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Medical Forum / General / Vision / December 2005Can't tolerate rigid lenses
I've had RGP lenses for 4 years but have never been able to wear them more than half a day. I've been to four different optomentrists and have five different pairs. None are better or worse than the others for wearablility. The doctor says it's a poor tear break up time. Restasis did not help. Meibomian gland therapy did not help. I asked about testosterone eyedrops and the doctor shrugged. Is anyone using androgen eyedrops and seeing improvent? Can you tolerate soft contacts better, especially the new silcone hydrogels? I cant tolerate soft contacts and many people say I wont have luck with the rigid ones either. One lady insists I have no say in if I can or cant until I try them. Its $2000 to find out and even if I can tolerate them ill still need reading glasses and eyedrops several times a day! > Can you tolerate soft contacts better, especially the new silcone > hydrogels? I cant tolerate soft contacts and many people say I wont > have luck with the rigid ones either. One lady insists I have no say in > if I can or cant until I try them. Its $2000 to find out and even if I > can tolerate them ill still need reading glasses and eyedrops several > times a day! $2K seems a little high for RGPs. A lot high, in fact. I paid $450 for multifocal RGPs including fitting a few years ago -- they didn't work out after 8 tries so I got a year's worth of single-vision softies, most of which fit -- and I thought I paid too much for that.  SignatureCheers, Bev =============================================================== Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely and in a well preserved body, but to skid in sideways, totally worn out, and shouting HOLY sh.t!!! WHAT A RIDE!!! well its $150 for the eye exam, $600 to get the blueprints for zwave RGPs and $300 each pair of contacts. Thats over $1000 if they fit and work the first try then its $300 each remake. I have decided not to bother because I will still need reading glasses and eyedrops. I however am looking into ortho-k which is less hassle than RGP and ill ask to be undercorrected so I only need distance glasses 10% of the time. No eyedrops needed > however am looking into ortho-k which is less hassle than RGP LOL. What do you think Ortho-K lenses are (made off)? SignatureJan (normally Dutch spoken) > > however am looking into ortho-k which is less hassle than RGP > > LOL. > > What do you think Ortho-K lenses are (made off)? I was going to post something about this, but realized that I really don't know anything about Ortho-K. SignatureDan Abel dabel@sonic.net Petaluma, California, USA > well its $150 for the eye exam, $600 to get the blueprints for zwave > RGPs and $300 each pair of contacts. Thats over $1000 if they fit and [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > ask to be undercorrected so I only need distance glasses 10% of the > time. No eyedrops needed It's always nice to read the advice of an expert. :-( You ask for advice, and then either you don't read it or you totally ignore it, I don't know which. SignatureDan Abel dabel@sonic.net Petaluma, California, USA Soft lenses won't solve my problem. I had LASIK which led to poor night vision. The RGPs are the only thing I've found that improves the halos. I have several pairs of RGPs from three different optometrists, one a specialist in fittng post-LASIK eyes. His lenses fit the best but none are tolerable for more than a few hours at a time. Maybe I'm being too picky? I use drops hourly when wearing the lenses. Is that standard with RGP wear? I've tried everything in the pharmacy. Aquify works best for me. > Soft lenses won't solve my problem. I had LASIK which led to poor > night vision. The RGPs are the only thing I've found that improves the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Is that standard with RGP wear? I've tried everything in the > pharmacy. Aquify works best for me. I tried 8 pair of RGPs before giving up. Some/many gave me excellent vision for the 1 second out of 60 they stayed in place, but none was comfortable and most hurt/itched all the time and hurt intolerably after 4 or 5 hours. Drops made no difference, although I guess the anaesthetic drops they give for glaucoma tests might have worked. Some people are just unlucky. SignatureCheers, Bev ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ While you can't fool all the people all the time, you can fool enough of them most of the time to make the rest impotent. Tear break up is not a big deal with RGP lenses as there is minimal tear loss increase over your normal eye. The initial things I would be thinking of are lens design, diameter, material and edge lift. dr grant |
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