Cornea Transplant Treatment in India

Anika Iyer, a 42-year-old software engineer...

Anika Iyer, a 42-year-old software engineer and avid painter, had her world slowly blurring for years due to keratoconus. Her once-vivid colors on canvas became muddy smudges, and reading code on her screen was a daily strain. Specialized contact lenses, which she found intolerable, were no longer effective. Her ophthalmologist, Dr. Mehta, gently explained that a corneal transplant (penetrating keratoplasty) was the only way to restore functional vision and save her career and passion. Anika was terrified of surgery on her eye but felt a deep sense of loss over her art. The procedure itself was anxiety-inducing but painless under local anesthesia. The recovery was long and required meticulous care with steroid drops and frequent check-ups. A year later, her graft is clear and stable. With a new prescription, her vision is 20/30. She has returned to painting, her colors vibrant once more. The emotional journey was from grief and fear over losing her creative outlet to profound gratitude and a renewed sense of identity, calling the transplant 'a gift of light.'