UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Does anyone have the link of the video showing the operation please I can't find it now, typical

Had the Op yesterday and all seems well, the doctor seems well impressed with the outcome and he thinks its taken really well. I was quite pleased with his report and am looking forward to the eye getting better and seeing an improvement. As always its still a bit sore and I have to remember to open...

My Rose K lenses where actually bigger than the lenses I had beofre them by quite a bit, they felt good and didn't fall out no where near as much

Thanks, the thing is I used to be a nurse and been in the Army faced many a strange thing without batting an eye lid, I guess its just age and the pain and feeling low through lack of sleep etc. I know there not rational fears and all will be fine just thought I'd get it off my chest and also let ot...

I go under the knife on the 6th October now, and to be honest I'm shitting it :( I know its not a rational response and I'm in a lot of pain and should be looking forward to getting it sorted but for some strange reason I'm scared. I even had a bad dream last night of some ward sister running around...

Many thanks for the reply thats a good part of putting my mind to rest, specially after the news today of the blood transfusion service admission of problems they have discovered.

I'm worried about the graft I'm going to have in 6 weeks. It may seem odd but I'm concerned about getting CJD from the donor cornea.

Anyone have any advice on this at all ?

Thanks

slugs wont come near my face now as the tears running down it scare them away, so there goes my hobby of slug face walking

I've been given Sodium Chloride drops to try and draw the fluid out of the cornea. There 5% drops but they sting like hell and don't half make my eye water. I've been told to use them by the chemist, who was a bit vague 4 times a day is this right. There so salty that even my mouth is drying out

Well its surgery time for me, cornea transplant here I come they seem to think it's time to try something as it's to painful to leave it any longer. I told them that if they have to remove it I want a chrome false eye with blue LEDs fitted which would look well cool. So I go under the knife in 6 wee...