Macular dysphoric disorder?

[joykatl]

I am a 50 year old,  lymphoma survivor who was treated with Chemo 4 years a go. My vision has been declining  fairly rapidly over the last 6 months (mostly night vision and seeing low contrast) although my health has generally been good despite about 40% kidney function. I have a condition known as Waldenstroms Macroglobulanemia and Light Chain Depostion Disease, plus extremely dry eyes  (.2 on the Schirmer Test)
My pupils are constantly the size of pin pricks and it takes my eyes a very long time to adjust to going indoors from being out in bright sunlight.
4 weeks ago I went to a retina specialist and he measured my reading in the left eye 20-25 and the right eye 20-30.
Then he gave me an injection of Avastin and now I have a blind spot in my central vision and cannot read at all out of my right eye. (During the visit, my eyes were dialated and I was made to stare at this very bright light which was extremely uncomfortable)  The doctor said to wait about 2 more month and see if it clears up but that my retina looks improved over the last visit.
Are there any known side effects of Avastin? Could I have burned my eyes from the medical equipment light? What else can I do?
I have been taking Black Cohosh, B vitamins, Lutein and E and Cal/Mag.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

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[joykatl]

Thank you for your response. The blindness in my central vision developed right after the injection. Prior to that, my vision was 20-30. No change to the left eye which did not receive an injection. Hard to believe that there is no correlation. My ophthalmologist original diagnosis was macular edema. Said that after the injection, my retinas look better. "Wait two months and see if it clears up". I'm skeptical.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

If avastin was used you have wet macular degeneration, a very serious problem that can destroy all the reading-driving-straight ahead vision. It doesn't always work and 25% of the time the bleeding,scarring and leakage contineu.

The avastin and lights from the exam will not do this.

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JC MD