Considering a graft

[Joanne Poultney]

Gareth

Thanks for the reply. I suppose if my hospital optician doesn't fit these lenses then I would have the option of going to London to Lynn's clinic and being assessed for a fitting and then follow ups can be at the hospital.

This is sounding so much brighter!! I read another post that said consultants are sometimes too ready to operate when a specialist optician will still have options available. After getting myself all geared up for an op I'm not really hoping I can avoid it!

Thanks again
Joanne

[Joanne Poultney]

An update:

Today I went back to the hospital optician and explained everything that had happened - i.e. the consultant suggesting a graft and Lynn White suggesting Kerasoft IC lenses may be an option.

The optician was happy to give the Kerasoft IC lens a go. She got a wonderful fit but sadly I couldn't see very well with it - bad double vision. I've got a scar on the centre of my cornea and she said that's why I couldn't get good vision with it. Thank you Lynn for suggesting this option though - it was worth a try.

So now I'm back to wondering what to do. I was all geared up for a graft a month ago but now I've got cold feet about it all! The optician was very helpful and said she'd book another appointment for me in 3 months time so that I could think things over again.

It's such a hard decision to make: on the one hand the scleral lens gives me better vision than a naked eye (I can read 3 lines rather than "erm what chart?") and with great vision in my left (grafted) eye I can see well enough to drive but on the other hand I could take the option of a graft and possibly come out with just as good vision in my right.

Any thoughts would be welcomed. I'll let you all know if I decide to take the graft option.
Joanne

[GarethB]

Hi Joanne

Thanks for the update. regarding scarring you migt like to look up MartinC on the forum, he has central corneal scaring and was told he needed a graft. Since wearing the soft lenses, the central corneal scaring is much less but he would be able to say if he had double vision or not when he first changed to the soft lenses.

Just a thought, you can still be on a graft waiting list while you try other options, if you find a lens that works you can be taken off the waiting list but if there is no lens that suits you, you haven't delayed the graft unnecesarily.

All the best.

Gareth