UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

I had my first Keraring implants at MREH on the 2nd March. My left eye was -11 with 7.50 astigmatism due to keratoconus. The morning after, I woke up and saw the hands on my alarm clock beside my bed and went to the bathroom WITHOUT my glasses and was able to see the labels on the bottles on my bathroom shelf, needless to say I was amazed. A few days later, my optician measured it to be around -3 with around 1.0 astigmatism. I had my right eye done on the 30th March, this eye has PMD and was -4.50 with 7.50 astigmatism and within a couple of days has gone to -1 with .75 astigmatism. My consultant, Mr Brahma, says that it may take up to 6 months for the eye prescription to stabilise, then I am planning to have CXL.

At the moment, I can see without my glasses for most tasks and my optician has prescibed some toric dailies to bring my left eye up to driving standards. I am so looking forward to having some nice THIN glasses made up and going swimming without ending up with the wrong family or in the wrong changing room!

Hope this helps anyone thinking of going the same route and I'll keep you posted with further results.

Bye for now,

Nelli

Nelli

Thanks for that very positive post! I wonder, could you tell us the difference between keraring and Intacs?

All the best.

Andrew

Hi Andrew,

Mr Brahma informed me that he uses kerarings because they are more specifically designed for keratoconus and related conditions.

Here is a link I found with some info:
http://www.gei.co.in/download/kerarings.pdf

My procedure was carried out using a laser to prepare the cornea for insertion. The pdf shows a procudure using a scalpel. I think, maybe, the laser is less invasive as there is less trauma to the surface of the cornea. There is a short clip of the laser technique on Youtube.

Hope this helps,

Nelli