UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

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when you find a really good fitting lens you'll find that theyre like your comfiest pair of slippers and also wonder how you managed with glasses when you find out how much better your vision will be
mike

hi stace in answer to your questions, anaesthetic drops just numb your eye, it takes a few seconds thats all and doesnt hurt at all i promise, and it will allow the lens to sit on your eye without it realising so there will be no watering, the only sensation you may notice is that your eyelid may fe...

hi steven i was at MREH on the 15 march getting the news that i need my transplant :( i was there some time and in various sections of the clinic and cant say that i noticed the poster for KC, i always look to see if there is any general info regarding our condition and am always surprised that ther...

hi gavin dont know if this is useful or not but i tend to get tired and headaches when the atmosphere is drier. also when i became lens intolerant last july in my left eye it took my brain a bit of time to adjust to the change in signals and i suffered from constant migraine for about a month mike

hi chris dont chastise yourself for feeling lucky, as i am sure that your road to this point has been as hard for you as for everyone else, so good luck with your ongoing recovery and long may it continue :lol: . a piece of advice my grandad once gave me, was to eat when hungry, sleep when tired and...

hi emma just to say a very big welcome to the site, and yes we are all very friendly on here cos we all have something very "special" in common that bonds us all together. i am now 40 yrs young :lol: and was diagnosed at 22yrs ago when i was an even youger pup of 18 :shock: its good to kno...

hi emma welcome to the forum how long have you been diagnosed with KC and what is your history, i'm sure we would all be interested as the more input we have the better our knowledge becomes. sorry to hear that you are also at the transplant stage, hopefully everything will go well, keep us all post...

hi all
i am also a patient at MREH, my consultant is mr brahma
mike

ok
i think we all give up on that one now

hi gareth thanks for that info and the link. after thoroughly checking out the site i have decided that i will definately register with medic alert. i think if nothing else it will give me a lot more peace of mind, esp as i live alone and dont contact my family on a daily basis, so at least if somet...