UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Laura i can empathise with you sentiments regarding difficulties with contact lenses. i could only tolerate wearing lenses for 6-8 hours in each eye. i needed adequate vision for at least 12 hours so what i used to do was wear an rgp in one eye at a time for 6-8 hours, take it out and then wear the ...

nylon 10-0 are used for the sutures and are very fine. they are not easily visible unless you go very close and very light coloured eyes. i cant see mine in the mirror unless i use a really bright pentorch. dont worry about it

i have only had one eye grafted (pk), my left which was the wosrt of the two at the time. i could just count fingers before the graft, but could see 6/6 with rgps but could not tolerate them after wearing them for a few years. after the graft my vision was fluctuating a lot so wouldnt get a stable r...

the plunger is great but what are you going to do if you lose it, or if you forgot to take it with you when your out? you really should learn how to take them out without it. no one can learn it in a day, it took me about 3 weeks until i could do it. I personally just take the lens off the eye, its ...

there are a few over the counter eye drops which have helped my with dry eyes such as systane and hypermellose. Its also a good idea to use artificial tear drops while wearing your lenses as mentioned above. celluvisc eye drops are also good. never ever rub your eyes even if you really want to, what...

i hope your wearing eye protection if cycling in windy conditions as you dont want a foreign body entering yur eye and risking infection.

my graft has been almost 3 years ago but from what i can remember the few hours after the surgery were very uncomfortable but the morning after when the bandage was removed it was feeling better. a little bit of discomfort for the first few days no pain, vision wasnt significantly better straight aw...

for my left eye i had to wait 6 months and that was with me calling my dr's secretary every week to see if anyone cancelled or if there were any sooner dates.

the ghosting and distortion is becuase of irregular astigmatism from the irregular corneal surface. the intact rings are instered to try and flatten the cornea and make it less regular. as with all surgery the intacts may or may not help you. but from what i have read so far on intacts it may not he...

sorry mate i didnt readyour post properly i thought you meant 2 weeks not 2 years. i guess you've been wearing them for quite a long time and you may have dry eye. have you tried systane and artificial tears while wearing the lenses. they will help but not drastically but having dry eyes will make i...