Well, after a fair bit of anxiety and dread, I found my visit to Koffler Vision Group* for the fitting of a new mini-scleral RGP contact lens on my grafted eye to be quite uneventful. We tried several diameters and shapes until one felt, well, like it wasn’t there. (*My choice for contact fitting in Lexington. I’m still Dr. Holland’s patient. I would link to their site but it is not great and crashed my browser twice. I will link to their Google Place page though)
Turns out the one with most comfort was a mini-scleral.
I hadn’t considered mini-scleral for my grafted eye, but it makes sense. It forms a “helmet” over the graft and rests well outside my cornea. It keeps the corneal hydrated and provides good vision. I think I had put mini-sclerals out of my head after my less-than-stellar experience with them before my graft. But that was not due to the lens, it was due to the cone and abrasiveness.
Anyway, I have my lens ordered and will post again when I get it in. As usual, the Koffler staff were terrific. By the way, Dr. Koffler was my second choice for my graft – but I just clicked better with Dr. Holland’s attitude about DALK options. I feel confident either would do a great job, especially on a PK or other surgery. I did apologize for being such a grump during my last visit to them 2 years ago (I was frustrated with trying to find a contact lens with a steep cone.)
Oh yes, they did a new topography. Said it was “beautiful.”
Anne D
April 13, 2012 at 2:13 am
I am having a full thickness cornea transplant on may 1st your blog has helped me pick out my doctor and understand the drops. Thank you so much.
Scott
April 13, 2012 at 8:38 am
Awesome! I try to provide a bit of positive balance to the unwarranted and unjustified negativity that you’ll find on the various forums and facebook groups. These are monopolized by loud people who have had complications and cause worry to those about to undertake this procedure. Good luck and report back about how things go!
ajmartin01
April 22, 2012 at 7:14 pm
Very interesting blog. I haven just started using mini sclerals which brought me to your page. I also have a blog at http://www.keratoconusuk.Wordpress.com on my own experiences,
All the best- Alex
Scott
April 24, 2012 at 9:23 pm
I’ve added your site to my blogroll… I look forward to reading in detail!
Youlanda Eade
October 3, 2012 at 9:07 am
Contact lenses should be from well regarded manufacturer like Bausch and Lomb to ensure that your eyes are safe all the time. ,:”*.
Warmest regards
Youlanda Eade
Quyen
November 10, 2012 at 6:44 pm
What you composed was actually very reasonable. However,
what about this? what if you typed a catchier title?
I am not suggesting your content is not good, however what if
you added a post title to possibly get a person’s attention? I mean Contact Lens after Corneal Transplant – Trying a Mini-Scleral | Keratoconus and my DALK Corneal Transplant is kinda plain. You should peek at Yahoo’s front
page and see how they create article headlines to grab viewers to click.
You might try adding a video or a related picture or two to
get readers interested about everything’ve got to say. In my opinion, it might bring your posts a little livelier.
Scott
November 12, 2012 at 9:43 am
Thanks for the feedback.