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- Tue Aug 20, 2013 9:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: No cause, but a pattern is forming
- Replies: 1
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No cause, but a pattern is forming
Hi, I have had 2 major flare ups last year in the Left eye. A series of injections, steroid pills, and many drops (Myrdiacil, Phenyl, Atropine, Lotemax, Pred-Forte, Dexamethasone) has all helped control that eye. However, I still have a swollen under eye bag (after injections) and a 40% stuck pupil ...
- Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Iritis and now episcleritis
- Replies: 17
- Views: 27507
Re: Iritis and now episcleritis
Well, had my third injection. My "flare" is minimal and I can see a lot better. My eye is white and barely any photophobia. I had some puffiness around my eye for about a day or two post-injection. I had my last injection on Friday (7 days ago), and the puffiness had subsided within 24 hou...
- Wed Nov 14, 2012 10:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Iritis and now episcleritis
- Replies: 17
- Views: 27507
Re: Iritis and now episcleritis
Had another injection (5 days after the initial injection)-this time it swelled alot. I can see a little bit better, but everything I see is yellow tinted and still blurry. But before the shot, I couldn't see very much at all (very washed out). Pupil is still stuck to the lens, we got it to dilate a...
- Sun Nov 11, 2012 12:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Iritis and now episcleritis
- Replies: 17
- Views: 27507
Re: Iritis and now episcleritis
To answer your questions, Mike. No known cause of Iritis. The doc is gonna do a full investigation now. Already had the MRI months ago for brain-all normal. And I have posterior sychnaie (spelling?) and I had recieved the needle inside the eye. It was steroid injection. The pupil just plain would no...
- Mon Nov 05, 2012 8:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Iritis and now episcleritis
- Replies: 17
- Views: 27507
Re: Iritis and now episcleritis
Well, its me again. And a week later, my doctor cannot get the pupil to dilate. We tried Atropine 1%, Mydriacyl 1%, and Phenylnephrine 10%. The doctor tried to put drops in every 3 minutes for 3 hours, and nothing. I got some major adhesion. He said I'm gonna get a needle in my eye tomorrow. Very sc...
- Tue Oct 30, 2012 12:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Iritis and now episcleritis
- Replies: 17
- Views: 27507
Re: Iritis and now episcleritis
Hey, Mike. Everything got worse over the weekend. Sight went very blurry. I went back to the doctor. He prescribed taking the Lotemax every half hour and Atropine 4 times a day and to see him in the morning. But :oops: will see. I took the atropine and my pupil dilated peanut shaped, looked like two...
- Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Iritis and now episcleritis
- Replies: 17
- Views: 27507
Re: Iritis and now episcleritis
Glad I came across this post. I was beginning to think I was abnormal...I had Iritis for 3 months. Was treated with Dexamethasone orally, and drops. And Atropine. Every time I would taper, it would rebound. Finally, we got it under control. Vision was restored. I returned to work. I work graveyard s...
- Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:28 pm
- Forum: Related Conditions
- Topic: My story of iritis-2 weeks in
- Replies: 26
- Views: 75248
Re: My story of iritis-2 weeks in
Hi, Mike. I went to my second opinion doctor and my iris was still distorted....it definetly was not round. It was shaped like a heart. The doctor did a full assessment and asked plenty of questions. Then he did an eye exam with round rings that looked like magnifying glass. He looked into my pupil ...
- Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:49 pm
- Forum: Related Conditions
- Topic: My story of iritis-2 weeks in
- Replies: 26
- Views: 75248
Re: My story of iritis-2 weeks in
Thanks Mike, you never cease to amaze me with your wide wray of knowledge. I am writing all this down to ask the dentist and opthmologist tomorrow. It seems like they both see so many other things that they have a hard time linking my symptoms to anything. Example: I tell my opthomologist that for t...
- Wed Jun 20, 2012 7:28 pm
- Forum: Related Conditions
- Topic: My story of iritis-2 weeks in
- Replies: 26
- Views: 75248
Re: My story of iritis-2 weeks in
Well, remember how I mentioned before that a couple weeks before I had Iritis, I had a tootheache that lasted a week. And mysteriously disappeared? Well, its back! But this time it is on the top back gums and gums are very swollen in back of teeth. Also, my tonsils feel a bit sore and swollen. So, I...
- Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:01 pm
- Forum: Related Conditions
- Topic: My story of iritis-2 weeks in
- Replies: 26
- Views: 75248
Re: My story of iritis-2 weeks in
Thanks, Mike. I told the doctor about the head pain, and I got the okay to still take Tylenol but the doctor gave me another prescription for Tecta 40mg, a pill to take daily to coat my stomache lining so that I do not get an ulcer. Since I will be doing a very slow taper, I will be on steroids for ...
- Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:31 pm
- Forum: Related Conditions
- Topic: My story of iritis-2 weeks in
- Replies: 26
- Views: 75248
Re: My story of iritis-2 weeks in
Wow, you are full of knowledge. I live in Nova Scotia, Canada. Mike, just a question for ya...I'm not sure how much you know about Steroid tablets, but I am on Dexamethasone 50mg and anyhow not sure if this is a side effect of that or maybe I'm just coming down with a little cold, but yesterday my t...
- Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:58 am
- Forum: Related Conditions
- Topic: My story of iritis-2 weeks in
- Replies: 26
- Views: 75248
Re: My story of iritis-2 weeks in
Okay, so I have good news! The MRI results came in to my doctor 20 minutes later, and my doctor called and left a message and said the brain looked normal. So, Next week gonna have to go for blood work. I seen the opthmologist yesterday and he showed me a picture of my pupil and it showed goldish br...
- Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:50 pm
- Forum: Related Conditions
- Topic: My story of iritis-2 weeks in
- Replies: 26
- Views: 75248
Re: My story of iritis-2 weeks in
Hello, Mike. Thanks for your info. Now that you mention it: I'm not sure if its cold sores on the nose. I do suffer from mild acne on the chin and around the mouth, and more recently on my jaw line (which I cannot get rid of)....usually this happens before and during menstruation. So, for safety's s...
- Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:33 pm
- Forum: Related Conditions
- Topic: My story of iritis-2 weeks in
- Replies: 26
- Views: 75248
Re: My story of iritis-2 weeks in
Went to the doctor today with a flared up eye. Its red and ugly again. Its a bit sore and tender, but the severe pain hasn't emerged yet. I told the doctor about my pulsating eye and the way he explained it to me is that it is like when you cut your finger and it pulsates because all the blood is ru...