Does anyone else have warped corneas?

Posted by darlcrow @darlcrow, May 5, 2023

I'm wondering about the collagen cross linking for help slowing the progression and maybe have clearer vision.

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I finally got some answers yesterday. I do not have Keratoconus. What they have been saying for years is warped corneas but yesterday, he said you actually have unstable corneas from RK surgery from years ago. He said we are watching for Keratoconus and that I really need a stronger eye glass prescription. I got a much stronger one a year ago so here we go again. He went through all the notes from the cornea specialist and explained everything in great detail, plus he's a nice guy who didn't mind taking the time to do so. With a new prescription, I can get to 20/30 in my bad eye and now 20/25 in my good eye. A year ago, is when the 20/20 stopped in that eye. Of course, that 20/30 in the left is with something similar to triple or quadruple vision, it may be clearer but with all the overlapping images, it's more like 20/400 to me. I mean, if all I could look through is my left eye, I certainly could not drive or read. Not sure how that can be called 20/30. That's why it's so scary and I consider myself blind in that eye. And now not getting 20/20 in my right eye was a new development that started last April. I see about a new prescription next week. I need to start thinking about the sclera lenses. That's the recommendation for me. I'll have to come out of retirement and start saving, I guess.

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Unstable corneas after RK surgery can benefit from crosslinking. Remember, eyeglasses do NOTHING to stop progression of instability. However, the cornea of a person of retirement age is crosslinking itself to a certain extent, due to age and cumulate lifetime UV exposure.

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