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Cornea Graft Blog

Postby crakerjacker » Tue 06 Jan 2009 9:48 pm

Hi

I have followed tom needhams lead and created a blog to show the journey of my graft. Please try follow the blog. I will be updating it regulary between now and the graft (19th jan) and then will update it everyday after the graft.

The address is www.cornea-transplant.blogspot.com

Feel free to follow the blog. To do this click "follow this blog" on the right hand side. It is free to register.

Cheers

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Re: Cornea Graft Blog

Postby crakerjacker » Tue 06 Jan 2009 10:16 pm

I have changed the address of the site to http://www.mycorneatransplant.blogspot.com

Please use this address

Thanks

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Re: Cornea Graft Blog

Postby Andrew MacLean » Wed 07 Jan 2009 7:17 am

crackerjacker

Good initiative; thanks!

All the best

Andrew
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Re: Cornea Graft Blog

Postby lcogrady » Wed 07 Jan 2009 2:49 pm

And i have followed the the footsteps of the boys and have produced a very girlie Blog

http://lucyscorneatransplant.blogspot.com/ which I will keep updated over next few months. I would also love people to follow it

Lucy x

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Re: Cornea Graft Blog

Postby Anne Klepacz » Wed 07 Jan 2009 3:41 pm

Many thanks for the blogs, and good luck, both! We'll look forward to reading about your progress.
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Re: Cornea Graft Blog

Postby pepepepe » Fri 09 Jan 2009 1:51 am

Please post here, once you update your blogs - so we know to take a look !

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Re: Cornea Graft Blog

Postby crakerjacker » Mon 12 Jan 2009 11:14 am

My Site has been updated. When you go onto it please click your browser refresh button so you get the updated version.

www.mycorneatransplant.blogspot.com

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Re: Cornea Graft Blog

Postby crakerjacker » Tue 13 Jan 2009 3:30 pm

site updated

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Re: Cornea Graft Blog

Postby house » Wed 21 Jan 2009 7:38 pm

I had Keratoconus at 14 years and am male.
At 19 and 21 years had cornea grafts to both eyes.......and am now 42!

Had my first replacement cornea graft in Sept 2008, because worn the grafts out!

So now its 3 cornea grafts and could be 4 soon!!

will launch a website soon about what I went through! and to give help!

will update soon!!
Opening all the doors about Keratoconus

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Re: Cornea Graft Blog

Postby GarethB » Wed 21 Jan 2009 7:51 pm

Welcome to the forum house.

Just out of cureousity which graft was replaced first, the one at 19 or 21?
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