UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

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Love it, means all is satisfactory, which is the way I feel most days.

I also like Muppet as well, plus PLUM, DOUGHNUT, DULT (slang term picked up from Judge Dredd Comic).

As an ex smoker I really don't believe in the ban at all, it's just as easy for non smoklers to not use facilities, until this government actually does something to help people stop then people should be allowed to smoke where ever they want. I think Pubs should also have the choice on whether the w...

I couldn't find the thread it was originally posted in but whilst looking around I found this on the RNIB. In at least 20 per cent of people with keratoconus, the cornea may become extremely steep, thin and irregular, or the vision can no longer be improved sufficiently with contact lenses. At this ...

I heard there was a cartoon series of Dr Who too. Does anyone know when/where this is running? There's a doctor who show on at the weekends in the morning, you can catch the cartoon there. It's probably on a saturday as I'm never up early on a sunday. It is aimed at kids though so you may not find ...

I get them too, always wondered what they are, worse thing is, when I close one eye they tend to get very noticable.

Whilst great information it does worry me that things like this aren't mentioned, and this is not an option for everyone suffering with KC Safety of UVA-Riboflavin Cross-Linking of the Cornea. Review Cornea. 26(4):385-389, May 2007. Spoerl, Eberhard PhD *; Mrochen, Michael PhD +; Sliney, David PhD +...

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Hari you raise good points. The main reason for waiting is really to discover side effects and pick up on possible problems. Companies can run global trials and so we could get some really good data. But how long does it take for a side effect to start being noticable, 1 year, 2 years, 20 years. I'm...

Whilst things like this could make a difference to our lives test still need to be made. This process will cause damage to corneas below a certain thickness and considering this is the main reason for our problem I should think it needs more research. Your right to highlight the situation but wrong ...