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joyce's Cancer Blog
August 27, 2008
| ANSWER TO LISA'S (LITTLE PRINCESS) QUESTION | Views: 516 |
Yes, I remember in 1994 how BAD EVERYTHING TASTED. The only thing I could stand was pretzels and milk. I worked in the office for Pepsi-Cola from 1973 to 1974 and I have ALWAYS LOVE PEPSI. Well, my Pepsis that I always loved so much tasted awful. I could not stand to drink them during the chemo. I completely quit drinking Pepsi or Coke several years ago and replaced them with water.
Ok, back to your question about my eyes. I was on Vigamox antibotic eye drops during the surgery and for the past 2 weeks to clear up the inflamation of my eyelids but I am off that now. I am on Predniselone Acetate Ophthalmic Suspension 1% and have been on it since June 2006. I have used it anywhere from once a day to four times a day. I also use Optive 3 or 4 times a day for my dry eye ondition. My eyes were very bad before the surgery but my eyesight didn’t fluctuate the way it does now. My doctor just prescribed an oral antibotic Doxycycl Hycl, 20 mg, for maybe 6 months to see if that helps the Blepharitis condition. You said they told you to expect the changes for a year. Well, I have until next June and July to deal with the changes if that is the case. I hope yours soon begins to improve. I like my eye surgeon and I think he is good. What really bothers me is that he did not tell me to expect this and he doesn’t appear to know why it is happening.
Posted on August 27, 2008 at 3:53:50 AM by Joyce (
ANSWER TO LISA'S (LITTLE PRINCESS) QUESTION, 
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Thanks for your support -
Hi Joyce; Glad to see you back. I posted a “Where Are You”, alert cause I hadn’t seen you for a while, so I’m pleased that you have landed. So sorry to hear about your eyes not working out the way you thought it would. These damn Dr.’s never really tell all, so it is hard to know whether they are surprised about the outcome or it is usual stuff. Perhaps with time you will find that your eyes will adjust more. My stepmother went through both too, after chemo and she found it difficult for the first 8 months. So hang in there it might just get better. Hope eveything else is fine with you. Guess you had a great visit with your daughter and grand kids. What a lovely summer to do this in. Take care and see you on the blog again, no doubt. Weezie
Good to see you up and about. Hope all is well and healthy
Hugz
Mac