I found out a few days ago that I'm quickly going Blind.... [View all]

Last edited Mon May 20, 2013, 12:34 AM - Edit history (1)

...and it's really bumming me out.

Well, not completely blind, just blind enough that it's probably going to keep me from ever getting a job in the field I went to school for.

See, I was a film/video editor (Plan A) and then a Photographer, until the digital cameras put an end to that career (Plan B) and so I went back to school from 2009-2011 to be a computer graphics artist (Plan C), Not sure what to do for Plan D.

See, the last year or so I've been having trouble seeing clearly (which is a bit of a problem when you are trying to do graphics on the computer) but I just thought I just needed new glasses so I could read better and to correct my astigmatism, which had been getting a lot worse.

So I went to the eye doctor, but about half way through the eye exam the doctor stops and takes me into a room to measure my cornea angle.

The results were not good. She said my cornea angle was amazingly steep and that I couldn't get glasses strong enough to fix the multi-vision problems I was having and said she thought I probably had a degenerative eye disease called Keratoconus.

Here's a link to more info about it, if you are interested: http://www.nkcf.org/

With my new glasses it's like looking though a dirty windshield, but that's as good as they can do with glasses.

She said for me to have clear vision I'd need to get Rigid Gas Permeable (RGP or GP) contact lenses, but I have a lot of problems with itchy eyes, due to allergies, and the job I'm looking for would involve long days in front of a computer, so I'm not sure if hard contacts would be too uncomfortable to tolerate.

Also, they say, when you have KC, your eyes keep changing for about 10 years, I think mine have been changing for about 3 years at this point. And if it gets really bad I might need Corneal transplant surgery, so as you can probably guess, this has all come as a bit of a shock.

I know few here will even read this, but I just needed to vent a little and maybe get some advice, because this is a problem I can't really put on my facebook page, because it would be like putting a giant red flag out there that says, "don't hire this guy!"

So anyway, that's it, anyone have any experience with Keratoconus or Rigid Gas Permeable contact lenses or just have a few words of encouragement?