True, although using the same logic, my optometrist stands to profit from me continuing to need scleral lenses .
It's just that his logic sounds rather compelling - Keratoconus patients already have thinner corneas then normal, and PRK will disrupt the structure even further, making them even thinner in places. If CXL done at the same time is effective to strengthen the cornea, great - but if it doesn't (and CXL often needs to be repeated) you are now in a much more precarious position.
Are you talking about T-PRK with CXL in Vancouver? Or one of the other protocols? My optometrist felt that doing T-PRK even combined with CXL would be a horrible idea for Keratoconus, but I haven't consulted with a surgeon directly yet.
Interesting to see someone else with this condition on YC . If you don't mind me asking, which area are you in and if you could PM the info of the optometrist. I am wearing sclerals as well, but the cost was far higher - around $5000 for the first round, and around $3500 when I went back 3 years later to see if we can improve vision and comfort even further. On the other hand, the fitting process was much more efficient - there was a new set of lenses ready daily, so although we went through 9 lenses for the right eye and 4 for the left on the first round, it took under 2 weeks.
Did you end up doing CXL? Are you considering it, or any of the other procedures.
Does anyone know of other similar apps - particularly ones supporting more languages? Specifically - Russian
Would be an awesome gift for my grandfather whose vision has deteriorated significantly due to age. He is 90+, so most of the documents he is actually interested in reading are printed or even hand-written. We've been able to teach him to use an iPad and the built-in voiceover functionality is great for helping read the books/newspapers we pre-load on the device. However it doesn't help much with printed documents - or even just reading the newspaper.
Something like this app really would be a game changer (assuming it's intuitive to use), however it looks like their current language support is only limited to the following: English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Swedish, and Norwegian.
Interesting, yes DeepDyve looks exactly like what I had in mind. Thank you, will give it a try.
The other reply (no longer visible for some reason) mentioned the university library through the alumni association. I've gotten in touch with the library and received the following reply: "Due to licensing restrictions, we are unable to provide remote access to Research Port databases to alumni. Complete access to all of the Libraries' databases is still available through computers at any of our eight branches." . So it seems like the policy varies from university to university.
Haven't heard back from my local library yet - might stop by there tomorrow and find out.
On a related topic, is there a reasonably priced option to actually get access to all of these journals (instead of subscribing to a single one or buying individual articles) .
Something like Factiva or EbscoHost, etc - but offering individual subscriptions (and not limited to just a single journal/publisher).
It's just that his logic sounds rather compelling - Keratoconus patients already have thinner corneas then normal, and PRK will disrupt the structure even further, making them even thinner in places. If CXL done at the same time is effective to strengthen the cornea, great - but if it doesn't (and CXL often needs to be repeated) you are now in a much more precarious position.