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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Breast Cancer / April 2005

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sscharf - 06 Apr 2005 21:28 GMT
Hi,  I have been reading here for a few months, but am writing for the
first time.  I was diagnosed with breast cancer a year ago.  Stage II
whith no lymph node involvment.  I received 7 courses of chemotherapy
and I chose to have a double mascectomy with reconstruction.  I have my
permanent implants now, but require one more reconstruction surgery.

I have also been having trouble reading at least for the past few
months.  Glasses did not correct the problem.  I finally went to some
sort of eye specialist.  He thinks I may have paraneoplastic disease
and has ordered more testing. He also called it optic atrophy on a
different piece of paper. The doctor would not expand on his definition
or answer questions until he receives all of the test results.  I
obtained the names by looking at the referrals he gave me for the
tests.  I was able to read a little bit from internet, but couldn't
find much information.  It will probably take me a few weeks to
complete the testing and find out for sure what is wrong.  I would like
to know if any readers have had this diagnoses and what they have
experienced.  I am very anxious and have a sense of impending doom,
worse than when I was told of the cancer.  I am waiting and
anticipating the worst even though I don't know.  I would be grateful
for any information.
Kathleen Langwell - 07 Apr 2005 04:51 GMT
Suzanne,
I'm sorry I can't offer information on your eye diagnosis, but I can
certainly symphatize with you when it comes to eye problems. I have had
terrible double vision (vertical diplopia) since cataract surgery last
Dec 22nd and it's been a constant hinderance since. Doc said removing
dense cataract from other eye would solve problem, but of course it
didn't. Found out it's eye muscle damage from the anesthetic injection
and will require surgery--maybe several--to try to realign my vision
again. I've had to keep one eyeglass lens occluded so I use only one eye
since 12-22. This situation has nothing at all to do with my cancer, but
it has moved up to No. 1 in terms of doc. appts and worry about upcoming
eye surgeries.

I learned a lot from going to Google.com and searching for info just
starting with the simple terms, then one bit of info leads to another. I
imagine you've tried this. Maybe even searching your chemo regime and
eye problems, but this may not have anything to do with cancer
treatments. I've never heard of your diagnosis either so I hope your
doctor will be more forthcoming and answer your questions patiently. I
hate it when docs give us the brush off like it's not important that we,
the patient with the condition, don't need complete understanding of
what we are dealing with. I hope there will be a treatment that will
improve your vision. Right now I can very much relate to vision
problems.

Kathie
 
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