What it's Like
Keratoconus Means:
Never leaving the house without Sunglasses (even at night),
Seeing halos or shimmers around lights at night,
Headaches from trying to focus,
Hazy vision,
Scratchy eyes (that you aren’t supposed to rub),
So many uncertainties and questions,
Hopelessness with the accepted, mainstream treatments,
all while ultimately, losing a little piece of you!
These are the first things that pop into my head when I think about Keratoconus and what it means to me. I am so blessed to be able to change that hopeless feeling for so many through my journey! I still can’t believe God chose me to help spread awareness that gas lenses and corneal transplants are NOT the only options. If I help one person realize there are other options and find comfort in the fact they are not alone through this and then they help one, and so on and so forth we will soon have a movement in thinking.
Never leaving the house without Sunglasses (even at night),
Seeing halos or shimmers around lights at night,
Headaches from trying to focus,
Hazy vision,
Scratchy eyes (that you aren’t supposed to rub),
So many uncertainties and questions,
Hopelessness with the accepted, mainstream treatments,
all while ultimately, losing a little piece of you!
These are the first things that pop into my head when I think about Keratoconus and what it means to me. I am so blessed to be able to change that hopeless feeling for so many through my journey! I still can’t believe God chose me to help spread awareness that gas lenses and corneal transplants are NOT the only options. If I help one person realize there are other options and find comfort in the fact they are not alone through this and then they help one, and so on and so forth we will soon have a movement in thinking.