UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Hi all :D ! I am so excited and happy :lol: . I have completed my midwifery degree even with this damn disease :o . I just got the results and I have passed my BSc (Hons) in Pre-registration midwifery (3 years full time) with a 2:1 - fantastic :wink: . So just remember it doesn't have to be all bad ...

Dear Egregor, Welcome to the site :D . I also wear soft lenses as I cannot tolerate the RGP's. Along with my lenses I have to wear my glasses or my vision is severely limited. My optometrist provides me with what I think are Soft K lenses by Acuity which I am easily able to tolerate for up to 16 hou...

Dear Andrew, I am so sorry to hear of this latest issue. I have to agree with Gareth about steroids - I know of two members of my family who have contracted cataracts after steroid therapy. The first is my nephew, aged 10, for whom no treatment is available due to having a life limiting disease. The...

Thanks David I'll do that :D . Now it has affected me twice I will be sure to get minims each time. I just hope my surgery don't kick up a fuss :x ! I seem to have a number of allergies to medications and vaccines so they already have to provide me with expensive alternatives so this won't cheer the...

Although I agree with all that Alison said I still cannot help being so proud of my son. When he was born he suffered severe hypoxia (oxygen deprivation) and had to be resuscitated. Then whilst in special care he got septicaemia (blood poisoning) and it was touch and go if he would survive. Initiall...

Matthew, Just thought I would mention that some hospital lens clinics prescribe solutions so you would only have to pay presription prices, it's definitely worth asking about. I pay for my prescriptions yearly as I am on other medication and it works out soooo much cheaper, but it would depend on yo...

Thanks everyone for all the advice :D . I now have the minims and the redness is almost gone 8) . I managed to get an emergency appointment at the hospital and all they concluded was that I was allergic to the preservative - tell me something I didn't know :roll: ! Anyway the good news is that my vi...

Thanks for the clarification Andrew, things are much clearer now - metaphorically speaking :D ! I have asked my surgery to order them today, I laughed when they said they have only ordered 20 of them as they are so expensive, do they think they will work faster just because of the cost :roll: ! I ha...

Thanks John and Andrew, although I am still slightly confused! One of you says ointment and one says drops! Surely the minims are the same as what I am using just in a smaller quantity. Also I read that I can't wear my lenses with chloramphenicol, is this true? When I collected the drops I wasn't to...

Hello and Help! :D Does anyone have experience of or can advise on reaction to Chloramophenical drops :?: I was experiencing some symptoms of an eye infection :( so went to my GP surgery where they prescribed the above. Within a few hours of using the drops my eyes became very red and sore :evil: . ...