia Williams]

its annoying yes, sometimes painful after long day

Nathan,

Lenses can be annoying but they really shouldn't be painful. Do you know what's causing the pain? Do you have a pair of glasses that you can wear to give you some vision when you are not wearing your lenses? Although glasses will not give you the vision you get with your lenses they may help you avoid a bad eye day, which I find can occur couple of days after over wearing my lenses.

of more concern, major problems at times getting both lenses out.

I remove my RGP first by flicking them out in the normal way and then removing the soft lens. It did take me a week or so to get the knack of removing a soft lens as the technique is so different from removing an RGP, but it gets easier with practice.

Lia

[CrippsCorner]

I've just gone from RGP's to soft lenses and one of the god sends is the removal! RGP's would often take me 10-15 minutes to get out... the soft ones I can do in 10-15 seconds.

For anyone using piggybacking, why not try hybrids?

[Cheesypeeps]

Hi
I've had keratoconus for a quite few years now (not sure how many to be precise, I had my head in the sand for the first while). Anyhow, I've had soft lenses, which were successful for a few years then I was moved onto RGPs which again were fine for another few years. Although this last year or so hasn't been a good one. I've now been moved on to piggybacking as off last Friday. I'm off sick from work already and unable to drive. I feel like I've got acid in my eyes!!! They are ok to start with but then after a few hours they're intolerable. I work ten hours shifts and can't simple go to work for only a few hours.
Could it be that there isn't enough oxygen is getting through?
I read somewhere about drinking water... I tend to drink about two litres a day - surely this is enough?
I use drops as and when but since piggybacking don't feel the drops make any difference really.
I'm likely to be going to the clinic 2moro so no doubt there will be another plan of action...
Any advice or questions I should be asking before I go for my appt would be greatly received.
Many thanks in advance.

[Lia Williams]

Hi Cheesypeeps,

I'm sorry to hear that you are having trouble with your contact lenses.

As I understand it these days there isn't so much concern about the lack of oxygen passing through two lenses as some of the silicon hydrogel contact lenses transmit a very high percentage of oxygen - some of the adverts suggest it's like not wearing a lens. Modern RGP materials have also improved over the years.

You may find this article on piggyback contact lenses interesting.

http://www.optometry.co.uk/search?q=piggyback&do=GO

When I was being fitted with piggybacks they did change my soft lens a couple of times. I was also checked every three months for the first year or so of piggybacking lenses to check that blood vessels weren't growing into the cornea.

Lia