UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Thank you drew. Without lenses i cannot read any of the chart.With either eye even at arms length it just a blur. In my right eye i can just make 3 lines down with a lens. at 3 mtres The left eye 4 lines down. But even when i have lenses i cant tolerate them for more than 3-4 hrs. I have to go see w...

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I get vision with my left eye but my right eye they say they cant get the vision anymore, They tried all those round glass things they use and the vision was no better when she had exhasted those.
Tracy

Thanks all.
Do they judge your sight with correction or without for partially sighted.
Tracy

i would have the op tomorrow if they wud but they just keep trying lenses. They have now admitted that i have tried all lenses.
so hey lets go back to the first lens we tried lol.
Doesnt make sense to me either,
Love Trace

Hi, Had keritoconus for 20 yrs. They are considering a graft, but as normal trying to find something else instead. I tried some new lenses in feb but they werent the right fit so now have to wait till july to have another fittin. What im wondering is how bad till i am registered partially sighted. I...

Hi, i can only use oxy sept or tescos own. which contain exactly the same ingredients as oxy.
But im afraid solutions are no longer available on the NHS, sensitive eyes or not. Yep unfair

Thanks all i did get it from postoptics in the end.Thanks for the advise.
Just cant seem to get an alternative. Costs me a fortune and there are loads of cheaper ones.

Hi . I am sensitive to the solutions for contacts. Oxysept 1+2 are the only ones i can use. I have tried loads of different ones. Even saline makes my eyes so sore i cant use it. However i can no longer find any oxysept. ASda (wallmart) boots, and other leading supermarkets said they havent been abl...

Hi i got mine off ebay for £10.00

:?: hi ive been diagnosed 18 years. Ive tried all sorts of lenses. I have an intolerance to lenses and my corneas are very steep. Constant irritation, vision isnt too good either. At what stage do they decide that you are ready for the op?. Cause im so frustrated that i would jump at the chance. Ive...