Corneal Transplant - Anyone Else Had One? Posted: 07-22-05 13:22pm
Have you had one? What was the outcome?
What was your experience?
In march 2004 I had a corneal transplant.
My left cornea was scarred due to the
chickenpox virus I contracted 11 years
before. After the surgery, I had several
problems over the following year,
including problems with the stitches,
minor pain, rejection of the cornea and
improper healing. Somehow I got through
all of that.
The stitches came out in may. They
generally stay in for about a year.
After that I had no problems. I was told
that after the stitches came out, I should
see a great improvement in my vision.
That didn't happen. What I see is
significantly better than before the
surgery, but still very much out of focus.
For example, I could not watch tv with
that eye. I see the colours, but the
image is very blurred.
That is a brief summary that brings us to
last evening. I had an appointment with
the doctor to see about glasses/contact
lens. He told me there was nothing that
could be done. A contact lens would be
too thick and uncomfortable. At least
you now have a back-up in case anything
happens to the right eye, he said.
Thats all. I am devestated. The last
year of my life has been very stressful
and difficult, due to the pain and trying
to protect my eye. Those are things I am
going to continue to deal with forever.
And it seems that it was all for nothing.
I would just like to know of someone who
has gone through a corneal transplant, and
if you experienced anything like this. I
want to know if there is anything I can do
to help restore the vision in my left eye.
Anyone with any information, please
help!
Thanks
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tanya11
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Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 9
Posted: 07-27-05 21:20pm
I'm just wondering where you live in
ontario.
Typically a hard contact lens can be used
on an irregular cornea, which I would
imagine yours is.
You might consider seeking a second
opinion.
If you are near the university of waterloo
there are drs there that specialise in
hard lenses.
I live north of toronto.
I understand from my doctor that a hard
contact is the only type I would be able
to use (because of the new cornea).
But when he did the vision tests, he said
the contact would be too thick and too
uncomfortable to wear.
Thanks for the input though, I will search
around for another opinion.
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magic718
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Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Posts: 3 Location: New york
Chris 13 Years Old Please Read! Posted: 07-31-05 14:36pm
My name is chris I am 13 years old and I
had surgery.. The cornea transplant
suffering with the desease keratoconus
since the forth grade june 1st 05 4 years
later I had the transplant taking 2 weeks
off from school and now july 31st I did
not have any difficulty in recovering
there was a litle pain but not much,much
like the pain when you put the hard
contact lense in
now I was nervase in getting the sergury
any body will but me as a kid thinking
being blind cannot watch tv or play
baseball got me scared but my docter was
very sure and said that itll be highly
doughted that you will go blind
i now see so much better and its only been
2 months I still cannot play sports and
have to be careful about the eye but the
most painfullest thing the docter said was
I could reject it any day forever but I
come to realize when it happens if it
happens I will be ok
ive been thinking about finding a forum to
help people and kids about this I hope I
did in a few months I will be getting the
other eye done and will try to inform you
all on how that will work out
please if you have any questions please
email me magic718
k@yahoo.Com
i might be 13 but experianced on all of
this the surgery the hard lense ive done
it all!!
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enchanted
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Joined: 02 Sep 2005 Posts: 1 Location: San Antonio
Posted: 09-02-05 11:42am
I had a cornea transplant when I was about
5 years old. It's already been 15 years
since I had the surgery. I've never had
any problems with it. I was completely
blind from one eye, so I can actually see
now. My vision isn't perfect, but I
wear a contact on that eye. It's kind
of weird just wearing one. It's a
combination of a hard contact lens and a
soft contact lens. It's really
expensive, but it's worth it.
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magic718
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Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Posts: 3 Location: New york
Chris-- Posted: 09-02-05 15:55pm
Yea thats confortible to hear about im now
worried tho about rejecting
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aleut4
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Joined: 02 Dec 2005 Posts: 10 Location: ohio
Corneal Transplant Posted: 12-20-05 19:25pm
I had my corneal transplant july 27th and
i'm not able to see yet. Ive had stitches
taken out about 5. I do have pain on and
off. I can't see very well in bright
lights outside. But mine was due to
cataract removal and a infection set in.I
have several different surgerys and still
can't see. Maybe one day we will wake up
and see again! I haven't returned back to
work it is hard to do anyting with one
eye.
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