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Optic Neuritis they can see and photograph.The trickier one is Retrobulbar Optic Neuritis,but visual and spatial exams can rule that in orout, as in that case the neuritis is behind theoptic nerve entrance point in the brain.Most cases of Relapsing-Remitting MS,begin with optic neuritis, the kind that canbe seen by the Ophthalmologist (M.D.)http://www.jandoerffel.de/on.htmI do wish that these articles were on whitebackgrounds; sorry about that.Love,nTo: MSersLife Sent: Tue, February 2, 2010 2:07:34 PMSubject: Re: Curious - optic neuritis

Oh.. I remember that.. "too close to the TV" too.. LOL.. but then I'd

lay in front of the TV with a book in front of me.. did my homework that

way most all my life.. and the "bookmobile" (rolling library) books

during the summer as well..

Did you read in that article Sharon posted about optic neuritis then

developing MS within 15 years or so???.. well that explains the optic

neuritis when I was a kid.. So I guess that I'm doing darned good with

the Monster, considering I'm 51 now.. LOL..

And yup.. the switching eyes thing can be quite.. I'm not sure what it

is quite.. but it is.. LOL.. And the ophthalmologist is the place to be

for our eye concerns.. not just a regular eye doctor.. They aren't going

to prescribe much for the optic neuritis (or so my eye doc said) unless

it's the very first round of ON.. but they have some kind of machine

that they get detailed pictures of the optic nerve that helps somehow

with something.. concerning the MonSter..

HUGS

|)onna

Thallas wrote:

> My mom blamed my nearsightedness on too-close-to- the-TV... :-)

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> Haven't had anything yet that switches eyes, so maybe that's a good sign?

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> in WY

> "You get a wonderful view from the point of no return..."

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> I can't tell you how to tell the difference.. . Turns out what I always

> thought was eyestrain.. was actually optic neuritis in my case.. I guess

> I've had the double vision, only didn't realize it was double vision (I

> don't actually see two of things, which is what I always thought double

> vision would be like).. I do suffer from.. I guess it would be blurred

> vision.. but for the longest time thought that I just needed to have a

> prescription change in my glasses.. until I realized that today it would

> be my left eye, and tomorrow maybe my right eye.. and sometimes it

> happens within hours.. I rarely don't have to turn my head to one side

> or the other to read stuff on the internet, or email and such...

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> But the pain I was having.. is what I've always thought of as

> eyestrain.. moving my eye right or left or up or down would cause what I

> would think of as the eye muscles hurting.. and it turned out to be

> optic neuritis.. (I've had that type of thing happen nearly all my

> life.. but when I was a child.. I was told to take my nose out of the

> books.. because that's what was causing the "eye strain".. hmmm.. got to

> wonder now though)..

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> Hope this helps

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> HUGS

> |)onna

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>> How can you tell the difference between optic neuritis and just plain old

>> everyday eyestrain? My eyesight is very bad, and I do a lot of small

>> handwork and computer work that tires out my poor little eyeballs...

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>> "You get a wonderful view from the point of no return..."

>> http://www.flickr. com/photos/ liadains_ fancies

>> http://practical- blackwork. blogspot. com

>> http://practicalbla ckwork.com

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