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sucker/plungy things for scleral lenses!
Posted: Wed 29 Mar 2006 4:37 pm
by sarah.w
hi all
Just wondering if any one could please tell me where i could order some of those little white plungy/sucker things for my scleral lenses as i only have 1 left!
Moorfield's did send me some a while back but they were made of rigid white plastic and so did'nt hold suction to the lens at all.
Thanks for your help
sarah
x
Posted: Wed 29 Mar 2006 4:39 pm
by Andrew MacLean
Sarah
You could try this site, or even your local optometrist
http://www.aclens.com/da.asp?ID=45
All the best
Andrew
Posted: Wed 29 Mar 2006 4:48 pm
by sarah.w
thanks for that andrew although i do have a funny feeling from looking at the photo that they are the same ones as what moorfields sent me! I wish they would just make them all the same, still i may well give it a try!
Thanks again
Posted: Wed 29 Mar 2006 5:37 pm
by GarethB
My wife got mine from one of the high street opticians in our area.
Not all do them, but in my area they will certainly tell you who does them.
Any probs, let me know and I will get some for you, I have two and they are both about 6 months old and still going strong. A soft flexible white rubber.
Hope this helps.
Posted: Wed 29 Mar 2006 5:41 pm
by Andrew MacLean
No problem
All the best
Gareth, you just reminded me of a disreputable story, the punch ine of which was "My wife got mine at the co-op". I'll not be drawn on the rest.
Andrew
Posted: Wed 29 Mar 2006 6:01 pm
by sarah.w
thanks for that guys! will try the opticians first but if i get stuck i may well take you up on that Gareth
thanks very much
Posted: Wed 29 Mar 2006 9:23 pm
by GarethB
Sarah,
They are only about a £1 each and so damn small postage will be negligable.
Do you think there is enough demand for me to stock up and flog them on e-bay for a profit
Sereously, I was surprised how easy they were to get hold of in a small town.
Good luck.
Gareth
Posted: Thu 30 Mar 2006 3:41 pm
by sarah.w
you may have a new business venture there gareth! I went looking for some today but had no luck-they all looked at me with some confusion!
will keep looking, if not have found loads on the internet
Posted: Fri 31 Mar 2006 10:57 am
by Louise Pembroke
A friend of mine worked for British Aerospace on computer systems a long time ago, but it went pear shaped when he forgot to take off his CND badge when going into work. Let's just put it like this, his line manager made it very clear that unless he resigned he was not going to get out of the psychiatric hospital for a very long time [said whilst the psych nurse looked the other way and refused to witness what was being said]
Posted: Fri 31 Mar 2006 2:07 pm
by sarah.w
I went to an opticians today and the lady said to me that they discouraged the use of the plungy/sucker things, because people who wore RGP lenses were'nt using them properly and also were'nt being hygenic enough! She said the only patients who do use them are us scleral lens wearers! She did however pop out the back to see if they may have some somewhere and they did! she gave me 2 which are slightly different to my usual ones in that they have a hole in the middle so that when you put it on the lens it holds a suction far easier. Anyone tried this type before?
Anyway there's my little update!