UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

You allege that the forum promotes corneal transplants as the only form of treatment. If cared to take the time to actually read through the 3344 topics and 37095 posts you would realise that all treatments are taken into consideration and equal emphasis is given. On a similar note you are promoting...

Hi all. I had the iNTACS fitted two weeks ago and recovery is going ok. I cannot say at this stage there has been a great improvement (although the NICE report does say that outcomes and benefit times are variable. What are other peoples experiences? Because the cornea is going to be changing I can...

PA Depending on your age, there is every possibility that you KC will hardly progress; the progression curve for KC is exponential with the most progression seen in the teen years. Chances are that the corneal specialist will not recommend surgical intervention if your KC is very mild and will proba...

Hi legbreaking and welcome. Intacs may not be suitable for you. The reason I say this is that there are a lot of variables which affect a persons suitability for this procedure, and would suggest that you seek proper medical consultation about this. Even if you are suitable for Intacs, it may not gi...

Hi Max and welcome. That's the point with KC, as yet the exact cause is unknown. KC could be genetic as John has pointed out. KC could be related to allergies - Hay fever, eczema etc. I suffered from hay fever badly between the ages of 7 to 14, and still suffer from eczema 21 years later which start...

Mmm....Seems to be 2 camps (excuse the pun ) over in AV forum - a bit like marmite, you either love it or you hate it.

I love it, and see it for what it is - a very tongue in cheek SF show!!!!!!

Hi sagey, Welcome to the forum I was 33 when I had KC diagnosed in both eyes, the right being much more progressed than the left. A few months after diagnosis I had to give up driving because my sight had reached the stage where it was no longer safe to drive (actually had been below the required st...

Matthew_ wrote:That's not flak, its tracer

Oooooohhhh! Pedantic

I now await a lot of flak :wink: And here it is http://bestsmileys.com/happy/4.gif http://www.debt-helpers.org.uk/images/Flak.jpg Lesley's right , great opening lines. This season has the potential to be better than the last but with so many questions....Also the banter in episode 1 had me on the f...

I also found that my "good" eye, and brain, had to work harder to compensate for my bad eye. This was most noticeable after surgery on my bad eye.