UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Does anyone know who makes wrap around sunglasses for astigmatism? I've tried a couple of opticians but they didn't have anything in stock that went up to my cyl (-4.25), and websites don't seem to have that kind of information. I don't mind if the vision's a bit odd at the sides as it's odd anyway ...

Hi LM I've been wearing rose k2's for 2 or 3 years now. The benefits, if you've got a milder form of KC, lie in the fitting. The optician has a file full of sample lenses made to fit a large range 'standard' KC corneas, so you get to try out different lenses in the surgery in order to find a good fi...

I've had problems at work recently because my department's discovered coloured text etc. After a fair bit of campaigning I got them to support the companys clearprint guidelines. The guidelines are aimed making print accessible to a typical user with no significant visual problems and the recommende...

I used to get a problem but this turned out to be the solutions - nowadays I always wash the protein remover off with saline and sometimes I was the conditioner off as well.

I push the eyelids together (left index on lower left eyelid, right index on upper left eyelid etc), the lens pops out and is caught by the finger pushing the lower eyelid. I stopped using a mirror a couple of months after getting lenses - I find my aim's better this way. Strangely I've had a simila...

I got a pair from Boots

Like Susan, I was 32 when I was diagnosed 2 years ago and can now read the second line with glasses, so I don't think it's as rare to develop KC at this age as opticians think.

Sweet, you're still the same person whether you register or not. Just do whatever will make things easier for you.

Jayuk's very right to warn against washing your face with tap water when wearing contacts. There was a government health warning about this a year or so ago - there can be parasites in the water that may be trapped by the lens.

so it's a couple of tropical ferns, a spray mister and a parrot for sound effects? I've already got a spider plant and a few hundred baby spider plants.