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Help Please , I'm going to be Blind by the Time !

My name Is Belen , I'm from Tunisia , North Africa , and i will be 21 by the 3rd of August , and i'm still suffering form toxoplasmosis , In 2005 I was diagnosed with toxoplasmic central chorioretinitis scar in the my left eye , at that time , With the sick eye I see 60% , and in 2008 i was diagnosed again with toxoplasmosis in the same eye , but that time the disease was active , so i took the treatment i felt well , after that , after 2 years the disease attacked the same eye for the 3rd time , and i took the same treatment i felt better but now with the sick eye I see only 35% , and last year , also i was diagnosed with the same disease but jumped to the Right eye , i was very afraid of losing the vision in my right eye , as always i took the treatment and felt fine , but yesterday , i was diagnosed with the same disease active in my right eye ! so i thought that that disease gonna leave me only when i get blind , and all the attacks came in the same time , always between March and  April , what should I do ?
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I agree. Get a second opinion. You need to have blood work to confirm, then be on anti toxo meds and then steroids. I wish you the best.

Best wishes,
Timothy D. McGarity, Medical Doctor, Ophthalmologist
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Do good research and get a second opinion . And keep good faith ,i hope it will work out good for you ,but be wise !! Good luck my friend!
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