Hello from Canada/Aus

[jmh]

Hello my name is Joseph

When i was 20 I went to my mothers place for a few months and i kept having eye pain one night i woke up in the middle of the night in tears she rushed me to the ER in ontario, The next day i went to see an eye specialist he had told me if i had of let it go any further i would have gone blind in my right eye. He then asks me and my mother if there was anyone in the family with arthritis and my mom said my father had Ankylosing Spondylitis. He then said i would probably have it as well

So anyway i talked to my dad about it and he said he was always hoping it would pass me because its more common in woman. He had told me to keep as active as i can so i kept as active as i could

Iam now 35yrs old nearly 4 yrs ago i broke 3 vertebrae in my back and had a mri i was then told i had 2 old fractured vertebrae in my back i did not know how that happened and with the mri i was 100% diagnosed with AS

I have been taking mobic when ever i feel i am getting inflammation

I moved to AUS 7 years ago and i have had 4 flare ups of iritis, 3 of them being 1 a yr for the past 3 years. i have never really went to any specialists or anything since my first series attack. But the poast few years with it happening the same time ever year iam getting concerned about my eyes and my back. All i have ever done was take the pred fort and homatropine

So enough about my life stroy

Would anyone know the best DR to contact in Adelaide South Australia.

Thank You

[Mike Bartolatz]

Peter McCluskey, M.D.
St. Vincent’s Clinic Tel: 9332-6062
Suite 1004 438 Victoria Street FAX: 9332-6063
Darlinghurst, NSW 2010
E-mail: iritis@ozemail.com.au

Lye-Pheng Fong, MD
262 Mountain Way
Nantirna, VIC 3152
Tel: 61-3-259032 Fax: 61-3-9210-7301

Richard Stawell, MD
Cabrini Medical Centre
Isabella Street, Suite 52
Malvern, Australia 3144
Tel: 61 3 9509 4233 Fax: 61 3 9500 9376

Denis Wakefield M.D.
The University of South Wales Tel: 612 938 52351
Professional Suite FAX: 612 93851389
Polyclinic Building
Prince of Wales Hospital
High Street
Randwick 2031
AUSTRALIAE-mail: d.wakefield@unsw.edu.au

Ehud Zamir M.D.
Director of Clinical Training
The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
32 Gisborne Street
East Melbourne
Victoria 3002
Locked Bag 8
East Melbourne

Tel 61-3-9929-8533
Swithboard 61-3-9929-8666
Fax 61-3-9663-7203
Email