UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

I just wanted to thank everyone who has ever posted their words of advice, experiences, etc, regarding kerataconus. I am 22 years old and was diagnosed with kerataconus about 4-5 years ago. I wear a contact in my right eye, and had a corneal graft in my left eye about 6 months ago. Still not wearing...

Thankyou Gareth!

Hi, this question has probably been answered somewhere else already, but i couldnt find it and it was driving me up the wall. Everytime someone posts a message in the forum i get an email to my junk box with hotmail, this is soo frusterating! How can i change this? I looked in the settings profile p...

Well i just wanted to update you all on how my eye is going, post graft. Everything is well, i have no pain anymore, and am even back on the road sooner than i thought, i have to wear sunglasses outside all of the time, or else my left eye gets a bit light sensitive. I consider myself extremely luck...

Thanx again for your help guys, I am still wearing the lens in my right eye, and my vision in that eye is okay, but gets blurry toward the end of the day, i think because im relying on it so much now, post op. So yeah hopefully i will be able to get back on the rpad in a few weeks, the doc said that...

Thanx guys, i went for another check-up today, and all is going well, my eye is feeling alot better thankfully. Although i do still have very cloudy vision, and i dont feel confident yet to drive, does anyone know when i will be able to get back on the road, how long until you all started driving ag...

I went for a checkup post graft yesterday, and it turns out that my stitches were coming undone, so i had to go in for emergency surgury last night. When will this ever be over Im so sick of it.
My eye doesnt hurt as much today as it did last week though, so maybe it did it some good.

I just wanted to let you all know that the graft was a sucess!!!! The Dr said that it went very well!! He was waiting for me to smile and show some excitement when he said that, but when your doped up on anaesthetic and your eye is killing you, its kinda hard to get excited! lol This will have to be...

Than for all your kind words guys! It helps so much to have you all here to talk to
Im just about to leave to go to the hospital, im staying over night, so i wont be back till tomorrow arvo or the next day.
So i will be back in a few days and will let you all know how i go
Bye!

Hi all, Im having the graft in my left eye tomorrow, and am getting extremely nervous. I was wondering whether you guys (who have had a graft) could help me by answering a question i have that has been bugging me. When you had the graft what was your vision like (a) in the days directly after having...