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joyce's Cancer Blog
July 8, 2008
| ANSWER TO WEEZIE'S QUESTION ABOUT MY CATARACT SURGERY | Views: 136 |
Weezie asked me a question and this is in answer to her question about my surgery last month on my right eye. I decided to enter it also as a post in case anyone else had ever had the same problem and could offer any suggestions.
The surgery helped the sight in my right eye quite a bit. Colors are so much brighter. At times I can see very, very clearly even without my glasses and other times during that same day things are fuzzy and I can hardly see at all. My eye surgeon said these changes could be due to damage done by my last chemo taken two years ago or it could be just my age. He thinks it probably is coming from the chemo because it has only been happening since that last chemo in 2006. If I stop the high strength steroid eye drops I have been taking for 2 years, my eyes get all red and start mattering up like they do when you have pink eye. It also hurts to use them or keep them open. They are very sensitive to any light. I also have Glacoma. He wanted to get me off the steroid eye drops because he says they make the pressure in my eyes worse.
He wanted me to try a new eye drop called AzaSite (azithromycin ophthalmic solution) or an oral drug called Allodoy but my prescription drug plan does not cover either of these. They cost so much I cannot afford to pay for them myself. I plan to call my drug plan and appeal to them to PLEASE cover me on one of these prescriptions. I don’t know yet what answer I will get from them. At the present time I am using lower strength steroid eye drops and the doc is watching carefully the pressure in my eyes.
I still want the surgery on my left eye because of the times during the day that I can see very well and the brightness of colors. I feel EVERY LITTLE BIT helps. When the surgery is done on July 14 and is healed then we will work on the other problems and hopefully find something that will help without causing the Glacoma to get worse.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL MY WONDERFUL FRIENDS ON HERE AND MOST OF ALL THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR LOVE, CONCERN AND YOUR PRAYERS.
GOD BLESS All Of YOU.
ANSWER TO WEEZIE'S QUESTION ABOUT MY CATARACT SURGERY, 
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08.16.08 - 
Thanks for your support -
Prayers are always a good start to the treatment of any condition.
Be well
Hugz
Mac
so glad you are part of this amazing group joyce! Thanks for being so supportive to everyone. ;-) Hope you have a wonderful day.
Wow Joyce, you have had quite an adventurous ride. I admire your strength and positive attitude. Those two things take us very far. You go girl!