How long before the fog disappears....

[Per]

Nice to see that you liked the photo. It is taken in my bathroom with a digital compact camera.

John, the graft seem to get clearer every day. Which is fantatic for me and my family. Just hope for the best in 2006. As I do for all of You here on the forum, especially you John. Would be glad to hear from you on pm , if there might be someting I could contribute in any kind.

[Per]

Update:

Got a feeling of something lying in the eye yesterday and went to the hospital to have a check. I was a very small sore on the graft irritating when I move the eye. Nothing else, no rejection. So they gave me chlorampheninchol oinment to have on three times a day for two days until it is healed. Must have been happening during the night since i woke up without my protection shield the night before.

[GarethB]

When I had my grafts, I took part in a study to determine if there was any difference to the final level of astigmatism compared to

Single sutures

Running sutures

Running sutures (to hold graft) combined with single sutures (to control astigmatism through the healing).

Never did find out the results, so perhaps there was no differnence which is why some surgeons do running suture and others do individual sutures. It is down to their personal preference.

Both my grafts had the single sutures around the graft and I have some to this day as the cornea healed over them making it imposible to remove.

[jayuk]

Gareth

I have seen the results on that study!...and Ill post it later.....just need to look for it again!

My understanding is as follows

The Single Sutures is to ensure that the outer cornea attached with easy to the host cornea in a somewhat controlled maner. Once this has done its job; they can be removed; ensuring that astigmatism is controllled

The central running stitches are put in place so that the cornea does not drop or bulge forward; and also aids in settling the cornea back whilst that outer is still healing...

[jayuk]

Gareth

This may shed some light..a good overview and also some opinions from those who have been performing transplants for a while

http://www.eyeworld.org/article.php?sid ... ry=sutures

J

[Per]

Update on the graft. Since this is in the morning the fog is still there. If you see on top, one o clock, the sore that caused pain.

[Andrew MacLean]

Per

Thanks again for the new photo. Is that the sore healing?

Where would we be without chloramphenicol?

andrew

[Per]

Update:

Andrew, sore has healed and there is no pain. Took a week or so. Thank heaven for that!

BUT: The morning fog is still very present. Sometimes it clears up by noon, other days not until eight o clock in the evening . Just before bedtime, midnight or later, it is sometimes crystal clear and better than my old grafted eye. After a nights sleep I am back in the fog again. It is quite frustrating. Any experience of this, anyone?

[Andrew MacLean]

The thing about the night is that your eyes are closed while you sleep. I'd guess that this means that no oxygen is getting to your corneas.

Could it be a problem of insufficient oxygen getting to the cornea and then, as the day goes on and your eye clears, your cornea is able to absorb oxygen from the atmosphere that is dissolving into your tears?

I did have a little experience of morning fogginess, but it did not persist more than a day or two, and the hospital said my cornea looked fine (mind you by the time I was at the hospital the morning fog had cleared).

Andrew

[jayuk]

Hmm what does your Consultant think of this?