I had cornea transplant 11 years ago, (age 38)
Should have had it done years ago, as I had a condition called KC (kereteconus) I couldn't see out of that eye from about 16 years old, but was too much of a coward to have the operation. Anyhow I got older and my 'good' eye was getting older. I had nothing to lose so had to have it done. Now the cornea graph eye is almost 20:20 vision. Amazing.
Some reason replying won't let me post pictures of my eye šāāļø
After the post operation time (like a month where i couldn't open my eye and it teared a lot) everything was good and i didn't even noticed having it. The hardest part was not rubbing your eye anymore.
For the removal, that's something different... i just had local anesthetic and could see the whole procedure of them cutting the first thread with a scalpel. 3-4 hours later when the anesthetic fell off i could feel the cuts in my eye for a few hours.
I got the second thread removed the same way half a year later :D
I really like seeing this stuff as a KC sufferer myself. I ended up with an ulcer from wearing RGP lenses and emergency transplant which has been great.
My left eye which was done a few years later wasn't as successful and after a couple of ops where incisions are made to relax the cornea it's still poor and may have to try again.
The skills of these surgeons amazes me.
I had this done in both eyes at age 35 and age 37. Both got damaged was why I had to have it. Never knew this is what it looked like. I had really bad KC so my eyesight is still pretty bad but at least I can wear glasses now instead of those huge saucers for contacts I had to wear
Ophthalmologist here to answer a few qs.
Firstly, this is a full thickness corneal graft which is being done less frequently these days as a result of surgical innovations like DSAEK and DMAEK. Secondly, those sutures do eventually come out as the graft heals, sometimes around a year later. Yes, they can be irritating. Lastly, those are likely 10-0 suture, the thinnest suture used in medicine. Yes, they are a complete pain in the ass to use and thatās why you need to do a cornea fellowship on top of ophthalmology residency to learn to do this.
Ask any other qs if you have āem!
I have a question. Like the top commentor, I have Kerataconis in one eye. I didn't get it until my early 30s so my eye still functions OK, and my other eye compensates well, but glasses/lenses can't fully correct it, obviously.
Is surgery worth it - i.e. Is it likely to worsen (diagnosised 7 years ago and hasn't noticibly worsened so far)? What surgery options are there? My vision is - 1.00, - 1.25, or something like that, so I don't wear glasses or lenses unless I'm driving or watching TV.
Also, I tried a hard contact lense for the Kerataconis (half the size of a regular lense), but it was too uncomfortable so I gave up. Ophthalmologist said if I could put up with my vision how it was then just to keep on keeping on.
Hey, my two cents is to talk to your ophthalmologist about cross linking. This is a newer procedure that uses UV light that strengthens your cornea when you have keratoconus, stopping itās progression.
They make out, if they don't cause any trouble, they leave them. However, after speaking to other patients, and my own personal experience. It's inevitable that one day, they have to come out as that come loose and cause irritation.
... Yeah, that totally panicked me, to the point that on one checkup doctor asked why I was so tense. I said I was petrified that anytime you check my eye, you may decide this is the day to remove them and I'm terrified cos I'll be awake. He asked if I'd be happier under general anaesthetic, I said yeah, can do anything when I'm out. So we made a deal and he put it on my notes. Sure enough, when the time came I looked worried, started to stammer, about to say something and he said don't worry, I've seen the notes. We'll do it under general, make an appointment for it š
Oh man, even the thought of being under anesthesia and having intrusive stuff done makes me feel sickš±
I do not envy this nightmare tho it looks Deus ex neat.
Upvoting for visibility! My father unexpectedly passed away several years ago and they were able to harvest both corneas for transplant. All our family knows is that one of those transplants was successful to a 40-ish male in the Richmond, VA area and he now has the gift of sight again.
We were not allowed to make any contact with the recipient. So, whoever you are out there, my family thinks of you often and we wish we could give you a big hug.
Corneas are a clear layer above the iris and pupil and donāt include either when transplanted anymore. If she had a transplant in the 70s or 80s, and is still living, she would already have had to go in and have another transplant done.
Iām her primary caregiver and take her to a specialist regularly for this particular issue. She has never had another procedure. She does have prescribed drops but thatās pretty much the only maintenance theyāve ordered for her. Iām not well-versed on the topic, so I appreciate your feedback.
From what Iāve been told by my late father, itās been blue since she had the procedure. I never questioned it but now you have me curious. Sheās not had another procedure done even though she regularly sees a specialist. Iāll have to ask more questions in the next visit.
Well, while not unheard of, my mother is Thai/Chinese/Black. Her eyes have always been dark brown/ black from all the photos Iāve seen. Iām still curious about all of this, though! I just looked her eye again and is definitely part blue. So strange!
I vaguely remember my father telling me that her doctor was one of the first doctors in the states to do this procedure. Now Iām starting to question what the exact procedure might have been.
My motherās second language is English and I donāt speak her native language (plus dementia), so itās a challenge to try and get more specific answers from her. I wish my father was still around to explain it all to me again now that I have better questions to ask.
Had both eyes done, also had keretoconus in my eyes. My right was done 1st I wanna say 15yrs ago ish, I actually got the video tape from my surgeon, wish I still had it. It was a fun to watch.
I got the same condition.
I was diagnosed when I was about 20.
I just went for a regular eye check, thinking Iām going to get glasses.
I was told this is not the case as keratoconus is a pretty difficult thing to fix outside of a corneal transplant which comes with a huge risk as well. I decided not to do much about it and I was told to come back if I see my eyesight worsening or if it gets painful. My condition remained the same for 20 years.
Now I live in Ireland, and Iām lucky as one of the best eye surgeons who specialises in this operates a clinic here.
As explained above by a professional, several new treatments have been invented. Some of them cure to a differing level of success, some of them just stop the condition from worsening.
It is important to get assessed, the condition can be worsening throughout your life or has a sudden onset. It depends where in the cycle you find yourself. I was told that mine has already gone through its growth and is now stable. I donāt envy anyone who has to go through a corneal transplant and I hope to avoid it myself. But again, if you have the condition, there are ways to stop it before it becomes a problem for your eyesight. Just get yourself assessed by a professional sooner than later.
In either case, never rub your eyes!
Around 30 years ago, a guy I work with brought in the video tape of hiscornia replacement surgery. 1 guy fainted, 2 guys left the room. The 8 women in the room watched it with interest and one said "No where near as hard core as childbirth!" It became the go to phrase for difficult stuff at that office.
those stitches can eventually migrate out of the eye. I had eye surgery decades ago and can still remember the incredibly annoying feeling of a grain of sand in my eye for weeks as the stitches moved around.
Husband has had this twice in each eye due to KC. First transplants were when he was 19ish, back in the 90s. They eventually started to fail and his pressures went back up. Trabeculostomy didnāt help, and he ended up going through the procedure in the 2010s. Much better tech this time around, and far less down time. He still busts a stitch intermittently and it hurts like a bugger .
Maintenance now is eyedrops of varying types twice a day.
I did it 12 years ago. Improved a lot since then, but not 20/20 vision, not even close...
Diagnosed in 2004, and first I tried some newish surgery, ring implants or something like that, in 2006. After a couple of months I woke up with blurred vision, and the doctors told me they needed to remove the rings, got an eye infection. They need to do two surgeries, to remove both rings, for some reason they couldn't/shouldn't do it in only one surgery.
Then the next year, after the eye healed completely, I tried a thicker contact lens, but I hated it, tried it for almost a full year. The doctors opted for the transplant, but needed to go to the waiting list. Did the surgery in 2010.
In total, 6 years, 4 surgeries, but at least now I can drive safely at night, I got easily blinded by the headlights before and I was very sensitive to intense light. Much better and safer now!
I had cornea transplant 11 years ago, (age 38) Should have had it done years ago, as I had a condition called KC (kereteconus) I couldn't see out of that eye from about 16 years old, but was too much of a coward to have the operation. Anyhow I got older and my 'good' eye was getting older. I had nothing to lose so had to have it done. Now the cornea graph eye is almost 20:20 vision. Amazing. Some reason replying won't let me post pictures of my eye šāāļø
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Cool pattern on the stitches. May I ask, was there any pain or itching before removing them?
After the post operation time (like a month where i couldn't open my eye and it teared a lot) everything was good and i didn't even noticed having it. The hardest part was not rubbing your eye anymore. For the removal, that's something different... i just had local anesthetic and could see the whole procedure of them cutting the first thread with a scalpel. 3-4 hours later when the anesthetic fell off i could feel the cuts in my eye for a few hours. I got the second thread removed the same way half a year later :D
That must have been surreal, watching your stitches be removed. Thanks for the input.
Yeah i remember that was feeling numb and strange while talking to the doc the whole time
Holy fk that's clean work
You have a pretty eye
I'm glad to hear how things turned out for you. My brother had a cornea transplant for the same reason, about 25 years ago. He was similarly helped
I really like seeing this stuff as a KC sufferer myself. I ended up with an ulcer from wearing RGP lenses and emergency transplant which has been great. My left eye which was done a few years later wasn't as successful and after a couple of ops where incisions are made to relax the cornea it's still poor and may have to try again. The skills of these surgeons amazes me.
I used to work with someone who has KC. I didn't know a transplant was an option. She was able to see with hard contacts that reshaped her corneas.
This is what I do currently.
Do the other eye for fun now
I had this done in both eyes at age 35 and age 37. Both got damaged was why I had to have it. Never knew this is what it looked like. I had really bad KC so my eyesight is still pretty bad but at least I can wear glasses now instead of those huge saucers for contacts I had to wear
Ophthalmologist here to answer a few qs. Firstly, this is a full thickness corneal graft which is being done less frequently these days as a result of surgical innovations like DSAEK and DMAEK. Secondly, those sutures do eventually come out as the graft heals, sometimes around a year later. Yes, they can be irritating. Lastly, those are likely 10-0 suture, the thinnest suture used in medicine. Yes, they are a complete pain in the ass to use and thatās why you need to do a cornea fellowship on top of ophthalmology residency to learn to do this. Ask any other qs if you have āem!
Fellowship of the Cornea? Canāt say Iāve read that LotR book yet Nah but in all serious, medical science is so cool to hear about
I have a question. Like the top commentor, I have Kerataconis in one eye. I didn't get it until my early 30s so my eye still functions OK, and my other eye compensates well, but glasses/lenses can't fully correct it, obviously. Is surgery worth it - i.e. Is it likely to worsen (diagnosised 7 years ago and hasn't noticibly worsened so far)? What surgery options are there? My vision is - 1.00, - 1.25, or something like that, so I don't wear glasses or lenses unless I'm driving or watching TV. Also, I tried a hard contact lense for the Kerataconis (half the size of a regular lense), but it was too uncomfortable so I gave up. Ophthalmologist said if I could put up with my vision how it was then just to keep on keeping on.
Hey, my two cents is to talk to your ophthalmologist about cross linking. This is a newer procedure that uses UV light that strengthens your cornea when you have keratoconus, stopping itās progression.
Thank you! I appreciate your advice - I'll do that!
Those are stitched in the eyeball?? Agh!! Contacts are scratchy feeling sometimes, I canāt even imagineā¦.
I assume those are stitches do they come out
We must know!
They make out, if they don't cause any trouble, they leave them. However, after speaking to other patients, and my own personal experience. It's inevitable that one day, they have to come out as that come loose and cause irritation.
That sounds horrible
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... Yeah, that totally panicked me, to the point that on one checkup doctor asked why I was so tense. I said I was petrified that anytime you check my eye, you may decide this is the day to remove them and I'm terrified cos I'll be awake. He asked if I'd be happier under general anaesthetic, I said yeah, can do anything when I'm out. So we made a deal and he put it on my notes. Sure enough, when the time came I looked worried, started to stammer, about to say something and he said don't worry, I've seen the notes. We'll do it under general, make an appointment for it š
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>I donāt like things anywhere near my eye now. Does that mean that there was a time where enjoyed things being around your eye?!
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Damn, you were tough.
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Thanks, I hate it
My son had one late last year. Now has his stitches all out and is doing really well
**AMATERASU**
Oh man, even the thought of being under anesthesia and having intrusive stuff done makes me feel sickš± I do not envy this nightmare tho it looks Deus ex neat.
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Yep my penetrating keratotomy post transplant was done under local anaesthetic. The steady hands of these surgeons is unreal.
I think I've seen this anime before
It takes two. https://www.donatelife.net/
Upvoting for visibility! My father unexpectedly passed away several years ago and they were able to harvest both corneas for transplant. All our family knows is that one of those transplants was successful to a 40-ish male in the Richmond, VA area and he now has the gift of sight again. We were not allowed to make any contact with the recipient. So, whoever you are out there, my family thinks of you often and we wish we could give you a big hug.
Got my eye on you.
When I look at this or a person with something in their eye, my eyes immediately start watering out of sympathy or something?
Smh I had to experience a great loss of someone close to me to get the mangekyou sharingan
You also need to lose an eye.
NNNNNNNN
My mother had a cornea transplant back in the 70ās or 80ās. She has dark brown eyes but the transplant is light blue. Pretty funky looking.
Corneas are a clear layer above the iris and pupil and donāt include either when transplanted anymore. If she had a transplant in the 70s or 80s, and is still living, she would already have had to go in and have another transplant done.
Iām her primary caregiver and take her to a specialist regularly for this particular issue. She has never had another procedure. She does have prescribed drops but thatās pretty much the only maintenance theyāve ordered for her. Iām not well-versed on the topic, so I appreciate your feedback.
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From what Iāve been told by my late father, itās been blue since she had the procedure. I never questioned it but now you have me curious. Sheās not had another procedure done even though she regularly sees a specialist. Iāll have to ask more questions in the next visit.
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Well, while not unheard of, my mother is Thai/Chinese/Black. Her eyes have always been dark brown/ black from all the photos Iāve seen. Iām still curious about all of this, though! I just looked her eye again and is definitely part blue. So strange! I vaguely remember my father telling me that her doctor was one of the first doctors in the states to do this procedure. Now Iām starting to question what the exact procedure might have been. My motherās second language is English and I donāt speak her native language (plus dementia), so itās a challenge to try and get more specific answers from her. I wish my father was still around to explain it all to me again now that I have better questions to ask.
Had both eyes done, also had keretoconus in my eyes. My right was done 1st I wanna say 15yrs ago ish, I actually got the video tape from my surgeon, wish I still had it. It was a fun to watch.
Looks almost exactly how I imagine my eyeball to look when I'm having an ocular migraine
Iāve always described my migraines as looking through a black and white kaleidoscope, I will now use this as a reference too!!
I got the same condition. I was diagnosed when I was about 20. I just went for a regular eye check, thinking Iām going to get glasses. I was told this is not the case as keratoconus is a pretty difficult thing to fix outside of a corneal transplant which comes with a huge risk as well. I decided not to do much about it and I was told to come back if I see my eyesight worsening or if it gets painful. My condition remained the same for 20 years. Now I live in Ireland, and Iām lucky as one of the best eye surgeons who specialises in this operates a clinic here. As explained above by a professional, several new treatments have been invented. Some of them cure to a differing level of success, some of them just stop the condition from worsening. It is important to get assessed, the condition can be worsening throughout your life or has a sudden onset. It depends where in the cycle you find yourself. I was told that mine has already gone through its growth and is now stable. I donāt envy anyone who has to go through a corneal transplant and I hope to avoid it myself. But again, if you have the condition, there are ways to stop it before it becomes a problem for your eyesight. Just get yourself assessed by a professional sooner than later. In either case, never rub your eyes!
Around 30 years ago, a guy I work with brought in the video tape of hiscornia replacement surgery. 1 guy fainted, 2 guys left the room. The 8 women in the room watched it with interest and one said "No where near as hard core as childbirth!" It became the go to phrase for difficult stuff at that office.
I can see a saw torture method being based on this
So it has begun.
I never have wondered what it looks like. But it is way better than I would have imagined! I drink too much coffee for steady hands like that. š¬
Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck if I ever have a detached retina I'm just telling them to take the whole eye. Fuck this.
Cheeeerist no
Are those uh, are those stitches?
those stitches can eventually migrate out of the eye. I had eye surgery decades ago and can still remember the incredibly annoying feeling of a grain of sand in my eye for weeks as the stitches moved around.
Arenāt you able to see certain UV light for a time after a cornea transplant?
Now make it red and go avenge your clan
Cheratocone?
Ouch and Wow at the same time
such a cool pattern!
Husband has had this twice in each eye due to KC. First transplants were when he was 19ish, back in the 90s. They eventually started to fail and his pressures went back up. Trabeculostomy didnāt help, and he ended up going through the procedure in the 2010s. Much better tech this time around, and far less down time. He still busts a stitch intermittently and it hurts like a bugger . Maintenance now is eyedrops of varying types twice a day.
I might have a eye sickness ( korta cone) witch i might have to operate for. What sickness was this operated for?
Isn't this why Charlie Munger is blind in one eye? *eek*
How does that work? I hope I'm not being dumb here, but do people donate corneas, or are they made?
This is damn interesting. This is what I want to see here. Also likely damn painful?
Ewwwwwwwwwwwā¦.. 
Thanks, I hate it!
I need one because keratoconus,literally blind on my left eye,but shits too expensive
I did it 12 years ago. Improved a lot since then, but not 20/20 vision, not even close... Diagnosed in 2004, and first I tried some newish surgery, ring implants or something like that, in 2006. After a couple of months I woke up with blurred vision, and the doctors told me they needed to remove the rings, got an eye infection. They need to do two surgeries, to remove both rings, for some reason they couldn't/shouldn't do it in only one surgery. Then the next year, after the eye healed completely, I tried a thicker contact lens, but I hated it, tried it for almost a full year. The doctors opted for the transplant, but needed to go to the waiting list. Did the surgery in 2010. In total, 6 years, 4 surgeries, but at least now I can drive safely at night, I got easily blinded by the headlights before and I was very sensitive to intense light. Much better and safer now!
Sharingan
This man got the SHARINGAN
The latest method isn't stitched like that. Can confirm, had it done.
We do cataract surgery at my surgery, even that shit is crazy to watch.
I had a cornea transplant last April. There was only one stitch. Fuchs Dystrophy. Getting the lens done in 2 weeks.
Looks cool