Re: Re: Terri How did the radiation therapy go ?

July 18, 2003

In a message dated 7/16/2003 11:41:15 AM Central Daylight Time,

bzbee62@... writes:

> I'm sorry to hear your vision is so blurry It's been about 2 months since I

> finished the radiation My vision was so cloudy and blurry before radiation

> that I really didn't notice it being any worse >

And how is it now? Do you notice any improvement since radiation?

<<Do you use the prisms ? I know as they switched me to the > higher number

> prism it caused the blurriness to be much worse and if I forgot about taking

> the flax oil and anti oxidant they really were a mess >>

>

No, I haven't used prisms. Not really sure what they are about. At one point

a while ago it was mentioned as a possibility but not right at this point.

My understanding is that they didn't want to use them unless they had to

because once you use them, you can never stop using them?? Also, with the

disease

still active, they needed to treat the attack on the eye tissues first.

Terri

Graves disease 1979; treated with RAI; exothalmia 1982, treated with IV

steroids; since then on one or another form of replacement hormone. New flare

up

of TED with severe double vision, swelling in intraocular muscles and

inflammation in August of 2002. Currently hypoactive. Treated TED with

prednisone.

It worked while on prednisone, but TED came back worse after. Underwent

Orbital radiation June-July 2003. No change yet.

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