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- Thu 22 Mar 2007 12:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Cheap Saline
- Replies: 24
- Views: 12950
- Wed 21 Mar 2007 11:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: RGP questions....
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4491
hi pat from my own experience of rgp lenses and fits that you would need an abacus to count, it sounds like a fit problem. if your eyes are drying out that fast that you need to constantly re-wet them it sounds like it might be tight on your eye. what this means is that your own tears and oxygen are...
- Wed 21 Mar 2007 11:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Cheap Saline
- Replies: 24
- Views: 12950
- Wed 21 Mar 2007 11:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Hospital help needed
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3995
hi donna i agree with everything that has been said. try and go with an open mind and enjoy the experience. i go to manchester royal eye hospital which is a teaching hospital and i recall many occasions where i faced a line up of many enthusistic students all dying to take a peek at my eyes , it can...
- Wed 21 Mar 2007 11:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: very worried about my KC. had at lens consultation today
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3885
hi joe john smiths advice is absolutely right. just to re-iterate, your first experience of trying a lens and your reaction to it is completely normal. it does take a period of time for your eyes to adjust to having the lens but i advise building your wear time up in baby steps ie 1/2 hour increment...
- Wed 21 Mar 2007 10:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: HELP!!!!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8904
hi stace i remember very clearly the panic i felt the first time i wore contacts and i had exactly the same fainting experience. that was some 22 yrs ago but i still remember that first pain like it was today, and i also ended up having to sit a wheelchair for that first half hour or so. back then l...
- Sun 18 Mar 2007 10:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: possible graft
- Replies: 31
- Views: 14543
cornea transplant
had a disturbing thought today will definately have to explain the pro's and cons to work, following the hospitals view that a rupture or hydrops is highly likely. i wouldnt want some heroic first aider rushing to my aid with a bit of string and some sticking plaster to try and fix me up should thie...
- Sun 18 Mar 2007 12:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: My Cornea Transplant + Progress updates.
- Replies: 69
- Views: 30661
hi chris well done on your early progress remember though that it is early yet and as eager as i am sure you are dont overdo yourself, from my understanding so far this is a major procedure we have to go through and its a miracle that they can do it at all thank god they can :P but patience is a vir...
- Fri 16 Mar 2007 7:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: possible graft
- Replies: 31
- Views: 14543
keratoglobus?
hi john thanks for your comment unfortunately it is definately KC. it has been for 22 years now, i wish whole heartedly that it wasnt, but it is. what the surgeon has said (mr brahma) is that over the last 2 years it has become very unstable and is very active at present , which is a bit of a worry ...
- Thu 15 Mar 2007 7:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: possible graft
- Replies: 31
- Views: 14543
graft
:shock: hi every one ok so i have now had my appointments and the news :roll: my right eye as known is very strong as yet remaining sable though taking the full strain. my left however is kaputt i was treated very well by the staff and a very nice lady called debbie did a topography that revealed th...