Doctor My Eyes

My SJS/TEN peeps know the hardships of eye care. This illness causes a range of eye problems from blindness to corneal abrasion and lack of tear production. I spoke to the Boston Foundaton for Sight where I was fitted for scleral lenses in late 2007. They told me that a fitting for new lenses costs the same as the original visit. My insurance only covers the price of new lenses and the rest is up to me. This seems unfair since I spent as much time learning to install and care for my lenses on my first visit as on the fitting and I am a professional lensman now.

In the meantime I recently started using an herbal product and my eyes have really been doing well of late. I make no medical claims that this product, Advanced Eye Factors is the cure all but my eyes feel great now. The product was designed by Dr Michael Murray, who sits on the board of Bastyr University, and is produced by the Canadian herb and vitamin company Natural Factors. Factors Formula is a combination of herbs and nutrients that have been shown to help the eyes and reduce free radical damage. The formula includes the carotenoid, lutein, as well as bilberry, multi-anthocyanidins, carrot juice powder, and eyebright that fight free radical damage, one of the main reasons our eyesight deteriorates as we age.