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[RoyDuggan]

I was diagnosed with KC back in 1980, and after over 30 years havent noticed any significant change in my syptoms- i get a distinct secondary image (only really visible with a bright light source in dark conditions (tail lights of a car in front is typical).

What i continue to find is questions over the stability of my eye tests in particular the axis for astigmatism.

I live in Wokingham and would like to find an optician with experience with KC - as mine is quite slight i dont think the octhalmolgists i have seen take any account of it (not that there is much they could do I suppose in any case....)

Maybe its good for some recently diagnosed, to find that some cases dont change over many years...

So in summary does anyone know of a good optician in Berkshire.

Thanks, in advance Roy

[Anne Klepacz]

Hello Roy and welcome,
It is good to hear from someone whose KC has stayed more or less stable for over 30 years. I take it that you've never needed to move to contact lenses to get good vision? I've looked at our KC friendly optom list http://www.keratoconus-group.org.uk/optoms/index.php but sadly there's no one in Berkshire on it - the nearest would be a practice in Esher in Surrey. So unless someone else here has any suggestions, it might be a question of ringing round some opticians to see if any have a particular interest in KC. Alternatively, you could maybe ask your GP for a referral to the Royal Berkshire in Reading and ask for a refraction there (optometrists who specialise in KC tend to be concentrated in hospital eye clinics).