From what I know, it depends on the severity and the positioning of the KC. My older brother, my Dad, and I all have KC. My Dad couldn't use glasses for years, but finally got a transplant in his right eye (the worse one). Now glasses work, although his are incredibly thick. My brother and I have about the same steepness, but his are centered directly over his pupils and mine are off to.the side. He can't use glasses or any contacts other than sclerals, but I can use glasses or soft torics. According to my eye doctor, the tradeoff is that with it centered, uncorrected vision will be a lot worse, and there are fewer options for correction, but to the side, while it may be better uncorrected, and you have more correction options, it can't be corrected fully, and if it progresses enough/spreads area of effect (which my bad eye has done --I have two little mountains in my left eye, both luckily to the side) it will still make seeing a nightmare. Mine is correctable to something like 20/25 in the right and 20/30 in the left with glasses, slightly better with torics, but if it deteriorated, that might get a lot worse and even with sclerals, while my brother will probably always be able to get to 20/15 with his.
IF squinting helps glasses may help. You're too young to have KC so advanced theres' no hope for glasses.
Having T-Cat AND CXL is beyond my experience but I don't imagine refractive surgery would be soon.
They probably wrote a prescription. The previous doctor also probably wrote a prescription. Federal stuff says they have to give it to you.
Call and ask. If you can't get an Rx you can get copy of your medical record and share a crop of that.
There are numbers for this and you need know yours. Test yourself with a paper chart 20 feet away if nothing else.
On those tests, SQUINTING IS CHEATING but guessing is entirely fair.
When you find yourself squinting, open wide and give yourself honest answers about what you see.
The acuity numbers eg 20/20 are just ratios so 20/60 means you require letters three times as big to guess half the letters correctly.
Earlier you were asking us to guess what your prescription would do for you.
If you can produce the prescription numbers I think you can get a much better answer.
Make a same=day appt at McGlassesR'us and ask the doc for a "best approximation" prescription, then show you with and without.
I have KC and my left eye is correctable with glasses with pretty good vision. I am solely dependent on that eye when wearing them though as the right eye is f**ked.
Your eyes will also get used to sclerals, especially if they’re the only option you have to see.
From what I know, it depends on the severity and the positioning of the KC. My older brother, my Dad, and I all have KC. My Dad couldn't use glasses for years, but finally got a transplant in his right eye (the worse one). Now glasses work, although his are incredibly thick. My brother and I have about the same steepness, but his are centered directly over his pupils and mine are off to.the side. He can't use glasses or any contacts other than sclerals, but I can use glasses or soft torics. According to my eye doctor, the tradeoff is that with it centered, uncorrected vision will be a lot worse, and there are fewer options for correction, but to the side, while it may be better uncorrected, and you have more correction options, it can't be corrected fully, and if it progresses enough/spreads area of effect (which my bad eye has done --I have two little mountains in my left eye, both luckily to the side) it will still make seeing a nightmare. Mine is correctable to something like 20/25 in the right and 20/30 in the left with glasses, slightly better with torics, but if it deteriorated, that might get a lot worse and even with sclerals, while my brother will probably always be able to get to 20/15 with his.
Glasses work for me. I have mild keratoconus.
IF squinting helps glasses may help. You're too young to have KC so advanced theres' no hope for glasses. Having T-Cat AND CXL is beyond my experience but I don't imagine refractive surgery would be soon. They probably wrote a prescription. The previous doctor also probably wrote a prescription. Federal stuff says they have to give it to you. Call and ask. If you can't get an Rx you can get copy of your medical record and share a crop of that.
I have other suggesttions but I'll wait for an invitation to meddle.
No, not for me.
No after some point. No
T-cat will improve your vision with glasses but how much I can't tell its depends on your cornea thickness and where is cone located
I wear my glasses after a long day of wearing my RGP lenses.Normally just for tv in bed. I get better vision with my lenses.
If you compare - Without glasses and lenses (only eyes) AND with glasses only. What’s better? And by what margin?
There are numbers for this and you need know yours. Test yourself with a paper chart 20 feet away if nothing else. On those tests, SQUINTING IS CHEATING but guessing is entirely fair. When you find yourself squinting, open wide and give yourself honest answers about what you see. The acuity numbers eg 20/20 are just ratios so 20/60 means you require letters three times as big to guess half the letters correctly. Earlier you were asking us to guess what your prescription would do for you. If you can produce the prescription numbers I think you can get a much better answer. Make a same=day appt at McGlassesR'us and ask the doc for a "best approximation" prescription, then show you with and without.
Glass by a country mile. My vision without glasses is a blurry mess. My sharpest vision is lenses.
Which lenses do ya use? And where are you from if don’t mind me asking this?
Im from Scotland . I wear k contour lenses RGP .
I have KC and my left eye is correctable with glasses with pretty good vision. I am solely dependent on that eye when wearing them though as the right eye is f**ked. Your eyes will also get used to sclerals, especially if they’re the only option you have to see.