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Anyone here have Fuch's Dystrophy?
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I think DMAEK is the procedure where the entire first line of sight lens is removed & the lens of a person who has donated their eyes, gives to people like us with FD. This is the procedure my mom had 10 years ago in her right eye. She still sees out of her right eye as the transplanted cornea works. Also a young man was good enough to donate his eyes into the eye bank.
DMEK, I am told by my ophthalmologist, is a newer procedure whereby new cells are placed inside the existing cornea and they can grow, healthily at times, sometimes not…I was told my left eye needs DMEK.
Hopefully this clarifies my last response? Many thanks Sharon. Kindly, Marianne
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Marianne, thank you for sharing your information. It certainly sounds like the DMEK is a more sophisticated approach to this problem, even if the technology is still being developed. Good luck to you if you do indeed have one or the other procedure. I’m hoping that my eyes will stay at this stage of FD and I won’t have to make the decision that you are facing. Best of luck, and again, thank you.