Eye Update

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Thanks to everyone who responded to my questions about the iritis. I

returned to the eye doctor today after one week on the dialating drops

and continuing the pred drops. He is doing another injection tomorrow

in my right eye. This really hit me hard because I just had an

injection a litle over two weeks ago. I had injections in both eyes

last october so I was really taken aback to have another one so soon.

My eye is visiably swollen too. He is recomending to my

Rheumatologist to start Remicaid. I still have to face getting the

insurance company to ok it. I am blessed that I have good insurance

but who knows what they will say. I had pretty much given up hope of

ever getting anyone to listen and ok this treatment. Perhaps there is

a light at the end of the tunnel...I just hope it isn't a train!

I hope you all have painfree days....

Ruth

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Thanks

>

> In a message dated 3/14/06 8:54:28 AM Pacific Standard Time,

> olehomepla@... writes:

>

Thanks ...The eye doctor checks my pressure each visit and is

is doing ok. I am getting the injections because of inflamations.

Although my right eye is more inflamed the left vision is

decreasing. I think he feels I am getting a catarac on the left.

He is contacting the rheumy to sugggest Remacaid. The swelling is

of my eye lid. OF course because of all this I can not drive and it

is making me crazy to call and ask for rides. I live in the county

and that makes it even worse. I am just praying for the remicaid

and that the insurance company come through with approval.

thanks

Ruth

>

> > Thanks to everyone who responded to my questions about the

iritis. I

> > returned to the eye doctor today after one week on the dialating

drops

> > and continuing the pred drops. He is doing another injection

tomorrow

> > in my right eye. This really hit me hard because I just had an

> > injection a litle over two weeks ago. I had injections in both

eyes

> > last october so I was really taken aback to have another one so

soon.

> > My eye is visiably swollen too.

>

> Is he doing the steroid kenalog injections into the eye to bring

the swelling

> down-or to bring your intra-ocular pressure down?

> Has he done a visual field test to see what your fields are

showing. this

> would show if there are lesions or tumors behind the eye, and also-

-has he done

> CT brain scans?

> Whenever the eye is " swollen " or " bulging " -- they really need to

make sure

> you don't have a problem with brain tumors. Not granulomas--

tumors.

> I know my Ophthalmologist watches for the signs of " white blood

cells " that

> give the appearance of sunlight shining thru the cracks of a barn--

and you can

> see the " dust " in the air--when he's checking for the iritis. The

photophobia

> (light sensitivity), and the increase intra-ocular pressure (you

can have

> 'flu' like symptoms and it can be the sign of an acute glaucoma

attack, complete

> with severe 'flu-like' headaches) that are extremely urgent to get

checked

> out. If you develop an acute glaucoma attack, you can lose your

vision

> permanently. (Peripheral vision goes first with glaucoma.)

Please ask the MD what it

> is that the injections are for, and what they are trying to do.

With as much

> problem with eye swelling as you have-- this is so important.

>