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Posted Question: I wonder if I am ever going to find anyone who can help me. I had PRK on one eye as I my corneas were too thin for LASIK. My eye was swollen shut for 4 days and I noticed blood on my dressing. The pain was so bad I couldn't sleep. My vision took many weeks to stabalize and I had haze. I was told that I had an allergic reaction to medication. After 3 months my surgeon decided to do an enhancement but decided I was now a suitable candidate for LASIK. i've since learnt that these procedures in this order should never be combined. I now have ectasia in one eye. I had PRK on my other eye and also have haze in that eye too. Other complications that I have include regression, loss of contrast, dry eyes, haze that won't clear up, ghosting, haloes, double vision etc. Driving at night is painful. I can't sleep well at night with worry and yet I am tired during the day because I am struggling to work on a computer for 8 hours. The clinic I attended consider me to be a successful case(how can they think this). 12 months on I still take steroids to give me any sort of good vision although I still wear glasses and my vision can change by up to -1.5 dioptres when I stop taking the steroids. I don't know how to deal with this nightmare anymore. I now realise that I will have to spend the rest of my life attending hospitals and clinics to check on my ectasia, The thought of further surgery is terrifying. I have gone through a number of consultants already and I keep getting passed along as no one knows how to deal with my case. Until recently I considered myself to be an independant young woman but now find that my life is becoming more difficult due to the quality of my eye sight. I am having to move house as I can't cope with driving to work anymore. I don't know what the future holds for me. I use a computer all day to do my job, how am I going be able to carry on if I have a corneal transplant? The clinic call me in for checks every 6 weeks and then send me home. They just say take these drops and come back. I feel lonely . They don't understand what it feels like for me to wake up every day and look through my eyes. Note: Rachel's post above was copied into Open Forum at: http://surgicaleyes.atinfopop.com/4/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=636293455&f=4524074921&m=4664057262 Be aware this is a post only forum. [This message was edited by Ron Link on February 05, 2003 at 07:58 AM.] [This message was edited by Rach2 on February 21, 2003 at 09:11 AM.] Choices: .

Posts: 24 | Location: United Kingdom | Registered: Thu January 30 2003

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