UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Thanks for the article Graham, its quite friendly written, I've learnt a lot.
The 13 dioptres I am referring to is my astigmatism value from the pentacam. Its the only figure from the pentacam I have really kept an 'eye' on over the years.

Hi Graham, what you have said is quite surprising and shows how little I know about this, I've only had it 15 years!
I have always thought the higher the astigmatism (dioptres) the worse my vision will be. and if I have a graft, the aim is to get back down to as close to zero dioptres as possible?

I cant seem to find to much on the net regarding what dioptres to expect after a graft.
I currently have 13 dioptres in the worse eye and was wondering what the typical amount is post dalk/pk?

I had an intac removed last year, 4 months after it was implanted. Speaking to the consultant after, I got the impression they weren't keen on this method anymore. I am not sure what timeframe this was over but he said the removal percentage was 50%.

As I am sure we all know, finding a suitable contact lens is a nightmare. After years of attempts in finding one and an intac that didn't go as planned my doctor has recommended an ICL as the next option. I was wondering if anyone has attempted it?

Hello, I had intac surgery 8 weeks ago on my left eye and it still doesn't feel to great. Lightly touching the centre of my eye over my eye lid is more sensitive than before surgery. My keratoconus is quite advanced so i knew this wasn't going to correct my vision but to hopefully make me tolerant t...