Thyroid Eye Disease - Have you been tested?

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And if so - what was it like?

I went to the eye clinic on Wednesday, another fun day trip courtesy of the NHS,

sponsored by endo. Well. That ophthalmologist was the unfriendliest man I have

ever met,

I don't think it would have killed him to smile! He rushed me in, rushed me

through. " Put

your things there and sit down here " He looked inside my eyes, he measured my

eyes for

the supposed proptosis and he said they were equal at 21mm. Now from what I

read,

21mm is hmmm quite a bit sticky out. He didn't ask me if I had gritty eyes, dry

eyes,

pressure behind them - nothing - also the puffiness of my eyelids - didn't take

that into

account. And my eyes don't look normal. And they only made me do a quick one eye

at

the time " read the letters " test but nothing that would have shown them how

badly I can't

focus despite not needing glasses full-time. A man of very few words. I asked

if he had

seen my eye scan. " What scan? " I said the CT scan I had. Oh no I did not see if

*shuffles

through pages* Ah well from what this paper says it is most likely fine anyway.

Hmm ok.

All my next referrals will have to be private if I can help it, I have health

insurance, I will

use it! I am sick of this lottery thing (National Health Sweepstake?) when it

comes to

consultants and I always end up with the boobie prize.

Meh.

Callista