Can't bear wearing contacts...

[Jennifer13]

ll80, I so empathise with your hubby! But when you don't have any other option, you get used it as quickly as you can. Mine are Boston too, but I think that has more to do with who supplies the KC shaped lenses anyway, I don't imagine there's dozens on the market.

And thanks for putting the right name of the org in your post. Clearly I haven't contacted them for some time.

[ll80]

I know DH's lenes got made in Brisbane by a specialist company. I was under the assumption that's where they all got made but now that I think about it, probably not
Might be worth looking into though.

[briggsy's girl]

sorry slyder - didnt see your post before now - DH's glasses have been a different grind (similar to those for astigmatisms i think) - he still can't bear the contact lenses - which is seriously problematic for us! don't know too much more about it - we just let the optom do his job and we get the script filled. the progression is more rapid than we had feared so we're going to have to look into other options for him very soon.

[slyder]

Jennifer, sounds like you've had a hairy run with your KC, but that you're coping very well.

I originally went to a practice which shunted me between 3 different optometrists depending on who was available and this totally buggered the whole process up. Plus they didn't have the machine which measures corneal topography so there was too much guess work involved. I changed clinics a couple of months ago and my new optometrist knows a lot about KC and is pretty cluey. I'm on my fourth trial RGP with him now, and according the most recent fluorescein examination, this current lens is basically a perfect fit with no pressure spots or abrasions. The problem is though, I seemed to have developed dry eye in both eyes and even in my left eye which I used a soft lens in, I can't even tolerate that any more. I have used stack of drops from different brands but they don't help much. He thinks tis issue may be contributing to the lack of comfort I am getting even with my new lens, and of course this isn't helped by the fact I've noe gone back to glasses for a break and then have to readapt to the RGP all over again. But after 3-4 months of having to take out the RGP 10 or more times a day, clean it and reinsert it to make it comfortable, the glasses are a very welcome break, even if the vision isn't as great.

I wish I knew what caused this dry eye thing - the same thing happened last year for a couple of months. So frustrating, because generally I could wear both types of lens for 14-15 hours a day.

BG - I do understand the problems for DH working in dusty environments with RGPs. As far as I can tell, they are pretty much useless unless you work indoors. Maybe he sould be looking into Intacs. Not sure if you've read much about them, but they help flatten the cornea somewhat, and although glasses would still be needed, they sound pretty cool for advanced KC. Could be exxy though?

[briggsy's girl]

expense doesn't matter if it gets his vision stabilised - just dont' have the dollars right now - will look into it though - thanks for the suggestion

[slyder]

TBH I know very little about the concept, except that it sounds cool. Lots of mixed reviews on the interwebz though, but something worth keeping in mind I guess.

[briggsy's girl]

yeah for sure - will get in contact with the specialist in melbs to get some info rather than on the web - he was a really "down the line" honest guy - if he thinks it's a bad idea, he'l say so