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Living with Acanthamoeba keratitis. How to live with Acanthamoeba keratitis?
Living with Acanthamoeba keratitis: how patients cope day to day and stay positive - real experiences and practical tips.
Very hard to say how can you be happy with AK as it is so debilitating turn the TV brightness down keep the house as dark as you can have romantic me as was a family by Candlelight and make the most of it. Remember two steps forward one step back it does take time you have to be patient podcast lots of relaxation music just do your best.
Posted Dec 4, 2018 by Claire 2400
AK affects the whole body not just the eye, so it is important to get lots of rest. It is helpful to have blackout curtains to keep a room darkened as the light will cause great pain
Posted Feb 24, 2019 by Liz Crane 2510
During the original diagnosis/treatment time it's absolutely impossible to be happy as the pain level is like no other. As the treatment starts to kill off the parasite the pain starts to diminish. To keep myself happy during this difficult time, I just told myself that I'm lucky to have sight in the remaining eye, and regardless of what happens, I'll still be able to see my grandchildren some day!
Posted Feb 27, 2019 by Traci 700
