Hi, sorry I know the subreddit either covers a large area or that I'm too far out of ITP depending on your perspective haha, but I'm really devastated and trying every resource I can. Thank you
Hi, has anyone seen this ophthalmologist for CXL? I had an appointment with him before and liked him but we only talked, and I also really like the sclerals fitter he recommended me (Dr Gotay) but wondering if anyone has first hand experience with him? It seems they do the procedure once a month.
I was putting off getting the treatment done because I was stable but I had some progression in recent years and finally going to get it done.
Hello, I'm trying to get used to scleral lenses right now.
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It's been about three weeks and I've had a follow-up. I'm having a lot of lens awareness, especially in one eye, and a bit of itching. It's been tolerable enough that I can wear the lenses all day since I'm really trying to see if it will eventually go away, but I'm always aware of it.
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I went back for a follow-up about a week ago and she said the fit and prescription is perfect but that my eyes are very dry. I also tried with her 3 years ago and gave up for unrelated reasons, but back then, she *did* order me a new pair after the first fitting, so I don't think it's a matter that she just doesn't want to adjust them.
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Anyhow, I've never really felt they were dry enough that it bothers me without lenses, so it's not like I have severe dry eyes that bothers me like some people.
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Since then, I've been trying to use drops to improve it and also putting a few drops inside my infill. I'm using both Bio true hydration boost and Systane hydration PF, and I've already gotten through a bottle of each in like a week trying to improve it...but it's only a bit better, not much. I also got celluvisc yesterday to try to use as well. I'm worried about how expensive this is gonna be if I always need this much.
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Wondering if anyone has had similar issues? I don't really understand how sclerals can also be prescribed for dry eye if I'm struggling that bad with them with just a (relatively) mild case of it. I just want to feel comfortable in them.
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I also posted pictures of my eyes after wearing them all day. Does the redness look normal?