Hi all,
Firstly a big apology for not writing more sooner - I have been browsing the group but this is the first time I've had the time or been upto posting a new post.
Ok, so last time I posted was about 12 days after the operation and now its 40 days post op. To be honest I was feeling a bit down because I wasnt getting the results I wanted fast enough. I'd seen and heard how Karl and others had responded to the treatment and was thinking 'why not me?!'
A few days after that post I found the hospital and asked if I could have an earlier appointment. I was told unlikely but the secretary said she would talk to my specialist and give me a call back. A few hours later he called me back himself and asked me how I was doing and said 'thats perfectly normal' - because everyone's KC is different naturally we all heal differently too. After a resonably long discussion where he said the numbers stated my vision HAD improved even thoiugh I couldn't see it, I dont think I was 100% convinced but my mind was put to rest and I tried from that point to put my vision to the back of my mind. The thing I remember most is that he said I may not get a final result until my suture is removed (6 months post op).
You find yourself comparing the vision between your eyes a lot and wondering if the vision is improving. I now have a number of things I look at daily to compare to the previous day week, such as the alloy wheels on a car down the road (which the light scatters on like crazy), the white double glazed windows across the road (blurryness around the frames) and the writing on our shower curtain (can I read what it says this morning?!)
Nothing much was happening and that at the beginning of the month I started to see some improvement. Not much, but improvement first thing in the morning. There seems to be less scattering of light and I can sometimes read what is on my monitor screen.
I'm now also off the antibiotics and just on the wetting drops as and when I need them. My eye feels slightly sticky in the morning and as if I can feel the stitch during the day - I also notice that when I feel dryness around the contact lens in my left eye, i'm more concious of the intacs in my right. Strange but true.
Anyway, just a quick update and again sorry for the silence. I'm back with the optom for a new refraction test, topography and once-over next week so will update then.
Hope you're all ok and if not, have a hug
Ed.
PS. Special thanks to Loki (and everyone who has contributed really) - hearing somebody with the same symptoms as me was really useful and made me a lot happier. Also OUCH at local anesthetic!!
