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New member from Atlanta
Hello,
This post is to introduce myself and tell my story. I've had severe dry eye for about three years and have tried various OTC drops & sprays (I prefer Nature's Tears Spray), tranquileyes, had my ducts cauterized closed four times (they kept reopening), compresses - cold and warm, massage, accupuncture, self-hypnosis, and recently tried to get serum drops but there is a problem w/ my red blood cells breaking down during spinning (see separate post). I was fine until I moved to ATL in 2004. In 2005 I got Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Erlichiosis from a tick bite in Piedmont Park and that is when all my problems started. I developed Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Severe Dry Eye. Some say it is due to the smog, others the pain meds (Methadone & Lortab 3 x daily). I have a wonderful eye doctor (Michael Roach) who has tried just about everything to help me. My mom had the same dry eye problem but hers was from her eyelids not closing all the way during sleep and her doc told her to put vaseline and rounds of saran wrap over her eyes at night and incredibly that solved her issue. I am making an appt w/ my PCP to talk about my red blood cells breaking down during spinning - the pharmacy making the serum drops thought it is due to dehydration which leads me to believe that my dry eye issue may be due to the same thing. That's my story. I find it incredibly hard to work these days and am thinking w/ all my other issues trying to go out on medical leave/disability for a few months to see if it improves. I'm an accountant and work at a PC 10 hours a day during the week. Anyone have any experience w/ trying to get disability payments or time off due to dry eye? Thanks for any info and incouragement, ideas, solutions, products to try. I appreciate your help and your "ear" and know what you folks are going through and the daily struggle just to work and read we are going through!
Mark
This post is to introduce myself and tell my story. I've had severe dry eye for about three years and have tried various OTC drops & sprays (I prefer Nature's Tears Spray), tranquileyes, had my ducts cauterized closed four times (they kept reopening), compresses - cold and warm, massage, accupuncture, self-hypnosis, and recently tried to get serum drops but there is a problem w/ my red blood cells breaking down during spinning (see separate post). I was fine until I moved to ATL in 2004. In 2005 I got Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Erlichiosis from a tick bite in Piedmont Park and that is when all my problems started. I developed Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Severe Dry Eye. Some say it is due to the smog, others the pain meds (Methadone & Lortab 3 x daily). I have a wonderful eye doctor (Michael Roach) who has tried just about everything to help me. My mom had the same dry eye problem but hers was from her eyelids not closing all the way during sleep and her doc told her to put vaseline and rounds of saran wrap over her eyes at night and incredibly that solved her issue. I am making an appt w/ my PCP to talk about my red blood cells breaking down during spinning - the pharmacy making the serum drops thought it is due to dehydration which leads me to believe that my dry eye issue may be due to the same thing. That's my story. I find it incredibly hard to work these days and am thinking w/ all my other issues trying to go out on medical leave/disability for a few months to see if it improves. I'm an accountant and work at a PC 10 hours a day during the week. Anyone have any experience w/ trying to get disability payments or time off due to dry eye? Thanks for any info and incouragement, ideas, solutions, products to try. I appreciate your help and your "ear" and know what you folks are going through and the daily struggle just to work and read we are going through!
Mark
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