alt Hacker NewsFellow keratoconus sufferer here. Glad to hear about your successful treatment and spontaneous improvement. I definitely notice day-to-day differences in my acuity but nothing miraculous like that. Hope it remains good for you.
I "missed" corneal collagen crosslinking w/ riboflavin (the treatment I assume you're eluding in your paragraph re: soaking your cornea and applying lasers). When I was initially diagnosed the treatment was in trials outside the US. By the time it was approved in the US my corneal specialist said I'd "stabilized" and was likely to see no benefit for the procedure, only risk. My prescription has been reasonably stable for the last 10 years (at least as far as my astigmatism and keratoconus goes). Now I'm just descending into presbyopia hell.
Out of curiosity, do you have a history of allergies with ocular symptoms (itching, swelling)?
Sorry to hear you have it.
> Now I'm just descending into presbyopia hell.
That is what I meant (as apposed to myopia). So, me too. I have finally got accustomed to constantly cycling half-circle readers on and off. I have thought about lens implants, but anything that could distrube my corneas seems like a terrible idea.
So I am waiting for complete lens/cornea replacements!
No, I didn't have any eye related allergies.
One of my cousins also got keratoconus, so I assume genetics are involved with mine.