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maximus
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re/keratoconus

Postby maximus » Wed 08 Feb 2012 1:26 am

hi
i have had a corniea transplant which did not work on my left eye i have now got keratoconus really bad in my right eye i cannot where glasses anymore as my prescription is to high and i cannot wear contact lenses anybody got any advice 4 me as i do not want 2 go through another graft and be disappointed a second time
thanks :(

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Anne Klepacz
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Re: re/keratoconus

Postby Anne Klepacz » Wed 08 Feb 2012 10:40 am

Hello Maximus and welcome to the forum,
When you say you can't wear contact lenses, is that just the standard corneal rgp lenses? There's now quite a variety of different lenses for KC which can work for people who are intolerant of the first line rgp lenses (special soft lenses for KC, piggy backing, hybrid lenses, scleral or semi sceral lenses). And there are other possibilities short of a transplant such as Intacs (corneal ring implants to flatten the cornea) and/or collagen crosslinking to stop the progression. If you e-mail your postal address to anne@keratoconus-group.org.uk I can send you the DVD of our 2009 conference which covered these options in detail.
Anne

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Re: re/keratoconus

Postby Lynn White » Wed 08 Feb 2012 9:54 pm

Maximus...

Where are you based? There are other options available but it would help to know where you are...

Lynn
Lynn White MSc FCOptom
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Clinical Director, UltraVision

email: lynn.white@lwvc.co.uk

maximus
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Re: re/keratoconus

Postby maximus » Thu 09 Feb 2012 2:56 am

Lynn White wrote:Maximus...

Where are you based? There are other options available but it would help to know where you are...

Lynn

i am in dudley west midlands

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Re: re/keratoconus

Postby Heppy » Mon 13 Feb 2012 5:23 pm

Hi

I have just had a toric ICL put in my left eye due to poor vision after a graft and my intolerance of all contact lenses, I have got much better vision in my eye now and hopefully after a few weeks it will be fully corrected by glasses.

Unfortunately this procedure is not done on nhs and is quite expensive and also there are only a handful of surgeons that perform this operation.

It is well worth it though

Cheers


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