Re: Peripheral nerves in eyes?

February 4, 2002

, according to my eye surgeon, the word at the opthamology conference

was, " Yes, they do " . They had no other explanation for the complications I

had with lasik. Too bad we didn't know it ahead of time. I guess CMT is

becoming more and more known in different areas of medicine.

February 4, 2002

In a message dated 2/3/02 4:44:12 PM Eastern Standard Time,

butterflypower@... writes:

> Do your peripheral nerves affect your eyes too?

>

> Hello the House,

> Good question. I just had an operation three ago to eliminate what is

> referred to as " droopy eye lids. " Wow! My face looked like some had beat me

> with a baseball bat. The swelling continued to get worse after the

> operation, not better. I was using bacitracin to prevent infection and it

> caused what the Dr. said was a " contact dermatitis. " I stopped using the

> bacitracin and the swelling started to go down. I must admit I had thoughts

> as to whether the CMT had any affect on the out come. Although I have used

> bacitracin many a time on various cuts, the Dr. said " the skin around the

> eyes is more sensitive then the rest of the body. " I had told the Dr.

> previously that I do have CMT, but she had no comment as to it. Funny, I

> had to tell the anesthesiologist what CMT is. Scary isn't it, and when you

> think of it, its not funny is it.

> E

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