cornea transplant

[rustythread]

For the past 6 years, my vision was approx. 5% of normal--zero on the left and 10 % on the right.
Several months ago I developed a cornea edema on my "good" eye. Three surgeries later, I can get around and tell the dog from a footstool. [Maybe not such a big deal now that I think about it; the footstool doesn't fart. But I digress.]Doc says it might be another year before can read or know what the final outcome is.
I'm typing this with a jeweler's lens on my right; field of vision is about 4 letters.
I'm looking forward to catching up on reading all the postings here...

 

[Greyman50]

Good luck, I’m headed for some eye surgery with laser.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Years ago you wrote about your rapidly failing eyesight.

It is my earnest prayer that it takes far less than a year for your vision to improve.

 

[Willyboy]

Corneal transplant

I have had both corneas transplanted, about 10 and 20 years ago. The right eye is really good, the left eye not so much. But I am very pleased with the results.
Good luck with yours, Willyboy

 

[Golddollar]

I've mentioned the retinal hemorrhage that I suffered the beginning of last year. The retina specialist has now declared that my retina has cleared the leaked blood and healed up, but the distortions in the vision of my right eye are still occurring because of the cataracts I developed. So 2 weeks from Tuesday I am scheduled to have cataract surgery on my right eye to remove the clouded lens and insert a replacement lens. I'm hoping this will allow me to shoot long guns again and shoot handguns right handed and right eyed again.

 

[Rustyt1953]

To date I have had 4 cataract surgeries. They were nothing compared to what the OP had done.

I have a prayer list that pops up on my phone daily. The OP is on it.

 

[jrm53]

I had a cornea transplant in 2013 after a botched cataract surgery the first dr. left material in my right eye for 8 months and admitted he ruined my eye. He sent me to Mercy in Springfield Mo to be fixed and i got a donor cornea I can see a little out of my right eye but not very much my left eye is about 20/12 so I am ok. You need to ask hard questions of who is going to work on you. Jeff

 

[rustythread]

Have gotten to the point where I have a temporary (I hope) pair of Mr. Magoo glasses. Focal length is about 8". Sucks, but at least I can see most of the keyboard and screen. Other "reading" is player from Books for the Blind.

 

[Onomea]

..I'm looking forward to catching up on reading all the postings here...

Maybe you know this already, but if you have an iPad or iPhone, in Settings, under Accessability, Spoken Content, turn on Speech Section, and you will be able to listen to text you select in the screen.



Once you select the text, touch Speak and it will read to you.



You can select the speed of the speech by using the Speech Rate slider shown in the first pic.

I'm sure other smartphones and computers have similar systems.

 

[Rotorhead1026]

For the past 6 years, my vision was approx. 5% of normal--zero on the left and 10 % on the right.

Several months ago I developed a cornea edema on my "good" eye. Three surgeries later, I can get around and tell the dog from a footstool. [Maybe not such a big deal now that I think about it; the footstool doesn't fart. But I digress.]Doc says it might be another year before can read or know what the final outcome is.

I'm typing this with a jeweler's lens on my right; field of vision is about 4 letters.

I'm looking forward to catching up on reading all the postings here...

I've mentioned the retinal hemorrhage that I suffered the beginning of last year. The retina specialist has now declared that my retina has cleared the leaked blood and healed up, but the distortions in the vision of my right eye are still occurring because of the cataracts I developed. So 2 weeks from Tuesday I am scheduled to have cataract surgery on my right eye to remove the clouded lens and insert a replacement lens. I'm hoping this will allow me to shoot long guns again and shoot handguns right handed and right eyed again.

Years ago you wrote about your rapidly failing eyesight.



It is my earnest prayer that it takes far less than a year for your vision to improve.

Ditto. I’ve been lucky with my cataract surgery. It’s amazing when done properly. I wish continual improvement to rustythread and Golddollar.

 

[Tom Beavert]

we wish you the best of success with future surgerys. You re in our prayers.
Be well
Tom Beavert

 

[llowry61]

Hope all goes well, and your vision continues to improve.

 

[Tntcwg3]

I've had 4 corneal transplants due to Keratoconus, last 2 were performed at BCM in Houston by a very talented eye surgeon, Dr. Mitchell Weikert. Can't say enough praise for the outcomes, 20/40 without corrective lenses. I've since started wearing scleral contact lens, a very big improvement over the regular hard lens I've wore in the past. wishing you the best of luck and would be happy to provide more information if you like.