UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Hi All

I visiied the hospital on Monday apparentley my left eye KC has slightley changed apperentley i have thinner places on my cornea which has effected my sight so i have to change my prescription. As there was a change my Surgeon did also mention collagen cross linking procedure but i was a bit put off by the price and also i dount know enogh about it to see if it would be worth spending the money on it. I was advised by the surgen to look at contact lenses again. I have tried these in the past but phoned them to uncomftable due to having dry eyes. I decided to look at glasses one last time before going down this route. I have ordered two new pairs with my optitions. One which is tinted and also bifocal glasses for outside. My optistion sugessted these as i get realy bad headaches on a daily basis especially whilst driving and looking at my pc screen. I hope these work as they cost me a bomb. I do trust my optitions as i have been seeing him for about 6 yhears now, He also has KC and has tried this option,

Does anyone else have tinted or Bifocal Lenses and do they find them helpfull. I also suffer with anoying floaters daily so i hope these will help this to

Speek to you all soon

Adrian

Adrian

I looked in your profile, but you do not tell us where you are. If you are in the United Kingdom, have you enquired about CXL on the National Health Service. I know that 'coverage' is patchy, but I do also know that the procedure is not being offered by some NHS hospitals.

Also, perhaps it is too early to give up on contact lenses. There have been several developments, over the years, in lens styles and in lens materials. We have seen the emergence of new favourites like Kerasoft3, and the refinement of old favourites so that among the RGP corneal family there are always new members, and even some of the names develop new profiles.

In my time I wore several different sorts of RGP lens, including RoseK. I also moved onto Scleral and tried hybrid lenses, piggy back lenses and soft lenses. Nobody will know which is best for you if you don't et them try.

Andrew

I asked about bifocals but they said my prescriptions were too strong. So I change my glasses.

private104 wrote:I asked about bifocals but they said my prescriptions were too strong. So I change my glasses.

I do that, too. Sometimes I have both pairs in my hands and forget which ones I am taking off and which ones I am putting on! At least the frames are different so that I can tell at a glance which are my reading specs and which are for distance.

Andrew

ps Pte 104 ... is that an Army designation?