UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Ah the nausea. I used to get travel sick for years (in cars, buses and sometimes when walking) but since I was diagnosed with KC I've found the contacts cure it. Unfortunately, unless I'm driving, I usually wear my glasses when travelling or walking! However, I recently got hold of a pair of pinhole...

I realise that glasses are expensive as well because I also buy glasses, in addition to the contacts, and the solutions, but my point related to the fact that b&l had doubled its prices, which cannot possibly be related to increased costs (unless they've suddenly started making lenses out of dia...

they are a little weird and I certainly wouldn't use them in preference to contacts - at best I get a vague image of the grid, which doesn't happen with lesser holed varieties at outpatients. I think the holes may be too far apart or too small. A few holes in a small group would be better but I've s...

I'm using a pair right this minute while wearing an rgp lens in the left eye, the other being broken (see earlier rant). They don't work on the left eye, but the vision in the right's better so the combination of left lens / pinholes works better than anything else at the moment, and certainly beats...

I've just broken my right bausch & lomb rgp lens (good eye) and my opticians have told me that a new one will cost £120 - that's at least £50 more than when I broke it last year - due to the manufacturers price increases! (Obviously I should be a bit more careful, although I think the fact tha...

If your eyes are watering too much it might account for some of the problems and this should get better with time as they get used to having large foreign objects stuck on the corneas. On the other hand if you weren't already wearing contacts, then don't expect the prescription to be right first tim...