UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

I really need your help with this one. David took out his lens at about 2am this morning. He 'thought' that he had replaced it in his case. However when he came to put his lenses in this pm there was one in the case.

Sadly I have been out most of the day and early evening and having just returned home I have finally located it on his bedroom floor.

David has been told that if the lenses are for any reason left out of the saline soloution for more than a couple of hours that he can no longer wear them as they may be damaged. Is this correct please. We need to know as David will not wear this lens again until we know for sure.

He asked me to post this for him.

thanks

Carole

Hi

Are David's lenses RPG? When I got a new lens I was told I could keep my old one as a spare, just to clean it, let it DRY and store it in a DRY case. So I would have thought it would be OK after a clean if it is an RPG. If it is not a hard lens, then it's a different story.

Carole

If there RGP, as far as I am aware they jsut need to be cleaned in Cleaning Solution, and than can be used. However!...the reason why the optician advised this is due to the ease in which RGP lenses can be chipped....especially the edges....so alot of it depends on where the lens was for this time, and if it was exposed to scraping and movement on a harder surface?....

Jay

Thanks

His lenses are RPG, and it had flipped under his mini fridge so it has just been lying there. He can clean it now and then tomorrow he can use it again.

I knew that you would be able to help us

Carole

Carole,

The easiest way for David to tell if the lens is damaged is to carefully hold the lens between thumb and forfinger and gently run a finger from the other hand round the lens rim. If he has good senses, he will feel if the lens rim is rough.

If the rim feels nice and smooth then all is well.

On occasions I store my RGP lenses dry, but I do give them a good soak in the conditioning solution which wetts, soaks and disinfects the lens.

In the old days as a teenager, if I dropped a lens, it was a case of spit on ti, wipe it on my shirt and put the lens back in. Did this a couple of times when I was still playing rugby and wearing lenses

Noithing to add to the above, except to say that I frequently found myself in esactly this position: (I say frequently, maybe occasionally would be better, and if any optometrists are reading this post I'd suggest that "seldom" would be a better word

anwyay, I carefully cleand the offending lens and ran in between thumb and forefinger to check the rim for any roughness.

The lens would then be re-inserted with no ill effects. These were of course RGP corneals. I'd not suggest you even try this for soft lenses.

David has a mini-fridge? I'd have loved one of those in my room (still would)

Andrew

David gave the lens a good cleaning last night and he said that it felt fine. It appears that it did survive the adventure of hiding under the mini fridge as he has been wearing it all day with no problems.

As for the fridge believe me his room use more electricty than the entire house The only thing his room lacks is floor space

Carole

Glad all is well

I nearly brought a mini fridge when i had baby number three, so i didnt have to go down stairs to get the bottle out of the fridge!!

My husband stopped me [told me to get a grip ]
I still think its a good