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We found out a couple years ago that my son Cody has this condition. It is a progressive disease of the eye that can very often lead to blindness or the need for a corneal transplant. Recently, we heard of a doctor who has pioneered a treatment for it that can stop the progression and very often reduce or eliminate the need for a later transplant.
I saw Dr. Brian on a tv show in which he completely restored the sight of a young man who had gone blind. We had been told by various doctors that was a remote possibility. In fact, most of the information we had been told about Keratoconus was not completely correct.
This past friday, Cody had surgery on his eyes with Dr. Brian Boxer-Wachlers technique using riboflavin and light. He also had a thin
disc of plastic inserted in his eye (called Intacs) to improve his vision. One day after surgery the sight in his left eye has improved from
20/60 to 20/40 and hopefully will continue to improve.
I wanted to share this with you all in case there was anyone who has been diagnosed with this condition and hasn't heard of Dr. Boxer-Wachler or have any idea that there is a treatment available.
Here is the link:
http://www.boxerwachler.com/
Cody had the Holcomb C3-R in both eyes and Intacs in his left eye. So far so good. You can find all the info about them under procedures.
I saw Dr. Brian on a tv show in which he completely restored the sight of a young man who had gone blind. We had been told by various doctors that was a remote possibility. In fact, most of the information we had been told about Keratoconus was not completely correct.
This past friday, Cody had surgery on his eyes with Dr. Brian Boxer-Wachlers technique using riboflavin and light. He also had a thin
disc of plastic inserted in his eye (called Intacs) to improve his vision. One day after surgery the sight in his left eye has improved from
20/60 to 20/40 and hopefully will continue to improve.
I wanted to share this with you all in case there was anyone who has been diagnosed with this condition and hasn't heard of Dr. Boxer-Wachler or have any idea that there is a treatment available.
Here is the link:
http://www.boxerwachler.com/
Cody had the Holcomb C3-R in both eyes and Intacs in his left eye. So far so good. You can find all the info about them under procedures.