In the first episode of "Humans of NYCFC", a new NYCFC.com series which tells the stories of our fans and celebrates their love of the club in their own words, we meet Luis Gonzalez...
Nobody wrote a user’s manual for when things go wrong. I was diagnosed with Keratoconus. A degenerative disease that gets worse over time.
I was able to get the initial treatment for this disease which consists of these special RGP 'contact lenses'. This disease causes the membrane of the cornea to become abnormally shaped which means light cannot be directed into the cones and rods which results in symptoms of astigmatism.