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Originally Posted by footfootfoot
I'm betting you need a perf'd globe like a hole in the eye.
Feel better. Do fake tears help, or something that shrinks the vessels?
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Thanks, foot, V, Pete, and Nirvana. Intraocular and systemic steroids help. I'm on both of those now thanks to my onc, and because I'm getting three days' worth of steroids around my chemo. I have a referral to Ophthalmology but no appointment yet. The steroids have calmed things down but I'll be off them Sat morning (and my immune-boosting shot will kick in after a couple days) so we'll see what happens then. The really nasty thing about eyes is that when they're affected by autoimmune disorders, a bad outcome in one can cause a 'sympathetic' reaction in the other and you lose both. If things deteriorate badly on the weekend I'll just have to go to the ER.
The sympathetic eye thing does not, repeat NOT, happen with field cuts due to stroke. Not trying to add to your stress, Monster. I'm very sorry your vision is still a problem.