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PROSE Patients

Boston Foundation for Sight patients come to us from all over the country (including all six New England states - Vermont, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Massachusetts) and from around the world, seeking help for their eye sight. They have corneas that are damaged due to a variety of different reasons, including dry eye, Stevens Johnson syndrome (SJS or TENS), chronic ocular graft versus host disease (GVHD) and keratoconus, to name just a few.

Many of our patients have moving stories to share. Please click one of the links to the left to read one of our patient stories. Please see below for the list of patient stories grouped by disease/condition.

Ocular Trauma/Injury - Rami Blum

Ocular Herpes - Ray Carpentier

Dry Eye - Tammy Truman

Stevens Johnson syndrome - Veronica Zenkner, Greta Ehlers, Evelyn Sanjines, Joe Zienowicz, Helen Gelhot, Saleem Lockhart, Kimmy, Ian Gonzalez

Keratoconus - Cyndee Williams, Lance Shermoen, Harry Daniels, Tara Heinbuch, Donna Pugh

Corneal degeneration - Donna Sarrafian

GVHD - Willard Traub, Lea Morrison, Mark FleckBill Greenwood, Richard O'Neil

Cancer - Patricia Lee

Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy Syndrome (APS) type 1 - Julia Band Orange

Rheumatoid Arthritis - Melissa Kelley

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