UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Hi I would like to add that adapting to contacts is not all easy and you are not a whimp for feeling scared or for finding it very painful and upestting. If I didn't have to wear them I would have given up and stuck to glasses and I am not ashamed to say so. I am not trying to scare you further but ...

Andrew you are very lucky to have an office window with such an appealing view. Now I do not mean to boast but ... from my office window I can see a carpark and the magnificant concete facarde of the 1960s polytechinic buildings beyond. Awe inspiring as you can imagine. Above, on a clear day (this b...

Thanks Lynn I know you're right. some times I get cross and want simple answers to complex issues. Just fustrated I guess. If I have to wait I have to wait. The eye hospital have my notes but because I haven't been going to them they have closed my file and I have to start again. I hear you about ru...

Hi Meagan I have not been posting here for very long myself so don't feel qualified to welcome you as such but I will say HELLO and that I am glad that you have found this site so quickly. There are some very knowledgable people here, not me I hasten to add, but others seem to know everything and ca...

Hi I have been attending my local opticians (very) frequently for several years and have replaced my lenses many time - mostly because they popped out and vanished into a parallel universe but also because of ill fitting lenses, shattered lens and changes in prescription. My optician has been very g...

I do drive because with my contact lenses I am just on the acceptable limit. I think it has made me a better driver because I am more aware of my limitations and so am more cautious and take greater care. Some days I cannot drive though - my contacts will not stay in or my vision is cloudy or blurre...

thank you for that information John. I have altered my monitor and hope it will help. I usually have to limit my computer time to short bursts of intensive concentration. As for the light sensitivity i too have to wear sun glasses in winter, and even indoors sometimes. yet other times I use a readin...

Hi, Thank you for responding. I teach future teachers at MMU I don't know the name of my lens (it is amazing what you can manage not to find out when your trying not to know!). They are rigid gas permeable. They are very small and basically transparent - which is useful for seeing through, but not s...

HELLO I have only just found you guys a few days ago and have been reading through your archives. (you seem a friendly bunch so I hope you don't mind!) I was diagnosed with Keratoconus five years ago and with the support of my optician have been quietly getting on with it - trying to deny it is happ...