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The Real Bev - 01 Jan 2006 04:31 GMT

I seem to have acquired some on one of my 4-month-old Sunsoft Multiples
Toric lenses. It was fine in the morning, it felt odd by evening, and the
next morning when I inserted it it was so irritating I had to remove it
immediately.

Do they normally show up so quickly? I swear I didn't see anything weird
when I cleaned it the night before.

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Mike Tyner - 01 Jan 2006 05:59 GMT

>I seem to have acquired some on one of my 4-month-old Sunsoft Multiples
>Toric lenses. It was fine in the morning, it felt odd by evening, and the
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> Do they normally show up so quickly? I swear I didn't see anything weird
> when I cleaned it the night before.

It's pretty strange that JB's would form overnight. Usually it's just one or
two at first and they accumulate and grow larger.

I might guess that you were dehydrated or experiencing a hormonal change
that altered your tear chemistry.

Try gentle rubbing with baking soda but don't tell anyone I said so. :) True
JBs have "roots" in the lens matrix and won't come off, but you can shave
'em down some.

-MT

> It only takes 2 men to tile a bathroom
> if you slice them thinly enough.

ROFL.

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The Real Bev - 01 Jan 2006 06:28 GMT

>>I seem to have acquired some on one of my 4-month-old Sunsoft Multiples
>>Toric lenses. It was fine in the morning, it felt odd by evening, and the
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> I might guess that you were dehydrated or experiencing a hormonal change
> that altered your tear chemistry.

Bit late for hormonal changes, and dehydration doesn't seem relevant
either. We were just visiting my son, not climing Denali.

> Try gentle rubbing with baking soda but don't tell anyone I said so. :) True
> JBs have "roots" in the lens matrix and won't come off, but you can shave
> 'em down some.

They're on the outer surface. Is it normal to turn lenses inside out and
clean both sides? I haven't done that before, but I tried it with the
bumps. No joy. I forget who it was, but somebody mentioned something
about baking soda...

>> It only takes 2 men to tile a bathroom
>> if you slice them thinly enough.
>
> ROFL.

Happy New Year, guys!

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The Real Bev - 01 Jan 2006 06:38 GMT

> They're on the outer surface. Is it normal to turn lenses inside out and
> clean both sides? I haven't done that before, but I tried it with the
> bumps. No joy. I forget who it was, but somebody mentioned something
> about baking soda...

Well, that was disappointing...

Happy New Year anyway!

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Mike Tyner - 01 Jan 2006 06:55 GMT

> Bit late for hormonal changes, and dehydration doesn't seem relevant
> either. We were just visiting my son, not climing Denali.

As I said, those were guesses, but offhand I can't think of any better
'splanation.

I think evaporation is crucial to the process, ergo hydration and
environment have to contribute. Did you travel by air?

If you still have your pituitary, adrenals, thyroid, and hypothalamus, you
still have hormones to fluctuate.

> They're on the outer surface. Is it normal to turn lenses inside out and
> clean both sides?

It's normal to clean both sides, but I don't recall ever seeing any on the
inner surfaces.

OTOH, I've seen several that jump out at me in the microscope while the
wearer was totally oblivious.

-MT

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The Real Bev - 01 Jan 2006 07:13 GMT

>> Bit late for hormonal changes, and dehydration doesn't seem relevant
>> either. We were just visiting my son, not climing Denali.
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> I think evaporation is crucial to the process, ergo hydration and
> environment have to contribute. Did you travel by air?

Drove to Thousand Oaks around noon, drove back to Pasadena around 7. Last
air trip was in 1995 :-(

Drops don't seem to make any difference to these lenses -- at least to the
ones that fit properly.

> If you still have your pituitary, adrenals, thyroid, and hypothalamus, you
> still have hormones to fluctuate.

OK, but this would be the first indication of such activity I've seen.

>> They're on the outer surface. Is it normal to turn lenses inside out and
>> clean both sides?
>
> It's normal to clean both sides, but I don't recall ever seeing any on the
> inner surfaces.

It seems really difficult to clean them inside out.

> OTOH, I've seen several that jump out at me in the microscope while the
> wearer was totally oblivious.

Lucky wearers. These look like two tiny white cauliflower warts. "Jelly"
is clearly wrong, although they do look sort of jelly-like. Blackb- er,
whiteberry jelly...

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Dr. Leukoma - 01 Jan 2006 14:25 GMT

> I seem to have acquired some on one of my 4-month-old Sunsoft Multiples
> Toric lenses. It was fine in the morning, it felt odd by evening, and the
> next morning when I inserted it it was so irritating I had to remove it
> immediately.

Maybe replacing the lens after 3 months will do the trick.

DrG

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The Real Bev - 01 Jan 2006 23:29 GMT

>> I seem to have acquired some on one of my 4-month-old Sunsoft Multiples
>> Toric lenses. It was fine in the morning, it felt odd by evening, and the
>> next morning when I inserted it it was so irritating I had to remove it
>> immediately.
>
> Maybe replacing the lens after 3 months will do the trick.

Seems quite reasonable, all things considered. I delayed simply because
of what I feared would happen -- and actually did happen -- the new pair
of lenses was WRONG. So far only the "trial" lenses (which I ended up
paying for) have been correct.

So let me put this question to the group: If (a) the trial lenses are
good, (b) if the lenses in the order are actually the same prescription as
the trial lenses, and (c) if the lenses in the order are unusable because
they just don't work right (as evidenced by the loss of at least two
Snellen lines), what recourse do I have?

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