My Intacs Experience

[timmytim7]

hello everyone,

i just read this entire thread which was very interesting.

i've made a private appointment to see a consultant and i'm in the process of arranging an nhs appointment as well. i'll see what both consultants have to say! even though it's available on the nhs i'm not sure how they will select suitable patients so basically i just want two opinions!

i read that intacs may prevent the progression of KC, although it's too early to say? anyone read that?

if i can't get the intacs then i'll just have to persevere with different lenses for a year - then may well have to give up and get a graft done, or rather wait for one.

i'm really hopeful about the intacs, maybe a bit too hopeful. i might even go private if i have to (i don't support private healthcare but like others i feel that desperate). anyway i have to find out if i'm suitable first, i may have too much scarring.

any questions i should ask the consultants when i see them?


best wishes to all,



tim

[Karl R]

My questions would be:

Am I suitable?
Am I likely to gain useful vision?
What are the risks?
What is the likely mid to long term outcome?

[GarethB]

Tim

Have a look at Intacs; it lists some of the indications where intacs would and would not be used. These are from my notes when at the Birmingham group we given a presentation on intacs.