UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Fantastic. Ive just started using the rowing machine in our house, and would be gutted if I had to stop using it!

Thanks

Lynn White wrote:The only other advice I would give is to avoid activities that increase the internal pressure of the eye, such as weight lifting and standing on your head.

Hi lynn

Quick question, does using a rowing machine increase the internal eye pressure?

Thanks!

Hahaha! Hi anna, just wanted to apologise for the belated reply. Thanks for your words, they really cheered me up and gave me hope. I want to apologise for over reaction I guess with my initial post. Im not used to being ill, or sick or anything. So when even the slightest thing occurs- it knocks me...

Hallo, welcome and sorry to hear about the troubles with unhelpful NHS. A tempted to wonder if you c ouldn't get a referral to a more helpful hospital/consultant - through your GP - but that would take yet more time waiting for appointments. I'd have thought (and I'm not an ophthalmology consultant...

Hi Liam, Did the Specsavers guy test you for glasses? If not, it might be worth going to see him while you're waiting for the contact lens appt to come through - if your KC is mild glasses might be able to correct the vision. Or at least give you better vision than you have now. You've obviously ha...

Yeah, thats what i was hoping. Its just actually getting that appointment thats proving to be the problem.

So would you say thats the next step?

Other than that, should i be havimg tests to see how advanced it is and that sort of thing?

Thank you for the kind words :) The misunderstanding with consultant is probably whats causing all the problems. It was very brief, and he said it wasnt his field of expertise. Literally, at most it last 30 seconds. He said, he was going to email my doctor and tell them to send me for some contact l...

Hi there, a few weeks back I was diagnosed with KC and im struggling to get any kind of answers from the hospital. Luckily, I've found this wonderful website and was wondering if you could help at all :) At 28 I've never had vision problems of any kind, and dont wear glasses. But in november last ye...