UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

With me I was working for a well known high street store and I had to tell them that eye sight was failing. They said they would do the best for any disablity - and accommodate me. however on a weekly daily basis found team management become more difficult towards me wanting time to visit hospital- ...

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more advanced than me in the " process "

I did have a test or medical after my last cornea graft transplant ( about 6 weeks after ) stress levels went through the roof. Can say for me - state was stopping people claiming incapacity benefit and I ended up on income support. I must say I think was most worrying thing in my life - and thought...

Its been a while......

Please could anyone tell me how long is the life span of a cornea graft ( because they age )
I dont mean with rejection thay can go thin.........
mine is 24 years old.

nope not seen anyone since starting wearing lens....

realized my self the issue with the contact solution!

I have had a cornea transplant (September 07) and just started wear contacts...... now hospital optician had just dispensed the lens with out any fitting ( yes had fitting before hand) but not seen when I picked them up. ( no seen me with the lens in at all) any way when I saw optician under NHS yea...

CONTACT BREAK I HAD TO HAVE! I went through a bad stage in 2007 when i could not wear my lens....... and went back to the optician and tried several lens to no result got so desperate tried to go private and see a private contact lens person ( refused to touch me because I was a hospital patient) an...

Turned out problem was the 'contact lens solution' and not the Lens effecting my eye ( I am starting to wear contacts again) found out because i was just about to insert lens and a drop fell into my eye and my eye reacted straight away. changed to a basic contact lens solution and been fine now wear...

I am starting to wear contacts again for my new grafted eye. Gas permeable lens and wear lens in the other eye for some time. started yesterday with one half hour another today .........my eye goes very red ( white of the eye) this is to be expected I guess as its first attempt.....with in 20 mins t...

I would say from having my graft in sept 19th 2008 to sep 19th 2009 rougly I have attened clinic about 9 to 11 times. At least on 7 times my file has not turned up. Now they write temporay note files and have about 3 but who knows where they are too. I have phoned the patient records manager twice b...