Hi Dena,
So good to hear from you and once again, thanks so much for telling us about the lens. Life is way better now and will be even better once I get the lens right and start enjoying outdoor activities that I neglected last year because of my eye. I know what you mean about still using the eye ointment, my doctor would love to see me stop using it as well but I'm not ready to do that and not sure I ever will. She is every excited about seeing what can be accomplished both for me and her profession, where I'm just thrilled beyond belief to be using such a small amount of ointment.
As for the cornea, she didn't say anything about mine thinning, then again maybe she did but didn't use that term now that I think about it. She said the layer was gone, then a week or two layer it was an uneven quilt of bumps and now my eye looks like a regular dry eye. She could barely keep herself from jumping up and down with joy and feelings of accomplishment when she saw the cornea today, her assistant was surprised as well, said it looked 5 times better. I was relieved as I've had a couple of lenses that haven't worked so well for me as they try to find the right one and I've not been wearing the lens as much as I would like.
I use the plunger too, in fact I bought a multi pack on line last week from Amazon.com, think they came out at about $3.20 a piece, I ruined one in about 6 weeks so figured I best keep some on hand. I'm letting them air dry now so hopefully they will last longer now. Thanks again, Jill
Nancyann,
So glad to hear that you don't feel the lens at all now, that's important. My first lens rubbed the outside corner of upper eyelid, doctor tweaked it and all was good, she decided to try another lens that was a bit bigger and would fit a bit tighter, therefore protect more of the eye and less likely to move around or fall out. Then lens was extremely irritating, couldn't wear it very long. She gave me another loaner lens that was a size between the first and second lens ,it worked ok, wore that why she got me a lens like the first one I LOVED! Got it last week, it didn't work, so today she tried 3 different lenses, the last one fit the best, she tweaked it a bit and now I can't feel it at ALL! It's amazing what a little change in the lens can do as far as feeling great and wanting to remove it because it feels like something is in your eye and you just want to get it out.
How's the other lens working for you? I completely understand your wanting to keep saying how amazing the lens is, after everything you've been through you deserve to be able to say it over and over again, we hear about the bad things that happen to people constantly in the papers so it's good to read good news and be reminded that good things do happen.
Keep us updated, Jill
Kay,
Sorry to hear your cornea is scratched, not sure that means you can't get the lens now. In fact it might help heal it, not a doctor but it's something to look into. As I mentioned earlier in this post, my cornea was really messed up and looks pretty good now.
Glad you asked about the Insurance for the lens, was planning on asking about that as well. I got my bill today and the lens was denied by my Insurance but all my office visits have been covered, only paid the $25 copay. When I first talked to the doctor she said she was pretty good at getting insurance companies to pay for the lens for medical reasons, but a couple of weeks ago she said she wouldn't be surprised if I had to pay for the lens. I rather not pay for it but it will still be cheaper than using all the ointment I had been using not to mention so much easier. Will ask her to resubmit the bill to the Insurance with special info.
My lens is NOT a scleral lens, it is a gas permeable lens like the scleral lens but not as big. My doctor told me that the lens she does is from 14 to 16 where the scleral lens is an 18 and needs even more special fitting then my lens. My lens costs $250 where she says the scleral lens is $10,000, although I thought I read that it is more like $5,000, still a big difference from what mine costs.
Can't wait to hear how it works for you! Jill
