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- Sun 07 Apr 2024 1:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Fitting contact lenses for KC - can you help?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 116
Fitting contact lenses for KC - can you help?
Do you live within striking distance of Telford? Could you help teach the next generation of optometrists contact lens fitting skills for KC? Volunteer KC patients are needed for workshops being held at this year's Optometry Today and British Contact Lens Association conference on Sunday 28th April ...
- Fri 22 Mar 2024 11:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Heated eye mask?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 404
Re: Heated eye mask?
Hi Cameron, There's an interesting article about dry eye in the Autumn 2020 newsletter https://www.keratoconus-group.org.uk/index.php/newsletters/ Towards the end of that, Sara does mention warm eyelid therapy, though I don't know if she's referring to heated masks or warm flannels which some people...
- Tue 12 Mar 2024 9:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Will i pass KC to my kids?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 256
Re: Will i pass KC to my kids?
Hi Amrinder and welcome! You're in the same position as most of us with KC in not having anyone else in the family with it. Genetic studies are showing that there isn't one gene responsible for KC but that it takes several different ones all coming together. And that only around 1 in 10 of people wi...
- Sat 02 Mar 2024 5:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Next London meeting
- Replies: 1
- Views: 297
Next London meeting
A reminder that the next London meeting is on Saturday 23rd March. This is our AGM and our talk this year is by Noorfields Principal Optometrist Aneel Suri 'What's new in medical contact lenses'. We hope to see lots of you there (but please let us know if you're coming so we have some idea of number...
- Sun 14 Jan 2024 12:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: CXL one eye or both?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2856
Re: CXL one eye or both?
Hello Taffer, I was hoping you'd get a reply from one or two people who had had CXL and used to post on this forum. CXL came too late for me, so I can only speak from talking to lots of KC people and reading lots of people's experiences on this forum in the past. My personal view of one eye or both ...
- Thu 21 Dec 2023 5:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: New eye hospital for Edinburgh
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4025
New eye hospital for Edinburgh
One of our Scottish members has asked us to publicise the petition that Sight Scotland has organised for a new eye hospital in Edinburgh to replace the existing one, which is crumbling away. https://sightscotland.org.uk/new-eye-hospital
Do sign, particularly if you're in the Edinburgh area.
Do sign, particularly if you're in the Edinburgh area.
- Thu 07 Dec 2023 12:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Saline or gel for sclerals?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 22949
Re: Saline or gel for sclerals?
Just to wish you good healing with the regraft. I've never used sclerals, so can't help with your question but I hope someone here will be able to.
- Tue 07 Nov 2023 4:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: East grinsted contact lens appointment
- Replies: 3
- Views: 16104
Re: East grinsted contact lens appointment
That's good news about your referral to Brighton. I'll e-mail you the address for getting a copy of your lens prescription. And I've removed your e-mail address from your post in case you suddenly get loads of e-mails from spammers.
- Mon 06 Nov 2023 12:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Sad news
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8970
Sad news
Our regular members will share my sorrow at the passing of Mike Oliver, co-founder of the KC Group. Many of you will remember Mike from meetings and conferences and know what a crucial role he played in the charity. You'll find a tribute to Mike on our homepage https://www.keratoconus-group.org.uk/i...
- Thu 26 Oct 2023 3:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Scleral Lenses: Flying + Swimming
- Replies: 8
- Views: 20450
Re: Scleral Lenses: Flying + Swimming
Except the issue isn't losing a lens but, as the link from the Association of Optometrists Lia posted explains, the danger of eye infections if bacteria get trapped behind the lens. Those waterborne infections can be blinding, which is why we're also told never to use tap water to rinse a contact le...