RE: GINA'S RED EYE ARTICLES, FROM CINDI

[Guest guest]

DEAR GINA,

I READ BOTH OF YOUR POSTS ON OCULAR PROBLEMS, WITH RA.

TWICE NOW I HAVE HAD BOTH OF MY EYES, HAVE THE WHITES TURN

COMPLETELY RED, AND THE LAST TIME WAS LAST WEEK. I HAD BEEN

NAPPING. BEFORE THE NAP MY EYES WERE FINE, I NEVER GET BLOOD SHOT

EYES EITHER.

WHEN I WOKE UP FROM MY NAP BOTH EYES WERE PURE RED, EVEN THE WHITES

WERE GELATINOUS LIKE AN UNCOOKED EGG. IT WAS AWFUL. MY SON, WOULD

COME IN TO CHECK ON ME IN THE MORNING AND HAVE COFFEE AND HE MADE ME

WEAR HIS OAKLEYS, HE COULD NOT STAND TO LOOK AT ME....

SO, WHEN I READ THE ARTICLES THAT YOU LEFT THE SITE FOR. I WAS JUST

HORRIFIED. I AM SCARED SENSELESS. I AM GOING TO SLOWLY GO BLIND ?

I HAVE THAT FEELING ALL THE TIME AND FOR MONTHS OF A SHADOW IN THE

WAY WHEN I LOOK AT THINGS, AND ALOT OF THE OTHER SYMPTOMS THEY

TALKED ABOUT IN THE ARTICLE.

I HAVE AN APPT. WITH MY RHEUMATOLOGIST ON WEDNESDAY. I WONDER HOW

MUCH OF THIS HE IS UP ON....I AM VERY AFRAID...BUT I AM GRATEFUL FOR

THE WEBSITES YOU PUT UP. I DID NOT REALLY THINK THIS WAS ASSOCIATED

WITH MY RA. I KIND OF HAD AN IDEA, SINCE I HAVE NEVER HAD A SINGLE

BLOOD SHOT EYE. CERTAINLY NOT HORROR MOVIE, PAINTED IN RED EYES

WHERE THEY SHOULD BE WHITE.....

THANK YOU GINA, YOU MAY HAVE SAVED MY EYE SIGHT OR GIVEN ME MORE

TIME THAN I WOULD HAVE HAD....

SINCERELY, CINDI

[Guest guest]

DEAR GINA,

I READ BOTH OF YOUR POSTS ON OCULAR PROBLEMS, WITH RA.

TWICE NOW I HAVE HAD BOTH OF MY EYES, HAVE THE WHITES TURN

COMPLETELY RED, AND THE LAST TIME WAS LAST WEEK. I HAD BEEN

NAPPING. BEFORE THE NAP MY EYES WERE FINE, I NEVER GET BLOOD SHOT

EYES EITHER.

WHEN I WOKE UP FROM MY NAP BOTH EYES WERE PURE RED, EVEN THE WHITES

WERE GELATINOUS LIKE AN UNCOOKED EGG. IT WAS AWFUL. MY SON, WOULD

COME IN TO CHECK ON ME IN THE MORNING AND HAVE COFFEE AND HE MADE ME

WEAR HIS OAKLEYS, HE COULD NOT STAND TO LOOK AT ME....

SO, WHEN I READ THE ARTICLES THAT YOU LEFT THE SITE FOR. I WAS JUST

HORRIFIED. I AM SCARED SENSELESS. I AM GOING TO SLOWLY GO BLIND ?

I HAVE THAT FEELING ALL THE TIME AND FOR MONTHS OF A SHADOW IN THE

WAY WHEN I LOOK AT THINGS, AND ALOT OF THE OTHER SYMPTOMS THEY

TALKED ABOUT IN THE ARTICLE.

I HAVE AN APPT. WITH MY RHEUMATOLOGIST ON WEDNESDAY. I WONDER HOW

MUCH OF THIS HE IS UP ON....I AM VERY AFRAID...BUT I AM GRATEFUL FOR

THE WEBSITES YOU PUT UP. I DID NOT REALLY THINK THIS WAS ASSOCIATED

WITH MY RA. I KIND OF HAD AN IDEA, SINCE I HAVE NEVER HAD A SINGLE

BLOOD SHOT EYE. CERTAINLY NOT HORROR MOVIE, PAINTED IN RED EYES

WHERE THEY SHOULD BE WHITE.....

THANK YOU GINA, YOU MAY HAVE SAVED MY EYE SIGHT OR GIVEN ME MORE

TIME THAN I WOULD HAVE HAD....

SINCERELY, CINDI

[Guest guest]

Cindi, the best thing to do would be to discuss this with your

rheumatologist. Print off the articles and ask questions of him.

There is no reason to think that you are going blind, but I would tell your

rheumatologist about the two episodes you describe.

I would also schedule an appointment with an ophthalmologist.

Good luck! Please let us know what your rheumatologist says.

Not an MD

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

[ ] RE: GINA'S RED EYE ARTICLES, FROM CINDI

>

>

>

> DEAR GINA,

>

> I READ BOTH OF YOUR POSTS ON OCULAR PROBLEMS, WITH RA.

>

> TWICE NOW I HAVE HAD BOTH OF MY EYES, HAVE THE WHITES TURN

> COMPLETELY RED, AND THE LAST TIME WAS LAST WEEK. I HAD BEEN

> NAPPING. BEFORE THE NAP MY EYES WERE FINE, I NEVER GET BLOOD SHOT

> EYES EITHER.

> WHEN I WOKE UP FROM MY NAP BOTH EYES WERE PURE RED, EVEN THE WHITES

> WERE GELATINOUS LIKE AN UNCOOKED EGG. IT WAS AWFUL. MY SON, WOULD

> COME IN TO CHECK ON ME IN THE MORNING AND HAVE COFFEE AND HE MADE ME

> WEAR HIS OAKLEYS, HE COULD NOT STAND TO LOOK AT ME....

>

> SO, WHEN I READ THE ARTICLES THAT YOU LEFT THE SITE FOR. I WAS JUST

> HORRIFIED. I AM SCARED SENSELESS. I AM GOING TO SLOWLY GO BLIND ?

> I HAVE THAT FEELING ALL THE TIME AND FOR MONTHS OF A SHADOW IN THE

> WAY WHEN I LOOK AT THINGS, AND ALOT OF THE OTHER SYMPTOMS THEY

> TALKED ABOUT IN THE ARTICLE.

>

> I HAVE AN APPT. WITH MY RHEUMATOLOGIST ON WEDNESDAY. I WONDER HOW

> MUCH OF THIS HE IS UP ON....I AM VERY AFRAID...BUT I AM GRATEFUL FOR

> THE WEBSITES YOU PUT UP. I DID NOT REALLY THINK THIS WAS ASSOCIATED

> WITH MY RA. I KIND OF HAD AN IDEA, SINCE I HAVE NEVER HAD A SINGLE

> BLOOD SHOT EYE. CERTAINLY NOT HORROR MOVIE, PAINTED IN RED EYES

> WHERE THEY SHOULD BE WHITE.....

>

> THANK YOU GINA, YOU MAY HAVE SAVED MY EYE SIGHT OR GIVEN ME MORE

> TIME THAN I WOULD HAVE HAD....

> SINCERELY, CINDI

[Guest guest]

Cindi, the best thing to do would be to discuss this with your

rheumatologist. Print off the articles and ask questions of him.

There is no reason to think that you are going blind, but I would tell your

rheumatologist about the two episodes you describe.

I would also schedule an appointment with an ophthalmologist.

Good luck! Please let us know what your rheumatologist says.

Not an MD

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

[ ] RE: GINA'S RED EYE ARTICLES, FROM CINDI

>

>

>

> DEAR GINA,

>

> I READ BOTH OF YOUR POSTS ON OCULAR PROBLEMS, WITH RA.

>

> TWICE NOW I HAVE HAD BOTH OF MY EYES, HAVE THE WHITES TURN

> COMPLETELY RED, AND THE LAST TIME WAS LAST WEEK. I HAD BEEN

> NAPPING. BEFORE THE NAP MY EYES WERE FINE, I NEVER GET BLOOD SHOT

> EYES EITHER.

> WHEN I WOKE UP FROM MY NAP BOTH EYES WERE PURE RED, EVEN THE WHITES

> WERE GELATINOUS LIKE AN UNCOOKED EGG. IT WAS AWFUL. MY SON, WOULD

> COME IN TO CHECK ON ME IN THE MORNING AND HAVE COFFEE AND HE MADE ME

> WEAR HIS OAKLEYS, HE COULD NOT STAND TO LOOK AT ME....

>

> SO, WHEN I READ THE ARTICLES THAT YOU LEFT THE SITE FOR. I WAS JUST

> HORRIFIED. I AM SCARED SENSELESS. I AM GOING TO SLOWLY GO BLIND ?

> I HAVE THAT FEELING ALL THE TIME AND FOR MONTHS OF A SHADOW IN THE

> WAY WHEN I LOOK AT THINGS, AND ALOT OF THE OTHER SYMPTOMS THEY

> TALKED ABOUT IN THE ARTICLE.

>

> I HAVE AN APPT. WITH MY RHEUMATOLOGIST ON WEDNESDAY. I WONDER HOW

> MUCH OF THIS HE IS UP ON....I AM VERY AFRAID...BUT I AM GRATEFUL FOR

> THE WEBSITES YOU PUT UP. I DID NOT REALLY THINK THIS WAS ASSOCIATED

> WITH MY RA. I KIND OF HAD AN IDEA, SINCE I HAVE NEVER HAD A SINGLE

> BLOOD SHOT EYE. CERTAINLY NOT HORROR MOVIE, PAINTED IN RED EYES

> WHERE THEY SHOULD BE WHITE.....

>

> THANK YOU GINA, YOU MAY HAVE SAVED MY EYE SIGHT OR GIVEN ME MORE

> TIME THAN I WOULD HAVE HAD....

> SINCERELY, CINDI