When i was sixteen I figured out i had more and more problems with watching the whiteboard at school. My parents went with me to the hospital and I got glasses. A world opened up for me! I saw colors, leafs on trees and more thinks I never had seen before so clear.
After a couple of months with glasses I told my parents I couldn’t see good anymore and I had so much headache. So we went to the hospital again. There was the diagnose: Keratoconus. My vision was a few months rapidly deteriorated.
This was almost twenty- four years ago. At that time there was no Internet. The doctor told me I needed hard lenses and when I was lucky the deteriorated would stop at 40.
Twenty years I had hard lenses. I lost them a lot and the deteriorated went on. One year faster than the other year. When Internet came I looked for keratoconus and found out that pain in my eyes for light was normal for keratoconus. I thought I was weird wearing my sunglasses always.
In 2008 I found a new doctor and he told me about sclera lenses. He also told me the story about the deteriorated will stop at 40 was not true. He gave me sclera lenses first and two years later hemi sclera lenses. Since my sclera lenses I have no falling out lens problems anymore but I got other problems. The last years I have unbearable pain in my eyes. Sometimes twice a week other times ones a month. The pain last for 48 hours. I now have painkillers to make the pain a little more bearable. I have problem with driving at night and without lenses I see really nothing.
But I’m thankful that I have lenses and can usually see well. I’m grateful for finding other people with KC on Facebook and Twitter. From reading other stories i learn a lot and do not feel alone with my keratoconus .
Lots of Love
Lodi