UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Has anyone else noticed how they have now changed their advertising focus recently and are now basing it more on vanity?

There are a lot of posters out now stating 'i knew she was the one ... when i stared deeply into the glint of her glasses'! etc!

Dam annoying for us!! As now this is making our whole issue on needing to wear lenses harder as we are seen as being really vain and that the whole point of wearing contacts is so that we don't have to wear glasses!

If only!!!

Sweet X x X

No romantics for me. I almost certainly had KC when I first got my lenses but it was because my glasses steamed up when I played tennis. No vanity there.

The fact that my girl friend (now Mrs P) had just acquired lenses had nothing to do with it!

With lens use not as common in the 1980's as it is now I always felt that people thought I only wore them for vanity. I wouldn't mind so uch but I haven't got a vain bone in my body!

It is frustrating. A very straight talking wife of a friend once told me the only reason that I didn't wear glasses was because I was vain. Her husband wore glasses. In fact, I didn't know I had KC at that time but I taken to wearing disposables because I work outdoors at sea and if I wore glasses they would need windscreen wipers to be any good!
But even now, I can get free specs through the Navy but not lenses because it is viewed as a cosmetic choice.

When I used to do Life Boat Service as part of my Duke of Ednbrought Award when I lived in Teeside the water droplets that hit you in the face were like ice bullets. You never quite got your eyes closed in time. KC was meant I had to give this up too, hard enough to see a person in orange survival gear even on a calm day with good eye sight.

That's very true but there is a lot to be said for experience. After 15 years at sea I was able to see things before younger guys with better eye-sight because I saw the accompanying signs, bow waves, seagulls etc. Now I am at 6/36 both eyes I think I have probably lost that advantage. I have to admit sadly that my seafaring days are over.

Matthew

Fortunately for you, the Royal Navy has this really neat way of insisting that you are at sea when you are really ashore, until you go ashore and remain in dry land.

Andrew

Well OK. 15 years sea service might be more accurate. I have spent 7 years of my life (over a fifth) afloat ie actually at sea rather than in Port. I have spent 3 years of my career in a shore based job, the last 3 years, which is how we re-integrate with the human race!

Matthew

I am sorry for teasing! I have a sort of cousin in the Navy and he speaks about "going ashore" when he leaves his office and drives along the road to town.

Andrew