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by Knight
Mon 16 May 2005 12:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Grafts and rejection and travel
Replies: 7
Views: 4068

thanx guys for the feedback, rarely have I let KC get me down or interfer with my life, even those few times when I couldn't wear my lenses at all, I made myself a 'seeing aid' which cracked ppl up... I took an old pair of specs, popped the glass outa them and replaced it with cardboard, which I put...
by Knight
Mon 16 May 2005 9:13 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Daily disposables!
Replies: 1
Views: 1627

Yeah I heard this before actually, as soft as 'soft lenses' are and depending on how conic the eye actually is, the soft lens can still 'mould' or correct the surface of the eye well enough to allow for good sight. In the early days of my KC, especially in my left eye I bought a pair of novelty, len...
by Knight
Sun 15 May 2005 3:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: view thru my eye
Replies: 11
Views: 6845

view thru my eye

I did this a while back as a representation of what its like to see thru a keratoconic eye, at least for me althou its not a 'perfect' likeness, as I have left out the halo of certain points of light and the skewed perspective that I see at least this is more or less what it 'looks' like after about...
by Knight
Sun 15 May 2005 2:32 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: WILL A EYE TRANSPLANT WORK?PLEASE HELP
Replies: 2
Views: 2342

Re: WILL A EYE TRANSPLANT WORK?PLEASE HELP

...WHY DONT I GO TO AMERICA OR INDIA AND GET AN EYE TRANSPLANT DONE?... CAN IT BE DONE?... Well to just pick on that specifically. An entire 'eye transplant' is not possible, at least not under current medical technology anywhere that I know of or have read even in experimental phases even thou the...
by Knight
Sat 14 May 2005 2:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Grafts and rejection and travel
Replies: 7
Views: 4068

Ahh that is great information. I don't know if you saw my other thread but I am getting Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) which is supposed to reduce greatly the possibilities of rejection 'if they can do it' without penetrating' that is, which is what I've been warned off, so althou they i...
by Knight
Sat 14 May 2005 12:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Grafts and rejection and travel
Replies: 7
Views: 4068

Grafts and rejection and travel

I hope some one can help me or offer some personal experience on this for me please. As I mentioned in another thread I'm getting my graft in Aug/Sept this year most of it I've been able to read up on and ask questions about but I am concerned about rejection. I was told that travelling is a concern...
by Knight
Fri 13 May 2005 1:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: HELP PLEASE,I AM SCARED,AND I AM NEW,I NEED FRIENDS
Replies: 6
Views: 3938

People really do manage KC in many different ways and I've learned some tricks over the 10+ yrs that I had it. Like you it started off in my left eye first and it is weird feeling the bump thru the eyelid but it has never bothered me. I have yet in my life to meet another person with the same condit...
by Knight
Thu 12 May 2005 2:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Just stumbled in
Replies: 0
Views: 2062

Just stumbled in

Hello, I just found this site today and been reading all there was on the site and there is much credit and useful information here that I'd like to give my thanks and appreciation for. I've had keratoconus for well over 10yrs now and I'm due to have my first graft (DALK procedure) around aug/sept t...

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