Hello @denisemarys - thank you for sharing your Fuchs journey. I'm happy to hear that you were reading better back in April. Fantastic that you avoided a cornea transplant. How is your improvement now, after time and continued use of the drops? Wow, interesting about the drops being from Japan. They must be cutting edge, and expensive!

DSO is new to me. Ten years ago I had partial thickness corneal transplants (aka DMEK) in both eyes which took place couple of months after both cataracts had been done. I don't recall DSO being an option then, although, I may not have been a candidate regardless. My surgeries were a success, thankfully, and still going strong. At the time I was told the transplants would last around 10 years. I'm 53 now and recently hit my 10 year anniversary, and while there are signs of cell loss, I rarely have visual disturbance. I did a little online research to get up to speed and found this article from the American Academy of Ophthalmology to be helpful:

Beyond Corneal Transplants for Fuchs: Descemet Stripping Only:

- https://www.aao.org/eyenet/article/beyond-corneal-transplants-for-fuchs

What were the primary reasons your doctor (or you) chose DSO for your Fuchs instead of transplants?