Do Ultrasonic Contact Lens Cleaners Work?
By admin | February 10, 2009
I was looking at one on Amazon, the SHINING IMAGE Ultrasonic Contact Lens Cleaner (blue) and it says it cleans hard lenses as well as soft and that it used saline or purified water to clean.
I am wondering about the general safety of these as well as if they remove protein build up on contact lenses.
I have reactions to almost every kids of contact lens cleaning solution I have tired adn this looks like it may solve my problem. Right now I rince everything under running tap water (!) before putting in my eye, Its not the best solution but so far the only one that works.
No one has ever mentioned an ultrasonic contact lens cleaner to me before and wonder why not?
Topics: My Keratoconus Updates | No Comments »
I have Naturally Occurring Mono vision
By admin | December 18, 2008
Have had several trip to the specialist to get fitted for hard lenses for my Keratoconus .. actually I have PMD ( Pellucid Marginal Disease) which is often lumped into same category as treatment is virtually the same.
The eye disease is moderate in my left eye on very mild in right.
After several exams and complaining that when I wore both contacts my vision seems almost worst than just one in my left eye was discovers I have naturally occurring monovison. Actually- I am pretty sure I told last couple eye doctors that my prescription is usually a + on one side and negative on the other but no attention was paid to me …
So what this means is I am far sighted in my right eye and near sighted in my left. When I wear glasses the PMD is not corrected and cant see very well. When I wear hard contact on my left eye I have perfect vision on that eye and it takes care of every up close.
So… in a nit shell I can wear one contact on nothing on my right eye. The left eye looks after things close up and right sees things far way.
Contact lens wearers will often create this affect if they need to wear bi-focals and wear two lenses one correcting near sightedness and the other far sightedness.
This is good news for me as less expense replacing only one contact not too mention cleaners, etc and good for my PMD to have nothing on the cornea.
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Light at the end of the Tunnel- Found Experienced Keratoconus Lens Fitter
By admin | November 4, 2008
Whew.. what a relief!
My friend had her sister email me. The sister is finishing up her thesis in Contact Lenses! And she emailed a colleague at Waterloo University, Dr. Gina Sobara who specializes in fitting people with Keratoconus. She heads up the contact lens clinic and the University and will see me next week. it a bit of a hike but I don;t care. She thinks she will have no trouble fitting me with RPG lenses AND says DO NOT wear the Synergeyes contact lenses. She is not convinced enough oxygen gets to the eye.
Thank God!
Will be refreshing to speak with some one who is an EXPERT.
I called my current optometrist and told her I would be goin to the University and to please cancel the Synergeyes order. I only got a old of frint desk person. I hope she is not mad, or ego bruised. I can’t mess around with this any longer. I was diagnosed end of August and still no better off.
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Need to Find Another Contact Lens Fitter in Ontario
By admin | November 3, 2008
I have been increasingly frustrated by my optometrist. She is very nice and capable but does not have much experience with fitting people with Keratoconus. I am starting to think what has happened is newer optometrist and lens fitters just have no experience with hard RGP lenses. It is just so cheap and soft cont lenses are such high quality now that rarely do people need or want the rigid gas permeable lenses. ( tho having tried both the quality of vision if you have astigmatism and wear toric lenses is not even comparable)
This morning I got in touch with an old friend who has a sister that just finished University and is now an optometrist. I am hoping she will some recommendations for me. I have called every where and most lens fitters don’t have the experience and/or won’t admit they don’t have the experience.
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New contact Lens Study for Keratoconus by Synergeyes Lenses
By admin | November 1, 2008
This might be a good way to get a free pair of Synergeyes.
If you have Keratoconus consider this trial for contact lenses:
SynergEyes Clinical Study
SynergEyes, the industry leader in hybrid contact lens technology,
invites you to participate in a SynergEyes Keratoconus clinical study.
SynergEyes is designed to provide your eyes the crisp vision of a
rigid gas permeable (RGP) lens and the comfort of a soft lens. The
purpose of this study is to analyze new lens design configurations
that have been created for improved lens comfort and wearability. The
clinical study will take place at SynergEyes offices in Carlsbad,
California, to evaluate and dispense multiple lens designs, and allow
for various progress visits. Most visits will be about 1 hour long.
This is a great opportunity to learn more about keratoconus and
assist in the development of a new treatment option. If you would
like to participate or have any questions, please call the SynergEyes
study enrollment coordinator, Jessica Ackerman at 760-444-9629 to
schedule a screening evaluation. Enrollment is filling rapidly, and
study subjects will be enrolled on a first-come, first-served basis.
If you would like to participate, do not delay in contacting Jessica
to indicate your interest.
Topics: Contact Lens for Keratoconus, PMD and Keratoconus | No Comments »