Well its been a long time, nearly 7 months have passed since the transplant. Is crazy to think that amount of time has gone by. When there are problems with it time goes so slowly but when the graft is getting on nicely time fly's by as life just goes on. So where am I now in terms of the graft? I'm still a good 6 plus months away from having the stitches out. I am having a check up every 2 months at my local hospital by the surgeon who did the graft (and my other graft back in 2005) and everything is going well. The eye pressure is normal (fingers crossed), the graft is nice and clear he says. Vision wise nothing to shout about, is slightly better than my left which has a large astigmatism when I remove my glasses. But I think is better than it was and obviously in time once had stitches out hope can get a prescription in the glasses that will make it much better than it was.
When it comes to any side affects 7 months down the line there are only a few for me but this can differ from person to person. Currently a bit gritty at times but seems to clear after a while or once put some drops in. Eye lashes are very long, a side affect of the eye pressure drops apparently, can be annoying at times. But apart from that not much else, I don't really suffer from glare too much from the sun. Driving at night can be a bit unpleasant but able to get by. In terms of normality I have played football and tennis with no problems but worth noting just to be very careful, I would not suggest playing competitively in football as flying elbows and such like could easily cause a massive problem. And also consider protective sportsware glasses, a worthy buy.
Anyway nothing annoys me more than unfinished blog's and I nearly did it myself! Ill do a few more updates, but most likely not have a great deal of news until the stitches come out. Hope everyone else who has had a corneal transplant is getting along well. And just added an updated pic of what it looks like, not usually as red in corner but that's working nights for you :/ Also the bit at middle slightly right is just watery from taking the pictures, took a few goes :)
