After hitting 14 home runs in his first 136 games in the major leagues, Tommy Pham hit 23 last season in 128 games. But did you know he almost didn’t make it out of the minor leagues due to a disease? In a recent article, an ex Arizona Cardinals farm director shared how insanely important… Read More »
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Did you know that people with allergies are more likely to end up needing a corneal transplant? You won’t believe why. Because of EYE RUBBING! WHY do we do it? Since many of us do it all the time, rubbing your eyes may seem like a pretty innocent thing to do. Babies do it naturally… Read More »
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This story explains so much of what we hear every day from our keratoconus patients. What they have to give up every day, not being able to watch tv, drive at night, being misdiagnosed and not knowing what was wrong with them, being told they need corneal transplants and that they have no options. Read our latest blog to walk through this journey from a patient’s eyes and see how crosslinking can help!
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Today, November 10th, has been named World Keratoconus Day! Please join us in spreading the word about Keratoconus. Read this heartfelt story from a crosslinking patient that JUST had surgery 2 weeks ago. “If anyone reading this is on the fence or skeptical about crosslinking, I want to say have no fear. What the last 2 weeks has done in the quality of my life is incredible. I am a big outdoor person, I love to fish and hunt and what this has done for me in just two weeks, even just watching a sporting event, I can’t put in words. It was so worth it.”
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Richard suffered from severely blurred vision due to the keratoconus in one of his eyes. He couldn’t see close, he couldn’t see far, they tried to treat him with contact lenses, changed the lenses, varying types, etc. and nothing helped. In his words, “everything was blurry.”
Richard was determined to figure out how to improve his vision. He did his research and found Dr. Slade at our office. Read more to see Richard’s CXL journey!
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For those of you who have not heard of keratoconus, it is a corneal disease that causes structural changes within the cornea causing the cornea to thin and bulge outward into a steeper, irregular, more conical shape than its normal gradual curve. Keratoconus can cause substantial visual loss of vision, image distortion, streaking of lights, sensitivity to light, and multiple images, etc. Keratoconus affects about one person in a thousand, and yet the exact cause of it is uncertain.
Dr. Slade has been involved with finding a safe treatment for keratoconus from its discovery and this has been an ongoing effort for several years. He has been interviewed and featured in this article of Ocular Surgery News. Click on this blog to read more!
Read MoreNothing speaks more highly when you are deciding whether you should make a decision for a medical procedure than when you hear from a patient that has gone through a similar experience.
Please read below. This is one of our keratoconus patients that was treated by Drs. Slade and Baker at our clinic. She chose to write this feedback on her own and we thank her for the amazing review!
Corneal Collagen Cross Linking is a major decision for patients that are dealing with keratoconus and we appreciate any words from patients that have gone through this procedure. Thank you for sharing!
Read MoreA patient shares his Keratoconus story all the way from diagnosis to after his crosslinking CXL procedure. Seeing this process from start to finish through an actual patient’s eyes is so important to share! We know there are a lot of you out there doing research. If you or your loved one has been diagnosed with keratoconus, come in and have a consultation today!
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An exciting new update in corneal collagen crosslinking (CXL) arrives in Houston, Texas!
Read more about Slade & Baker Vision Center’s ongoing dedication to finding a stop to keratoconus and post lasik ectasia!
Read MoreOn Friday, July 20, 2012, Dr. Stephen Slade was the first doctor in the United States to start this new national corneal crosslinking trial for keratoconus and post lasik ectasia patients. Please click the link below to watch Dr. Slade’s interview about this procedure.
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