ophelialit Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Hi again, all...So I posted last night about my hazy, foggy vision that was becoming seriously bothersome...well, I woke up this morning and thought, for a moment, that the house was on fire because all I could see was "smoke." Once I realized it was just the foggy vision to the MAX, I called my ophthalmologist and scheduled an appt. ASAP. As you know, I was seriously freaked out and concerned that it was optic neuritis which is a big indicator for MS. Turns out I got good news and bad news: good news is I don't have optic neuritis. Bad news? I have bilateral uveitis! ***? Now my eye guy is sending me for an HLA-B27 test to check for yet MORE autoimmune stuff, and I have to spend the next week in a dark room and use steroid drops 4 x's a day.....anyone else out there ever have this? I am SO frustrated with the whole universe right now....I think I'll spend that week in a dark room curled up with a good book and a big ol' bottle of Grey Goose! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadiangirl73 Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 I'm sorry to hear you have this, but I guess it is easily treatable? Pardon my ignorance, but what causes this? Hope you get well soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ophelialit Posted January 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Hey there! It's relatively treatable--4 drops of PredForte (steroids) 4 times a day for a week and try to stay in the dark as much as possible to allow the pupils to dilate (actually not sure why that's helpful, now that I think about it). Anyway, it's related to inflammatory and autoimmune stuff, so I'm sure it was triggered by something in my wacky system. I have Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, though I'm not on meds currently because my TSH, T3 and T4 levels have all been normal....and it seems as if there's a pretty big correlation between Hashimoto's and uveitis. Who knows? The HLA-B27 is an autoimmune test for ankylosing spondilitis, primarily, and it's also heavily tied to uveitis, soooooooo, I guess we'll see. Sheesh. Ugh. Blargh. And so forth... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katybug Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Sorry about the bad news. Tia Maria plays well with Ben and Jerry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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