UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

i had a stitch taken out early on- i never felt a thing, so hopefully the rest will be the same- looks like i'l have these stitches in for a long time now. I also thought that when i got fitted with a contact lens after my op that i wouls just get a normal one and not them thick ones so that was new...

So you wear one contact lens and glasses? What sort of contact lens do you wear? is it still a big thick one? or is it just a normal one?

Did you have both corneas done at once Andrew? how long did they take to come out? one good thing i found through this is that no one has noticed the stitches in my eye, just the redness i get sometimes.

thanks both of you for your quick reply's. It seems a shame that i will have to take a step back in vision when I've come so far, i think i understand what you are saying though. When the 15 stitches are taken out the eye will change shape again. Its just not nice waiting for the stitches to come ou...

its been 11 months since my full penetrating cornea graft. must say i havnt had any problems apart from one stitch out that was loose but i didnt notice it was. My eye sight is really goo in the grafted eye and with glasses gets me vision that i havnt had since a child. The last time i saw my doctor...

im just goin to add things that i forgot----

i also sufferd with light after the op i couldnt bare to look outside that starts to go though i doesnt even bother me now 11 weeks after the operation

soz about the spelling im not very good at writing stories i did it quickly without reading it through lol

that afternoon my father came to take me home- i couldnt wait to get home- once i got home my vision felt so uneven between the two eyes and it was hard to focuss. but was still amazed at what the operation did to my eye. people could only realli see my stitches wen they got very close up and in cer...

when i woke up i was obviously coming round from the operation but the 1st thing i tried to do was lift my patch up and see if i could see better lol wow i was so groggy after the op i didnt take general anaethetic like a real man should lol but it was nothing really i was just so groggy and tired a...

hi im 27 and had KC in both eyes for as long as i can remember- maybe around 18-19 I had the full graft in the left eye 11 weeks ago after making the huge decision that somthing had to be done now as fitting a lens in my eye was becoming impossible. of course i was naturally terrified but knew it ha...