I am 31. I was born completely blind in my left eye w/ fairly poor vision in my right eye. I have always been independent and have graduated college and worked most of my adult life.
3 days before Christmas I got an infection in my right eye, yep the one that works, and went to a doctor. On top of the infection I had a large laceration and an ulcer on my cornea.
The laceration and infection healed but the ulcer will not. It's right over my pupil and most days I have to use dilating drops or else everything is very blurry and/or is like I'm looking through a very thick fog.
The ulcer has almost healed 3-4 times but it seems when it covers over and almost disappears it breaks back open and I'm left almost blind for a week or so until it's starts healing again.

This is extremely scary. It would be bad enough if I had vision in my left eye but with this being all I have I am in a constant state of panic.

Once again it's on the road to healing. If this happens again it looks like I will have to have a cornea transplant. I am very scared. Has anyone had one of these? How long does it take to heal? Are the success rates high? Any info and/or prayers would be greatly appreciated.

Others on this board have experience with this.
But since it's late on a Saturday night, I can at least suggest that you use lots of the plain eye drops that come in individual, sterile ampules for single use. (I use Refresh Plus. Others on this board use other brands which may be as good or better.)
One fellow described having the eye drops by his bed where he could reach them without opening the eye. Then he would, upon waking, put a drop into the corner of the still closed eye to lubricate it before opening it, thus preventing a corneal abrasion from the eyelid opening over the very dry eye.
I hope that helps.
Or, if not, I hope someone else will have the answer.
*hugs*

I am sorry to hear about your eye problems. I have had a cornea transplant and an acquaintance has had one in each eye.

The surgery does not hurt and there is a 20% chance of rejection. I was blinded by corneal ulcers (herpes) in my left eye at around age 5. Back then cornea transplants were unheard of. I waited until I was 45 to have the transplant. It was a success in that my eye looks great and there was no rejection, except that it turns out I have ambliopia in that eye and my vision is virtually the same.

My friend who was going blind and had both eyes done (not at the same time), said that she could see immediately. Of course it was not instantly clear because the cornea is swollen and takes time to heal. In the end she has 20/20 in both eyes.

She regretted that she did not have the surgery done sooner.

When you have the operation the first week you have to put drops in every hour while you are awake. It is anti-rejection drops and antibiotics. This decreases dramatically over time. Pretty soon it is just two drops a day. After a year you don't have to use any drops.

If you have any other questions let me know. :)