UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Hi everyone, Many thanks for all your replies; It's been very useful to get input from this forum. An update: we submitted an outline application for funding at the end of May. We expect to hear something by the end of the summer. If we get through this stage, a much more detailed application is the...

Thanks for the comments, in particular Lynn. I endorse everything you wrote; you've explained the issues far better than I can! Just to clarify a few points: Transepithelial is the same as epi-on, ie epithelium not removed. As Lynn said, the serious risk of CXL are almost all associated with removin...

Thanks for your post Andy. You're right, this all boils down to a balance between risk and benefit. In hindsight, it's easy to say who should have had CXL (notwithstanding that we can't even offer on the NHS at the moment!). Most people's KC isn't symmetrical, with one eye usually progressing at a f...

Hello everyone, Moorfields Eye Hospital is in the process of setting up a clinical trial of a new type of cross-linking (CXL). We hope to start the trial from next year, but in the meantime we are looking for help from this forum. Nearer the time, we hope that some of you will volunteer to take part...