Kathleen, I wear the daily lens in my left eye. My left eye doesn't close all the way so I wear a patch at night. The left eye won't blink on its own but it does blink in unison with the right. However the left doesn't do a full blink. Unfortunately I still use eye ointment 24/7, I did with the scleral lens as well. However, I had a lot of pain and redness with the scleral lens a few months after I started using it. Perhaps I was allergic to it in some way? I was the second person on this site to get the lens and when I first had it I loved it and was so thankful that Dena King posted about it. I still remember her name because her posting about the lens changed my life and several others on the board at that time.
Downside to scleral lens is the cleaning where I just throw the daily lens out. Downside to daily lens is the cost if your insurance doesn't cover it. The daily lens costs about $1.25 a day. The daily lens I use isn't your average lens, it's made to help people with dry eyes.
Depending on how dry your eye is you might be able to use the Refresh Plus Lubricant eye drops that comes in a single use dose. I use them in my other eye as it's getting drier due to age. You can also use the Refresh Mega 3 Optive which is thicker than the Refresh Plus. I use the Mega 3 in the winter as my eye gets dryer than. I believe the single use dose drops by Refresh are thicker than the Refresh drops that come in a bottle.
Everyone's experience with the scleral lens is different so just keep trying tell you find what works for you. Good luck, Jill Marie
