About two weeks ago I had increasing pain
in my eye.. I went to the doctor and was
sent to a corneal specialist.. I was told
I had a bad ulcer caused by a hsv1
infection in my eye... My eye has gotten
much better since then, but upon my latest
examination I was told I lost sensation in
my cornea.. this leads to complications
because as with anypart of your body when
there is no pain you cannot tell when you
are being injured.. I was also told I
would not be able to wear contacts again
and if I did I risk losing my eye.. This
is a problem to me for many reasons but
mostly because I have very bad vision and
I am a wrestler. You cannot wrestle with
glasses and my vision is so poor I would
not be able to wrestle without them.. I am
looking for any vision correction
solutions that would allow me to wrestle..
I am 17 so Lasiks is not really an option
although I am looking into it as I am only
a year off. If anyone has alternative
solutions or information that contradicts
what I have been told either about my eye
or about the age limits on Lasiks please
contact me here ... thank you again
- Brandon
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rpetris
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 7 Location: Silverdale, WA USA
Re: Eye Problems Posted: 08-08-07 15:54pm
Dear bet90:
I am really sorry to hear what you have
gone through and how it is affecting your
wrestling.
Please, please, do not even consider LASIK
even when you are older. It is marketed
very aggressively - even to people with
high risk. People with any pre-existing
dry eye conditions should avoid it and
definitely people like you with
anaesthetic cornea (loss of corneal
sensation) as it could be disastrous. In
the support group I run, many of the
people with extremely severe, difficult to
treat dry eye are people who had LASIK
after having risk factors, so I know what
I'm talking about. It would be terrible to
have that happen at your age.
One possibility that you may want to look
into is scleral lenses. Contact the Boston
Foundation for Sight (bostonsight.org).
These are not at all like normal contact
lenses. They are used for people with
diseased or injured corneas. They're
basically a large gas permeable lens that
holds fluid over the corneal surface all
day. They do not touch the cornea, so they
do not pose safety issues for situations
like yours. I wear them full time myself
because of damaged vision and dry eye.
But if you want info, contact the
foundation itself. Many doctors do not
know about or understand these lenses.
