UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

melissa, good to hear you are not experiencing anymore pain!!! and the eye looks great! you've turned the corner.... I am 2 weeks post graft myself and progressing very well (touch wood)....it's amazing what a little bit of time can do huh?!! :shock: if you asked me a week ago about getting the seco...

2nd visit post graft went well today. go back in a week and doctor is taking out one stitch!!! i am shocked so soon but she says that's a good thing and that's what she does. wake up in morning with very dry eyes and feel like i'm wearing a dried up old hard lens. other than that, inflammation, redn...

chris. great to hear all is going so well!! where did you have your graft done?

hello all, after a long time deciding to go for it I finally had my graft this past wednseday. as far i know, so far so good i think. think the toughest part was recovering from the aneasthesia. surgery went smoothly and the doctor said she didn't numb my eye at all. first night was just weird but n...

Thank you for your recent support and posts. Don't know exactly what 6/9 translates to in the States. Perfect vision here is 20/20. Based on that I am at about 20/400 in both eyes, with glasses. I am legally blind. Not too worried about the initial discomfort, am so used to it with my trial and horr...

Hi Tim, Thanks for your response. I was actually driving through Belfast last week on my way from Derry back down to West Cork. Be back to Ireland in March.... :D Will you be having the transplant surgery on your other eye or is your case unilateral? I guess from the sound of it most often people ar...

Andrew, Thanks so much for your reply and support. Can I ask you how long ago did you have your transplants? Did you experience a lot of pain? My surgeon has told me that I will need to take a week off from work. That's all!!! You were out for 6 weeks??? I know it's a case by case basis but am I bei...

Hello all, Happy New Year! I have not posted in quite some time but wanted to share with you that I finally, after a first attempt in May, have rescheduled a corneal transplant surgery for this February in New York city. Some days I am very nervous, others I cannot wait! Can anyone give me advice, t...

Hari, I have read various testimonials on the Mini Ark procedure and have been in contact with Dr. Lombardi. Am seriously considering the operation? How well have your eyes healed? Glasses, contacts? Painful? Did you have both eyes done? How long has it been since your operation? Was there an extens...

Remy, I am from New York and have recently joined this forum, have kerataconus for 10 years and my eyes are really far progressed. I, too, am really curious to learn more information on Dr. Lombardi. I have contacted the National Kerataconus foundation in the US to try and learn of any hard facts as...