From: "Glenn Meadows" 

I tried hard contacts years ago, but there was also a blister right near
the tip of the eyeball, which then generated multiple images, and I
couldn't stand the hard contacts, so opted out, and just have a balance
lens in the right side.  Back in 78 when this was diagnosed, the eye doctor
said to hold off on the surgery (cornea transplant), as long as possible. 
At that time, it was ultra expensive, not high success rate, and he said
the special knives were in short supply.  That was enough for me....LOL....
(and he helped develop the surgery to do the transplants).

Now, it's far easier, FAR higher success rate.  It doesn't seem as risky
now, at this age anymore.

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Glenn M.
"Gary Britt"  wrote in
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> Hey something we have in common.  I have keratoconus in both eyes.  My
> left is the worst of the two.  I wear special keratoconus styled hard
> contact lenses that give me around 20/25 vision in my right eye on the
> good days and around 20/30 or 20/35 vision in my left eye.  With glasses
> I'm legally blind in my left eye, and the big E on the eye chart is blurry
> with my right eye with glasses.  Since my vision is pretty decent with
> hard contacts, I'm putting off the cornea transplant stuff for now.  I'm
> not aware of eye laser surgery that can correct the vision of people like
> us with keratoconus, but I may not have the most current information.
>
> With no glasses or contacts I'm legally blind in both eyes.  I'm sure you
> know what I mean.
>
> Gary
>
> Glenn Meadows wrote:
>> Yes, modern eye surgery is amazing.
>>
>> I'm going to have to have cataract surgery in the next couple of years,
>> as well as a cornea transplant in my right eye.  The right one has been
>> legally blind for years, suffers from keriticonus (eyeball elongates like
>> a football).  That eye has a mild cataract in it, and the left is just
>> starting, so all that is in front of me.
>>

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