UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

I shall book an appointment on Monday. Thank you all for the wisdom as always

It is very much appreciated.

Thank you for the quick reply.

I don't have glasses at the moment so when i don't have lenses in, I can barely do anything, not even watch TV.

I clean and soak them in all in one solution overnight and use these two vile things that smell of chlorine once every three weeks as told by my opto.

So I have been wearing my ccontacts happily for the past 3 months. In the past week or so they have started making my eyes ache. They also sting like crazy when I first put them in. The headaches are also getting quite bad, although vision is still very very good. I wear them for 13 hours a day 7 da...

Hi :) I get this a lot at work with the air con too, the whole eye goes bloodshot and sore like hayfever. I used to use dry eye drops but they didn't seem to help much, just making my contact slide a lot. I have learnt mostly to live with it now, but I carry soothing eyewash around with me and take ...

Got my new RGP lenses yesterday, one of them anyway, the other has to be sent back to change it. My optician seemed to think of this as a downgrade from my kerasoft lenses, but I am finding these so much better! They are smaller and easier to put in/take out, the are actually more comfortable thank ...

Hi I'm pretty new here too, welcome.

I also drive as part of my job, I can only drive with contacts and sunglasses. As for night driving I do it although I shouldn't as haloing is really bad, a lot of night driving for me is guesswork but I have to do it or lose my job.

I am guessing I'm not the only one who gets "are you short or long sighted" "why don't you have laser surgery" kind of questions. I was just wondering how everyone explains it to people? Working in a shop on the counter I get it a lot and have now resorted to "I don't know&q...

I see. Thank you for the replies

I am now very confused. Looking at the prices above and considering I have had one new set of contacts this year, not including my new rgp that I was fitted for after I was told and roughly 5 or 6 eye tests, how could my treatment possibly stand at over £2000 :s and as for the 'others' who's balance...

I haven't got them yet, they were ordered a couple days ago, not sure how long they take.

Not really looking forward to them, I get 10 to 12 hours wear out of my current ones and from what I understand the wear time of rgps are alot less.