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0 pointseugeneyev6y ago0 comments

Interesting to see someone else with this condition on YC . If you don't mind me asking, which area are you in and if you could PM the info of the optometrist. I am wearing sclerals as well, but the cost was far higher - around $5000 for the first round, and around $3500 when I went back 3 years later to see if we can improve vision and comfort even further. On the other hand, the fitting process was much more efficient - there was a new set of lenses ready daily, so although we went through 9 lenses for the right eye and 4 for the left on the first round, it took under 2 weeks.

Did you end up doing CXL? Are you considering it, or any of the other procedures.

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falcolas6y ago

I have not done CXL; it's not that bad.

I'm in Montana, and a vast majority of the costs were covered as medical expenses, so my health insurance covered the optometrist costs. I only end up paying the cost of the lenses themselves. The optometrist office themselves build the cost of the followup fittings into their normal billing prices; there were no costs for any of the followup meetings.

Most of the iteration time was the shipping, since I'm not near any contact lens manufacturers.

ajmurmann6y ago

About keratoconus patient here. I ended up paying around $2k for my sclerals. I'm in Oregon. Email address in profile if you want to know more.

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