My husband's lens fitting went better than expected! At first, it was the same severe anxiety and panic as before. But then my husband, wanting so badly to be able to see better, realized that it wasn't the lens going in his eye that was so troublesome but the fact that someone else was holding his eye open!
Jeff was able to hold his own eye open and the fitter put the lens right in with no problem - YEA!
My husband could not believe the results. Every time the doc turned the dial, his vision got clearer and clearer. For the FIRST time in his life he was able to read the 20/25 line and even saw one letter on the 20/20 (normal) line. He said the best part was the immediate disappearance of the blurred, faint, second image that he has been living with for some time.
Needless to say, the contacts are on order and hopefully he will be able to tolerate the discomfort and other minor annoyances that go along with RGPs.
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When I had my first lenses fitted in Aberdeen, the fitter talked me through the process; told me how to place the RGP on the end of my finger, how to hold open my eye, how to place the lens on the centre of my cornea.
She did not touch my eye, neither did she place a lens into my eye. doing it myself from the first time meant that I never had to worry about somebody else holding or interfering with my eye.
I do not know whether my experience in Aberdeen, Scotland, is similar to the experience of others in different parts of the UK, or whether your husband's experience is typical of WI. but if anyone else ever finds themself in a position where they are overawed by the prospect of somebody doing something unfamiliar to their eye, why not just say you'd rather do it yourself.
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She did not touch my eye, neither did she place a lens into my eye. doing it myself from the first time meant that I never had to worry about somebody else holding or interfering with my eye.
I do not know whether my experience in Aberdeen, Scotland, is similar to the experience of others in different parts of the UK, or whether your husband's experience is typical of WI. but if anyone else ever finds themself in a position where they are overawed by the prospect of somebody doing something unfamiliar to their eye, why not just say you'd rather do it yourself.
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My optom had trouble puting the Kerasoft lens in today because I hate things in my eye.
We had a laugh about it because I could not get the lens in either, my RGP's are about 7 mm, the Kerasoft are closer to 14mm!
I was just not used to opening my eye so far, cheeky so and so did slip the lens in while we were joking about it. The first I knew was that my vision had changed!
We had a laugh about it because I could not get the lens in either, my RGP's are about 7 mm, the Kerasoft are closer to 14mm!
I was just not used to opening my eye so far, cheeky so and so did slip the lens in while we were joking about it. The first I knew was that my vision had changed!
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