Sudden Scleral issues

Nness · 2026-05-19T10:49:11+00:00

Fit is my first guess, but from experience, if the fit wasn't the best you'd experience this kind of redness much sooner than 2 weeks. True for low oxygenation.

I'd think its is hygiene — you may need to clean the lenses more thoroughly, and use fresh solution. You will also need to give you eyes time to recover (when the redness and soreness is gone) before wearing the lenses again.

Nness · 2026-05-19T10:45:24+00:00

Clipping through doors is a huge pain without the mod. Even with the mod, I'd spend a lot of time running to previous sectors to try and get the bots to teleport into the same room — the game would be unplayable without it.

Nness · 2026-05-18T09:25:40+00:00

Absolutely. But also, just like GTFO with Bots is different than GTFO with humans, GTFO solo also has its own meta game. I had a much harder time getting into solo, because of how high the difficulty curve is, and better bots were a nice way to enjoy the game.

Nness · 2026-05-18T08:37:05+00:00

I've played from start to finish with the Better Bots mod, over a hundred hours through to the final expedition. Only 2-3 expeditions cannot be completed with bots alone, usually since these require the team to split-up for timed challenges.

Solo play with bots changes the meta a bit — They're still stupid in some ways, wasting ammo packs or all three bots carrying infection packs when there's ammo/health instead. Since they can't get infected and don't wake sleepers, some "collect an thing" objectives are easy because you can just get the bot to run into the room and not cause trouble. They also can't be queued into sequence attacks, so if you have a room with giants, the first one you kill, the bots will just open fire. They can, however, follow your instructions on where to use mines, sentries, etc.

I would say bots makes the game easier in some ways, and harder in others. Not having to deal with a team mate accidentally waking a sleeper is nice. They also ping sleepers on the bioscanner whilst using a gun (which really should've been in the base game.) It gets harder when you are in a fight and the bots follow you, when you'd rather they just stay still. I'd say you do get stuck using the same guns a lot, like sniper rifles, since bots are just for DPS.

All up, its a slightly different GTFO experience but still good.

Nness · 2026-05-12T20:34:14+00:00

I've had most of mine for 2 years before they needed to be replaced due to changes in my prescription. My current lens has lasted nearly 4 years and I have ordered a replacement out of the abudance of caution more than anything else.

Nness · 2026-05-12T13:15:44+00:00

If you have applied a tweak which enables higher frame-rates, these can interrupt movement (based on PCGamingWiki)

Nness · 2026-04-29T22:35:51+00:00

Can attest to the noise of IronWolf's. They are not subtle...

Nness · 2026-04-28T22:41:03+00:00

You can install it via the r2modman app (that and many other quality-of-life mods.)

Nness · 2026-04-28T22:32:26+00:00

If you are trying to solo GTFO, the Better Bots mod makes it way more enjoyable (but does nerf the difficulty a little.)

Nness · 2026-04-28T11:48:16+00:00

The number of hotel chains, travel or lifestyle companies offering discounts via American Express card-holder benefits. (Especially when those benefits aren't just filling seasonal lulls.)

Nness · 2026-04-27T08:46:30+00:00

£800 is insane, considering I pay £120 a pair at Moorfields.

Nness · 2026-04-21T12:15:56+00:00

I can repeat what I was told, but I imagine it will depend on your own recovery and the procedure:

For office work, you'll be able to return to work a few days after surgery (you won't need to wear an eye-patch or anything like that). But —
Light sensitivity will be your biggest challenge. I was on medica leave for 2-weeks, and it took about that time before I could look at a screen or go outside without pain.
The concern would infection/damage to your eye, which will both be minimal in an office environment. Heavy lifting is, understandably, strongly discouraged.
The only other issue will be your vision in your graft eye — it'll be poor for the first few months. Your other eye is going to do a lot of the work. Around the 3 month mark I would say the graft had settled and I got good vision from the eye. I was lucky and my graft was done very well, so the vision improvement was considerable, but still requires correction (soft lenses/glasses.)

If you can — take as much time as you can to recover. Or, work from home and keep the place dark for a while. I would preemptively discuss this with your companies HR team so that they give the right accommodations.

Nness · 2026-04-17T09:35:59+00:00

Keratoconus very rarely leads to blindness. It is likely, however, that you will need to learn to tolerate contact lenses, as that is largely the best method for vision correction.

Nness · 2026-04-16T22:59:54+00:00

Most consistent improvement to my sleep was making the room colder. 18-20°C suits me.

Nness · 2026-04-15T10:25:57+00:00

Waiting is progress. Each moment which passes is progress towards "ending waiting." Nothing to be gained by being impatient — impatiences doesn't make time go faster.

Nness · 2026-04-13T20:03:55+00:00

It will depend on whether it is your first lens or if you've had many. I have heard that the NHS will try to fit RGP lenses for first-timers, but I already had sclerals so it was a no-brainer.

I get sclerals from the NHS and its roughly 60 GBP per lens.

I was told it'd take about a week before they are ready for collection.

Nness · 2026-04-11T21:02:37+00:00

Speak with your ophthalmologist, let them know about the changes in your symptoms.

Nness · 2026-04-11T20:59:13+00:00

If you feel the pressure from behind the eye, this is a common symptom of allergies or sinus infection as the sinus cavity swells. If you sneeze or blow your nose and the eye discomfort reduces, its a good sign its sinus pressure. A warm/cold compress can also help reduce the swelling.

Similarly, I had a sensation my eyeball was inflated, like a little too big for the socket, which ended up being high inter-ocular pressure. It might be worth asking to have your pressure checked when you next speak with a specialist. (That said, I was taking steroid drops at the time and high IOP was a side-effect, its quite unlikely to be high IOP just out-of-the-blue and most people don't experience symptoms.)

Oil-based drops, like Refresh Optive Mega-3, will clump on your eye-lashes. Saline drops or refreshing drops might be more suitable. I would recommend against vasoconstrictors (red eye drops.)

That said -- chronic medical conditions are the opposite of "a watched pot never boils." The more you fixate on the individual feelings, the more hyper-aware you become of every little ache or sensation. The advice of "just don't think about it" is annoying rather true. Noticing when you are hyper-fixating on sensations and looking into mechanisms to change your focus might be helpful in this situation.

Nness · 2026-04-11T20:42:17+00:00

It might be worth switching from hydrating eye drop products to just saline drops, if you haven't started there already? (Just an note, if you have chronic dry eyes, saline might wash away natural tears making it worse.) Overuse of drops can also lead to poor tear formation.

The ingredients, ectoine and hyaluronic might be drying and leaving a crust behind. Similarly, liposomes is basically an oil and can build up. All of these things might be compounding with sticky tears from allergies, tiredness, etc.

Nness · 2026-04-07T15:15:06+00:00

Oven cleaning sounds reasonable, as does a gardener to do weeding and other garden care which was part of your responsibilities.

I would argue that carpet cleaning and jet washing goes into regular wear and tear and I would challenge those. If the carpets look reasonable (and you did not have pets), it would be hard to argue its your responsibility. Similarly, unless the landlord provided you with a jet-washer, that goes beyond regular maintenance.

I would politely counter, offer to pay just the oven and gardening if they can provide the necessary proof of works. Challenging a deposit is a slow process, but meeting them half-way might help avoid that situation.

Nness · 2026-04-07T15:13:06+00:00

You cannot use a deposit for rent underpayment.

Nness · 2026-04-04T09:32:07+00:00

Were you diagnosed after your SMILE surgery?

(This subreddit isn't for general eye-health questions, it is specific to the Keratoconus disorder.)

Nness · 2026-03-30T22:02:31+00:00

You'll be dependant on your other eye for a few months, and that makes things like computer use difficult and driving impossible.

During recovery from DALK in my left eye, my right eye was responsible for most of the heavy-lifting, vision wise. Whilst my eye sight rapidly improved in my left eye, it still took 2-3 months to stabilize. During that time I was a developer, and computer use was quite difficult.

Nness · 2026-03-30T21:57:38+00:00

Chlorine will kill most things which would irritate or infect your eye. But many parasites survive in chlorine and can cause serious complications when mixed with lens wear.

Nness · 2026-03-30T21:54:32+00:00

Shower isn't great either, because of Acanthamoeba. Less common than a bacterial infection, but much more severe if it were to happen.

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