Hi Everyone,
This has been a very helpful site to me but I do still have some questions. I am a 43 year old female who has been wearing contacts since I was 16 years old. My last eye appointment was in October '06 and went very well. Nothing different, not even my perscription (-3.00, -3.00). In March my eyes took a turn. Apparently I have developed Dry Eye. It's not severe, to me, but my doctor seems very concerned. He asked me if I had made any changes to my daily routine (ie: diet, make-up, soaps, etc) and if so, STOP. I went home and literally cleaned house looking for anything that I may have changed or bought new. I found nothing "new". My doctor keeps pushing different drops on me and keeps saying, "Try these". I was scheduled for lasik and had to cancel because my eyes have not healed enough. I am not good at wearing glasses and in fact on days that I have sinus trouble the glasses put even more pressure on my nose and make the pain worse.
Here are my questions:
1) I am pre-menopausal. I believe there is something to that but my doctor does not seem to agree.
2) I have read so much about fish oils, both responsive and unresponsive, that I am not sure if it would be worth trying or not.
3) If I can't have Lasik then I desperately want to go back to contacts but do not know if it would be potentially harmful to my eyes.
4) Bottom line is that I really want Lasik but I am very concerned that if my eyes are dry now, even if they heal even somewhat, will I do more harm than good if I proceed with Lasik and be sorry and even in pain.
Any feedback would be great!!! Thank you.
Sonja
This has been a very helpful site to me but I do still have some questions. I am a 43 year old female who has been wearing contacts since I was 16 years old. My last eye appointment was in October '06 and went very well. Nothing different, not even my perscription (-3.00, -3.00). In March my eyes took a turn. Apparently I have developed Dry Eye. It's not severe, to me, but my doctor seems very concerned. He asked me if I had made any changes to my daily routine (ie: diet, make-up, soaps, etc) and if so, STOP. I went home and literally cleaned house looking for anything that I may have changed or bought new. I found nothing "new". My doctor keeps pushing different drops on me and keeps saying, "Try these". I was scheduled for lasik and had to cancel because my eyes have not healed enough. I am not good at wearing glasses and in fact on days that I have sinus trouble the glasses put even more pressure on my nose and make the pain worse.
Here are my questions:
1) I am pre-menopausal. I believe there is something to that but my doctor does not seem to agree.
2) I have read so much about fish oils, both responsive and unresponsive, that I am not sure if it would be worth trying or not.
3) If I can't have Lasik then I desperately want to go back to contacts but do not know if it would be potentially harmful to my eyes.
4) Bottom line is that I really want Lasik but I am very concerned that if my eyes are dry now, even if they heal even somewhat, will I do more harm than good if I proceed with Lasik and be sorry and even in pain.
Any feedback would be great!!! Thank you.
Sonja
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