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by DJ Smak
Fri 23 Jun 2006 8:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Still here
Replies: 6
Views: 3351

I found this site, it pretty much explains it

http://www.allaboutvision.com/contacts/ ... lenses.htm
by DJ Smak
Fri 23 Jun 2006 5:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Hi everyone - newbie here!
Replies: 17
Views: 8482

I find it interesting, in the rest of the world they seem to be quick to do grafts, but i am told in Canada, the only time they will do one is when the cornea becomes cloudy and scarred. They wont do one even if acceptable vision cannot be attained. I find it odd.
by DJ Smak
Fri 23 Jun 2006 5:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Still here
Replies: 6
Views: 3351

My doc decided i should stick with these lenses, reversed. My vision is 20/30 and 20/40. Its not what i had hoped but he thinks its good so I'll go with them On a side note, my prescription is Sphere Cylinder Axis OD +2.25 -6.50 090 OS + 0.50 -2.75 096 I see my doc again in 4 months. I don't really ...
by DJ Smak
Sat 17 Jun 2006 11:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Still here
Replies: 6
Views: 3351

today i decided to switch the lenses around and put them in the oposite eye and i can see a little bit better, im guessing the factory may have put them in the case wrong, i dunno. I emailed my doc and told him so when i see him on friday I'll let him check me out with them switched. Although im sti...
by DJ Smak
Fri 16 Jun 2006 8:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Still here
Replies: 6
Views: 3351

Still here

I haven't posted in awhile so i thought i'd post lol. I'm still workin on getting my lenses down. Have had to have them sent back and redone a few times and right now I'm wearing the latest set for a week to try em out. So far I'm not happy, but maybe I'm being too picky? I can't seem to get good vi...
by DJ Smak
Mon 01 May 2006 10:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Collagen Crosslinking
Replies: 24
Views: 12716

you're welcome, I have also been told that I have PMD, but in both eyes, there is some info out there but there is much more on KC than PMD.
by DJ Smak
Mon 01 May 2006 12:30 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Collagen Crosslinking
Replies: 24
Views: 12716

Im guessing he is talking about PMD

check out the link for more info

http://www.emedicine.com/oph/topic551.htm
by DJ Smak
Fri 21 Apr 2006 5:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: What i changed, that changed my Vision!
Replies: 5
Views: 7610

I came across this on a site Theoretically, bioflavonoids such as quercetin, bilberry, green tea polyphenols and particularly pycnogenol are also useful in keratoconus treatment, as they are all stabilizers of collagen. A recent study reported that flavonoids exert moderate collagenolytic inhibition...
by DJ Smak
Wed 19 Apr 2006 5:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: KC and drugs
Replies: 11
Views: 8590

Among the many side effects Accutane use has been associated with are hearing and vision problems. Accutane users have suffered hearing impairment which can persist even after stopping usage. Accutane users have also been known to develop decreased night vision, corneal opacities and other serious ...
by DJ Smak
Wed 19 Apr 2006 4:30 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: KC and drugs
Replies: 11
Views: 8590

KC and drugs

I mean prescription drugs, specifically a driug called accutane used to treat acne. I was on that drug when i was 15. It has effects on ones vision, it is a high dose Vitamin A type drug and I did a search on it and KC and i have found some interesting reads. I haven't found anything which suggest a...

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