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Sure sounds like dry eye, is it?
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I had laser sugery to free me of glasses ( what a joke that is ) a little over a year ago . Despite being told I was an ideal patient with very healthy eyes I am now living with starburts , halo`s and very very light sensitive eyes. My eyes hurt all the time , they are tender , my eyelids swell at the margins , they are worse by the end of the day ,they will not tollerate eyedrops - this makes them worse . My eyes can be painful enough to stop me sleeping and can force me to lie with eyes closed in a darkened room to get relief .. When my eyes are open they hurt.I generally have eyestrain to some extentand have more head aches , my eyes feel like they are being squeezed I presentely have 3 pairs of different sun glasses and reading glasses and use different cobinations to cope with light in diffrent circumstances . My eyes are running my life , the amount of pain etc commands what I can and cannot do , it is an absolute ongoing nightmare . I no longer enjoy reading ( I was previously an avid reader ) and reading was extremely important as I have severe ME and am frequentely housebound or bedbound and so watching stuff or reading is what I do/did most of , I don`t enjoy being outside in my mobility scooter either now because my eyes simply hurt too much , this has had a massive impact on my life. My eyes were fine befor the proceedure ( I didn`t need sunglasses , I rarely had headaches, I had NO EYE PAIN )and despite my M.E. I was told that I had a 1 in 250 chance of having mild and temporary problems , and like a fool I believed them........For the first few months I was prescribed and used eyedrops because my eyes were so dry they would stick and then tair on waking if I tried to open them even if I massaged the eyelids. The last few months I have been until very recentely taking anti-biotic eye ointment as recomended my the Surgeomn who did the treatment , she says I have repeat errosions , the nhs specialist dissagrees and blames the eyes on the M.E. ( which is nonesense--my ey3es were absolutely fine befor the laser traetment. I have also noticed my ability to see in lowere light is not what it was ..... The only obvios thing to seein my eyes is the lid swelling in the evening , they are slightlyred rimmed and can be blood shot and that they look tired and a little saggy.... so . I am getting becomming very unhappy and I need to know what to do next ..and who to believe , one Dr tells me to come back for more laser treatment to have the erossions pinned , the other is dismissive and yet prescribes more antibiotic ointment and steriod eyedrops ( the steriod eyedrops helped to reduce eyelid swelling , but irritated my eyes at the same time,,, I think they were helpful over-all ). Anyone got any ideas and does this sound like dry eye to you. Sice comming off the antibiotic gel my eyelids have on avaerage been less swollen..............I need to find pain relief .. My ability to focus is ok now after initially having double vision for weeks. My eyes are so worn out I struggle to keep them open a lot of the time.....It`s all increadibly frustrating .Please excuse the rant but after a year of patience I have lost faith and I need to let of steam about this mess ........I`ll end on a possitive note , my eyes do not stick togethr anymore overnight .
Hope you can help ,
Roger
Roger
I had laser sugery to free me of glasses ( what a joke that is ) a little over a year ago . Despite being told I was an ideal patient with very healthy eyes I am now living with starburts , halo`s and very very light sensitive eyes. My eyes hurt all the time , they are tender , my eyelids swell at the margins , they are worse by the end of the day ,they will not tollerate eyedrops - this makes them worse . My eyes can be painful enough to stop me sleeping and can force me to lie with eyes closed in a darkened room to get relief .. When my eyes are open they hurt.I generally have eyestrain to some extentand have more head aches , my eyes feel like they are being squeezed I presentely have 3 pairs of different sun glasses and reading glasses and use different cobinations to cope with light in diffrent circumstances . My eyes are running my life , the amount of pain etc commands what I can and cannot do , it is an absolute ongoing nightmare . I no longer enjoy reading ( I was previously an avid reader ) and reading was extremely important as I have severe ME and am frequentely housebound or bedbound and so watching stuff or reading is what I do/did most of , I don`t enjoy being outside in my mobility scooter either now because my eyes simply hurt too much , this has had a massive impact on my life. My eyes were fine befor the proceedure ( I didn`t need sunglasses , I rarely had headaches, I had NO EYE PAIN )and despite my M.E. I was told that I had a 1 in 250 chance of having mild and temporary problems , and like a fool I believed them........For the first few months I was prescribed and used eyedrops because my eyes were so dry they would stick and then tair on waking if I tried to open them even if I massaged the eyelids. The last few months I have been until very recentely taking anti-biotic eye ointment as recomended my the Surgeomn who did the treatment , she says I have repeat errosions , the nhs specialist dissagrees and blames the eyes on the M.E. ( which is nonesense--my ey3es were absolutely fine befor the laser traetment. I have also noticed my ability to see in lowere light is not what it was ..... The only obvios thing to seein my eyes is the lid swelling in the evening , they are slightlyred rimmed and can be blood shot and that they look tired and a little saggy.... so . I am getting becomming very unhappy and I need to know what to do next ..and who to believe , one Dr tells me to come back for more laser treatment to have the erossions pinned , the other is dismissive and yet prescribes more antibiotic ointment and steriod eyedrops ( the steriod eyedrops helped to reduce eyelid swelling , but irritated my eyes at the same time,,, I think they were helpful over-all ). Anyone got any ideas and does this sound like dry eye to you. Sice comming off the antibiotic gel my eyelids have on avaerage been less swollen..............I need to find pain relief .. My ability to focus is ok now after initially having double vision for weeks. My eyes are so worn out I struggle to keep them open a lot of the time.....It`s all increadibly frustrating .Please excuse the rant but after a year of patience I have lost faith and I need to let of steam about this mess ........I`ll end on a possitive note , my eyes do not stick togethr anymore overnight .
Hope you can help ,
Roger
Roger
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