UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

I really do not agree with those stages as the level of Myopia and Astigmatism isn't always reflective of the severity of Keratoconus.
In my experience, the stages of Keratoconus are different for every case.

When they said surgery, was that crosslinking or a transplant or Intacs? It's good that you've got an urgent referral - I think in earlier posts you were talking about all sorts of delays when you were first diagnosed. Let's hope it is quick this time and that you'll have the chance to ask lots of ...

:cry: Hey everyone, just got back from my hospital appointment and it turns out things have really progressed and I need to have surgery so they have put an urgent referral to queens medical center :cry: It’s odd that it’s upset me so much when I have noticed the past year my vision has got dramatic...

does anyone no of any tempory fixes that can make my symptoms easier to handle as got to wait 8 weeks to be refered again to see my consultant as was discharged because of a error they made and at the moment my current backup glasses prescription is way off so they don't do anything and the optician...

Ah that makes sense lol :) I have read that person with sever keratconus can have better vision or vision without as many defects like ghosting then a person with mild keratconus who can have more symptoms, what's the reason for that. Is it common to feel embarrassed about having keratconus and what...

Thanks lia
Well I was told my astigmatism is low, left eye -3.75 right eye -3 so what is confusing me is then why can't glasses correct my keratconus because it is so low and why do I have monocular double vision, glare, halos if it's so low ?

Hi is it ok if I ask some questions as I have had a keratconus diagnosis for over a year and still total confused

Hi :) thanks for replying, at the moment i am wearing glasses and have a rgp fitting on the 3rd of march, i was supposed to have a appointment in January as i was diagnosed in december but it came to the 17th of Jan and still had no letter phoned up and they said i have now been discharged as had a ...

hi everyone thanks for your comments sorry I have not replied sooner I have autism so I have a lot of other problems going on : at the moment the most worry is not be able to do my hobby which is lego :) but why should having bad vision stop me keratoconus is not a blinding condition even though it ...

hello everyone I am 16 and have been newly diagnosed in both eye and also glaucoma and birth defect back of eye and sever eye allergies which I am on prescription drops 6 times a day