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I am so glad I found this forum. Just briefly, I had what seemed to be dry eye for about a year approximately 6 years ago. I had the foreign body feeling almost all the time, some burning and my eyes felt gritty very often. The opthamologist I went to acted as if I was a complainer because he said my eyes "looked" fine. I do not recall tests being run and what he did was have me use tears and gave me a steroid drop, tho I don't recall the name. He gave zero information to me except to say it was probably an allergy or maybe dry eye. That was it, and I did not have a computer at the time and basically just took his word that it was nothing to worry about and nothing could be done about it.
For some reason, it seemed to go into remission after about a year and slowly started to return, tho in a mild way. Now, it's back with a vengeance, worse than the first time...foreign body feeling, burning, gritty and sometimes it seems my vision is somewhat off tho not sure if that has to do with the tears and the Alrex.
Visited a local optometrist two weeks ago. He said lipid layer was not sufficent and quick evaporation of tears. He also said he would categorize this as moderate DES. That is all the info I got, he did not do the 5 minute test that I read about here, Schirmer's?, and after I had two visits with him, I decided that I didn't trust him and have an app't scheduled for this Wednesday with an opthamologist, supposedly someone that is familiar with DES. The optometrist that I saw put me on tears and Alrex and fish oil capsules. He never mentioned anything regarding bleph, MGD, etc. And I only know of these things due to what I have learned from this forum.
I would love to have any suggestions regarding what I should mention to him (outside of my symptoms and history) or make a point of asking about regarding my treatment. I have learned a huge amount just reading this forum but I want to make sure that I leave no stone unturned, if possible. I am quite scared, to say the least, but I need answers and want to know what is wrong with me and how it can be managed. I hope I chose a good doctor!
Thanks in advance for any tips!
Neve
I am so glad I found this forum. Just briefly, I had what seemed to be dry eye for about a year approximately 6 years ago. I had the foreign body feeling almost all the time, some burning and my eyes felt gritty very often. The opthamologist I went to acted as if I was a complainer because he said my eyes "looked" fine. I do not recall tests being run and what he did was have me use tears and gave me a steroid drop, tho I don't recall the name. He gave zero information to me except to say it was probably an allergy or maybe dry eye. That was it, and I did not have a computer at the time and basically just took his word that it was nothing to worry about and nothing could be done about it.
For some reason, it seemed to go into remission after about a year and slowly started to return, tho in a mild way. Now, it's back with a vengeance, worse than the first time...foreign body feeling, burning, gritty and sometimes it seems my vision is somewhat off tho not sure if that has to do with the tears and the Alrex.
Visited a local optometrist two weeks ago. He said lipid layer was not sufficent and quick evaporation of tears. He also said he would categorize this as moderate DES. That is all the info I got, he did not do the 5 minute test that I read about here, Schirmer's?, and after I had two visits with him, I decided that I didn't trust him and have an app't scheduled for this Wednesday with an opthamologist, supposedly someone that is familiar with DES. The optometrist that I saw put me on tears and Alrex and fish oil capsules. He never mentioned anything regarding bleph, MGD, etc. And I only know of these things due to what I have learned from this forum.
I would love to have any suggestions regarding what I should mention to him (outside of my symptoms and history) or make a point of asking about regarding my treatment. I have learned a huge amount just reading this forum but I want to make sure that I leave no stone unturned, if possible. I am quite scared, to say the least, but I need answers and want to know what is wrong with me and how it can be managed. I hope I chose a good doctor!
Thanks in advance for any tips!
Neve
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