UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Pam thanks for the information regarding laser surgery. What age is your daughter and when was she diagnosed with KC? One fact you should be are aware of with CXL and corneal transplants tis here are no guarantees and outcomes can be negative as the evidence on this board shows (eg. Space Cadet). Wh...

Drink you may find these links of interest:-

http://www.keratoconus-group.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=10776&p=65906#p65906

http://www.keratoconus-group.org.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=13

The most often asked question here and most difficult and scary decision of my life was should I risk it or not - a graft i.e a corneal transplant. My management of KC has been don't take risks unless you have to, keep wearing glasses until they dont work, then contact lenses after correcting dry ey...

Could anyone who has recently (in the last 5 years) had a corneal graft inform me how long it was after your operation that the first topography was taken.

Hi Lea. Thank you for your thread and posts which was the final straw for me and prompted me to raise this thread:- http://www.keratoconus-group.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13779 the reason being that all the steriods for the past nearly 4 years have resulted in weakening muscles of my eye ...

Dry eyes a regular thread topic and key symptom of KC in my opinion. To commence wearing contact lenses particularly hard rgp lenses before resolving this problem is madness. Came across the many gems of information from KCers on this forum:- Re: New to KC Postby nicola lewis » Sun Aug 21, 2011 8:30...

Due to late notification I wont be going to this interesting event as I could not purchase any cheap discounted rail tickets (at least 3-4 month notice required to get these)

Look forward to reading here reports/information from the day or even u tube link of days events would be marvelous.

A wise decision imho Alastair

Thanks and well done for posting saima123, an exciting discovery?, further evidence that this website is a huge resource and asset for the KC community. Could this be a huge breakthrough and discovery in the treatment of KC and discovering the cause? If your on the transplant waiting list is it wort...

Just got back home on the train from an excellent and successful conference - cant believe how quickly the day passed by. Particularly got alot out of discussions with other KCers. Well done and many thanks to those responsible for making it happen and helping on the day and to the four professional...