possible graft
Posted: Sat 10 Mar 2007 12:14 pm
hi everyone
sorry i've not posted for a long time but i still been thinking about you all non the less .
well whats new huh?
well for those who may remember i have been perservering with my left eye and its various lenses since last july, at which point i made the decision that after only a few days if that of relevent comfort from a new lens i was then back to a situation of 1 days good wear followed by three days of excruciating pain that i wouldnt bother wearing a lens in my left eye anymore until something really good for me was discovered. manchester royal eye was really good and approached a small independent lens manufacturer where a lens was custom designed for me. how ever that was also to no avail with comfortable wear measured only in hours and a few at that at best.
so on 14 december the hospital drew a line in the sand and declared that my left eye is intolerent to any more lens wear . they then put me provisionally on the corneal graft list pending my decision after further consultations on whether to have the operation or not.
i have two appointments this thurs, 15 3. 07 . 1 is my normal check followed by the 1 with my consultant to discuss the pro's and cons of a graft.
at the moment i am cr******** myself
i am currently managing very well with just my right eye apart from the occasional blip where i have to take a few days out to rest even that from overdoing it. so the thing that is on my mind at the moment is whether to continue managing in what i think is a very good way and to hold the graft for as long as possible or to just bite the bullet so to speak.
i realise that these decisions are personal to us all and that we are all affected differently by KC, however i would really appreciate as many different view points as possible to this dilemma and your own experiences around this area.
1 of the things that i hoped would happen is that my sight would have been so bad that a graft would have been the most logical choice and a forgone conclusion , but as i have good vision in my right eye and i am managing with that, i dont feel that that is the case. how ever i realise that if my right eye should fail me as well then i would have serious problems.
or does anyone think i'm just in denial still ?
thanks for taking the time to read my post
mike
sorry i've not posted for a long time but i still been thinking about you all non the less .
well whats new huh?
well for those who may remember i have been perservering with my left eye and its various lenses since last july, at which point i made the decision that after only a few days if that of relevent comfort from a new lens i was then back to a situation of 1 days good wear followed by three days of excruciating pain that i wouldnt bother wearing a lens in my left eye anymore until something really good for me was discovered. manchester royal eye was really good and approached a small independent lens manufacturer where a lens was custom designed for me. how ever that was also to no avail with comfortable wear measured only in hours and a few at that at best.
so on 14 december the hospital drew a line in the sand and declared that my left eye is intolerent to any more lens wear . they then put me provisionally on the corneal graft list pending my decision after further consultations on whether to have the operation or not.
i have two appointments this thurs, 15 3. 07 . 1 is my normal check followed by the 1 with my consultant to discuss the pro's and cons of a graft.
at the moment i am cr******** myself
i am currently managing very well with just my right eye apart from the occasional blip where i have to take a few days out to rest even that from overdoing it. so the thing that is on my mind at the moment is whether to continue managing in what i think is a very good way and to hold the graft for as long as possible or to just bite the bullet so to speak.
i realise that these decisions are personal to us all and that we are all affected differently by KC, however i would really appreciate as many different view points as possible to this dilemma and your own experiences around this area.
1 of the things that i hoped would happen is that my sight would have been so bad that a graft would have been the most logical choice and a forgone conclusion , but as i have good vision in my right eye and i am managing with that, i dont feel that that is the case. how ever i realise that if my right eye should fail me as well then i would have serious problems.
or does anyone think i'm just in denial still ?
thanks for taking the time to read my post
mike