UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

National Geographic are currently showing a series about the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the second of the 2 episodes last night featured a KC patient.

Next week they are showing the intacs operation.

Can't help you Pat, sorry. I'm very much a windows person. Tried Safari the other day on my PC and hate it.

The first question would be why your GP did not do a referral, even if it was to your local hospital's opthamology clinic as your partner has already been diagnosed with KC and this will be in his GP record. In my opinion your partner has the right to see a specialist about his KC as this will then ...

A year on and the best way of describing the feeling in my implanted eye is... different.

The right eye is more sensitive to light and tires more easily then the left.

Worse symptom, eyes tiring quickly. Finish a day at work absolutely shattered, and that's with regular screen breaks.

The main problem was getting at the back up discs, Id put them in a top cupboard right at the back, and couldn't reach them because of the shoulder op I've just had Even funnier was watching the OH trying to get them - think little legs and short arms.

Mmmmmm...... some dozy person managed to bust their PC in a big way. Don't know who it could have been :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Fortunately the person concerned had made backups of their system, however couldn't find them or in some cases reach them as their shoulder had just been operated on. ...

Sadly I will not be attending either due to my shoulder recovery post op.

You no longer have to be registered as disabled anymore. I am covered by the DDA under the terms of disability despite having Intacs surgery last year as prior to this I came under the definition of disabled. However my consultant would not register me a partially sighted prior to the surgery as he ...

I'll second Andrews comments.

We are stronger characters for having KC; like you James I don't let KC rule my life, I rule over my KC!!!!