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Re: Hazy Vision/Light Sensitivity/Dry Eyes?
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Re: Hazy Vision/Light Sensitivity/Dry Eyes?
by Laura__0__0, Jan 01, 1995 12:00AM
Posted By Laura on August 02, 1999 at 14:12:35
Dear Doctor. I am in such a mess here. I posted here prior describing my symptoms that started in April, 1999. Sunlight first, hazy vision and then Dry eyes. I started having pains in my left temple first so the doc put me on celebrex/baclofen combination. Have no idea if these meds were the culprit but i soon got off them. had lots of blood work , Sed, ANA, SSA-SSB, Glucose, thyroid, B12. All negative except the TSH was 13. Hypo, I guess as the T3/T4 were normal. B12 was a lil low.
I saw my regular eye doc and he gave me cyclos a new waiting for FDA approval med. No help. My GP sent me to his friend. The OD does everything (not the MD) and looks into your eyes and declares if the nerves are OK or not. This OD put temp. plugs in the bottom lids only. Got no better. I e-mailed you and saw a cornea specialist as you suggested. The Baylor doc I saw did not do another eye exam. She did a shirmer's and it was 6 in one eye and 5 in the other. An OD did an eye glass exam and changed the glasses. She put me on Acular and told me to wash my eyes out with diluted warm babyshampoo. No help and this burned like &^$%#&!!!! I called her office and the OD Rx'd. tetracycline pills over a months span. Still no help. Went back and saw her and she has no clue what is happening. Still no dialated eye exam. The OD did do a glaucoma test which was 19 and 20. Now, she wants me to see another Cornea specialist with this group. I am beside myself as lots of valuable time has passed and I feel I am getting nowhere.
Should I just throw in the towel and say this is normal for my age (56) and suffer with this..or should I call another Cornea Specialist.(not Baylor) I feel I will not get the care I need from another Baylor eye doctor as he will not certainly go against her.
They did change the stigmatism reading again in my glasses from the one they put in a month earlier. Another 50.00 for this mistake. Not happy here and scard to death.
What questions should I ask? Am I too nice to these people that they do not take me serious? Please advise my next step. Do you know anything about Herman UT eye center? Can they plug all eyes..meaning top and bottom? Can a eye doc see diseases in an eye if they just look in them? My insurance can take me anywhere and I wish she had dilated my eyes last month and looked. I have not had visual field testing done as the Baylor OD said you have to have high pressure readings for this. Can Visual testings yield more?
I am so tired of this.
Thanks you for listening to this frightened hazy vision female.
Dear Doctor. I am in such a mess here. I posted here prior describing my symptoms that started in April, 1999. Sunlight first, hazy vision and then Dry eyes. I started having pains in my left temple first so the doc put me on celebrex/baclofen combination. Have no idea if these meds were the culprit but i soon got off them. had lots of blood work , Sed, ANA, SSA-SSB, Glucose, thyroid, B12. All negative except the TSH was 13. Hypo, I guess as the T3/T4 were normal. B12 was a lil low.
I saw my regular eye doc and he gave me cyclos a new waiting for FDA approval med. No help. My GP sent me to his friend. The OD does everything (not the MD) and looks into your eyes and declares if the nerves are OK or not. This OD put temp. plugs in the bottom lids only. Got no better. I e-mailed you and saw a cornea specialist as you suggested. The Baylor doc I saw did not do another eye exam. She did a shirmer's and it was 6 in one eye and 5 in the other. An OD did an eye glass exam and changed the glasses. She put me on Acular and told me to wash my eyes out with diluted warm babyshampoo. No help and this burned like &^$%#&!!!! I called her office and the OD Rx'd. tetracycline pills over a months span. Still no help. Went back and saw her and she has no clue what is happening. Still no dialated eye exam. The OD did do a glaucoma test which was 19 and 20. Now, she wants me to see another Cornea specialist with this group. I am beside myself as lots of valuable time has passed and I feel I am getting nowhere.
Should I just throw in the towel and say this is normal for my age (56) and suffer with this..or should I call another Cornea Specialist.(not Baylor) I feel I will not get the care I need from another Baylor eye doctor as he will not certainly go against her.
They did change the stigmatism reading again in my glasses from the one they put in a month earlier. Another 50.00 for this mistake. Not happy here and scard to death.
What questions should I ask? Am I too nice to these people that they do not take me serious? Please advise my next step. Do you know anything about Herman UT eye center? Can they plug all eyes..meaning top and bottom? Can a eye doc see diseases in an eye if they just look in them? My insurance can take me anywhere and I wish she had dilated my eyes last month and looked. I have not had visual field testing done as the Baylor OD said you have to have high pressure readings for this. Can Visual testings yield more?
I am so tired of this.
Thanks you for listening to this frightened hazy vision female.
laura-
i have to say your comments are "all over the board". what i mean is that u seem to be addressing dry eyes, yet you wonder why u have not had a visual field test for glaucoma. i really believe that at this point, after all the people u have seen, that it would not do u much good for me to randomly suggest u see another "eye doctor". what i would advise u to do is to ask around with friends and family and find out who sees an ophthalmologist that they consider caring and patient and see them. u obviously need someone who is willing to take alot of time and energy with you. if u were in cincinnati, ohio i would have just the doctor for u. and of course, If you are interested we would love to see you here at Henry Ford Eye Care Services. Simply call 1-800-363-7575 for an appointment. good luck with everything.
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