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Postby Diane Fitzhenry » Thu 04 Jan 2007 5:34 pm

Hey did anyone watch CSI Miami last night. One of there investigators has just been diagnosed with KC. I was gob smacked to here it mentioned. About time we got a plug on TV.
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Postby donna » Thu 04 Jan 2007 5:46 pm

i missed that!
maybe KC will one day be recognised then! everyone i have told has said ' whats that'? no on seems to have heard of it! My optician said its very rare though
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Postby Andrew MacLean » Thu 04 Jan 2007 6:21 pm

Wow. I don't watch CSI Miami. Is it like Miami vice?

But, it is good to know that they are giving positive characters in main stream television KC to cope with.

When is it on?

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Postby Diane Fitzhenry » Thu 04 Jan 2007 6:52 pm

It's actually on tonight on Living TV at 9pm. A guy called Mr Wolfe has KC. Keep lookout for it. I was soooo impressed, my husband was so pleased for us. No one I ever speak to knows what it is, they look at me like i have two heads.
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Postby craigthornton » Thu 04 Jan 2007 10:10 pm

Will they take his gun of him, or is he not armed anyway?

Can just imagine his colleagues shouting "take him out NOW" and he'll respond "which one?!!"
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Postby donna » Thu 04 Jan 2007 11:39 pm

lol craig :D
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Postby craigthornton » Fri 05 Jan 2007 6:58 am

donna wrote:i missed that!
maybe KC will one day be recognised then! everyone i have told has said ' whats that'? no on seems to have heard of it! My optician said its very rare though


My GP hadn't heard of it either when I once mentioned I had it.
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Postby Michael P » Fri 05 Jan 2007 10:38 am

Diane, unless my hearing let me down ( I do also have tinnitus amongst my afflictions), Wolfe has Keratitis and not KC :)
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Postby Sweet » Fri 05 Jan 2007 3:45 pm

I didn't see it but did think that having a character with KC was extremely odd! LOL!!!

Keratitis sounds like a much better bet and something that he can recover from well.

Michael good to hear from you! You have been very quiet lately hehe probably enjoying the holidays!!! :lol:

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Postby ChrisK » Fri 05 Jan 2007 4:24 pm

Whilst we're on the subject, I can't remember if I ever asked before but how do you actually pronounce Keratoconus? :oops:

I'm sure every time I tell someone I have it I pronounce it slightly differently :oops:

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