UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

mmm from what i read it depends on if amount and location of scaring after the hydrops i remember reading of cases where contacts worked better after hydrops ..but if you have severe scarring as a result of hydrops then yo will need a graft.. i guess hydrops can leave significant scarring that needs...

well i had a mild hydrops in my right eye in eater 2003..thats how my KC was diagnosed[parents thought i had a cataract cause of the white glint in eye] fortunately it was only mild hydrops and KC my other eye was diagnosed with early KC so that was part why i had the graft[specialist rekoned other ...

I actually remember reading in a magazine a girlfriend donated her kidney to her boyfriend and he started getting her fondness for junk food when he never had pre kidney transplant

well well well.....I live in Dublin not the uk.... I did get covered for a contact lens on my medical card but not really eligble for any more....[most of the 1000-1500 was in the peroid before I got and realised I was entitle to optical benefit as a student....i do have to bear virtually full conta...

well I had very bad probs with my lens popping out ....i eventually tried piggybacking ...4 months ago or maybe six motnhs ago...it worked great...but today my hard lens popped out in my maths lecture I can't afford a new hard lens for 2 months any ideas on preventing popping out...my opticien doesn...

well I am sorry to hear about KC reaccurance in your case....it is rare i'd say... However I could imagine that happening to me...but KC has taught me enjoy the days you can see well I am wearing glasses at the moment...but as yet do not know what visual correction I will need long term...won't now ...

well I had my eight remaining stiches removed...am 5 weeks short of two years post graft[I always say that but feel its nesicary] My surgeon warned me 3 times my vision could get worse..as my vision a year post op was very good...as did my opticien...that said they were relatively pleased that the f...

well I posted alot in other forums about the fact that my vision will get worse after my stiches.. so far I have had eight out and have eight left/..will be two years post op in beginning of march[6 weeks time) . five were removed 2 and a half months ago..[three times in casutlty with loose stiches ...

well I do use some lubricating drops blinx unidose and ciba aquify[can only buy that at my opticiens] I don't use them every day as I can't afford it[i am 550 euro in debt due to being a compusive overspender] I tend to use total care cleaner and disinfecant and boots saline and protein removal tabl...

well thanks for all your advice...I don't know about the protein remover...opticine did give me it but didn't really give a time frame at all except I think he said once a month.... as for blinking...i know I constanlty feel the contacts in but that doesn't mean anything I don't know anything thanks