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Post-Treatment => Eye Issues => Topic started by: Frank D. on December 24, 2025, 04:42:45 PM
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I've been using a scleral lens in my right eye for about 1.5 years. I'd had cataract surgery in both eyes and for most things I had no need for glasses. A little over 2.5 years ago, I was sitting in my recliner and suddenly I had no vision in my right eye. I ended up having several surgeries and had a new lens attached and a donor cornea installed. I ended up having more surgery because the lens wasn't attached properly. Now the scleral corrects my vision great, but I've got a problem cleaning and getting my scleral ready for insertion.
Before, in addition to the lens being a bit loose, I guess I was having a problem cleaning the lens, so my vision wasn't great in my right eye. When I inserted the lens the first time after surgery and healing my vision was fantastic. I've been told to use Bosch & Lomb Boston Simplus Multi-Action solution and Sodium Chloride .9% solution (saline).
I read the Bosch & Lomb Boston Simplus web page and I think that when I remove the lens, I need to put a few drops on each side of the lens and then rub the lens with my finger for about 30 seconds to clean it. Then I insesrt it into my lens case and add more Boston Simplus until the lens is submerged. I need to wait at least 3 hours for the Boston Simplus to change. Then I'm supposed to take the saline and rinse the lens. My doctor told me at my last visit that to not use so much saline in the small pink containers I could pick up a larger bottle of saline solution but to not use it to fill my lens. So I did and use it to rinse the lens first and then rinse the lens with the pink container saline and use it to fill the lens for insertion. My problem is that the Boston Simplus isn't all removed from the inside of my lens. I can feel the Boston Simplus on the inside of the lens. I try to use my finger to remove it and then flood it with saline but it takes a lot of repetitions. Usually I think it's ready, install it and it gets cloudy. I remove it and flood it again and then fill the lens and usually my vision is good. What am I doing wrong? It usually takes 15-20 minutes to get my lens inserted and my vision good.
Frank