UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Good luck Jay, I hope it all goes well.

I took it very easy but once the vision was a bit better I went on various walks, progressively getting longer.

Weight exercise was something I went back to a couple of months after. Again, light progression was key, overdoing it never seemed a good idea!

Fingers crossed

The training can be brutal, I remember doing it when I was going for the forces! I really hope they give you a chance, I don’t think you can blanket ban KC as it has so many different levels and effects on people. Good luck!

Fingers crossed for you! Please keep us posted

Green wrote:I've often wondered about any correlation between KC and vertigo and migraines

Likewise, I do think there must be something. Oh to be scientifically minded…

Fingers crossed for you. Keep us posted, these stories can always help others

I have KC in both eyes but they are at different levels of KC so quite unbalanced which is what I think causes some of my dizziness. I’ve also been suffering visual snow for the last 7 months which doesn’t help! Having the unbalanced eyes might be a cause of your dizziness but definitely something t...

That is spectacular, must feel great being able to do so! I hope your review appointment is good and backs up the improvement.

I’m in Scotland and, as Lia says, the pathway was a referral to the hospital through my optician (the GP can do it too) and I was thereafter referred from there to an optometrist specialising in KC and got lenses that way.