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I really appreciate your support and imput. I haven't been able to get into the uveitis specialist yet. Still waiting for the appointment.
I'll look up the drugs you've mentioned. At this point, I'll try anything short of a small animal sacrifice to get this under control.

Sorry i havent responded sooner. I'd been on methotrexate for about 9 months and while it helped, it didnt help enough. I've been on 3000 mg of cellcept daily for about 5 months. It's helped some, but things are still not going well. I've been seeing a rheumatologist for more than a year. I feel lik...

The uveitis is still active. In the past months I've had serious retinal edema because of the uveitis. It's more under control, but they can't take me completely off of the steroids right now. I'm down to predforte one time a day (was doing it every 2 hours, then reduced to 4 times a day, recently r...

Hi all, I'm one of the lucky 20% who develope glaucoma along with their uveitis. I'm going to Iowa City, IA to meet with my glaucoma specialist for surgery Thurs. Have any of you ever had glaucoma surgery? Were you out of commission very long? I'm a little nervous about the surgery. Thanks for any i...

Hi All, I've been dealing with iritis/uveitis for about a year and a half. I'm very blessed that my husband and I both work and have really good insurances that cover most of my medical costs. My husband and I were discussing the expense of treatment. I asked my husband what happens to those who don...

Hi, I've had iritis/uveitis in both eyes for about a year and a half. My opthamologist has had a rheumatologist handling my immune suppressants and testing. All tests have come back negative except for a positive ana. Subsequent testing for lupus came back negative. In addition to these 2 doctors, I...