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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Hepatitis / March 2006Bad eyesite from Pegasus
I have been off treatment since Nov. 2004 and still clear of the virus per last check 3 months ago. Even before the treatments ended my eyesight has started to go bad. Before treatment I had no problems seeing anything. Bad eyesight is one of the reported side effects. I guess I got that one. I am looking for a magnifier now so I can still use my computer. I can still see it but it is starting to strain. Anyone else getting this? >I have been off treatment since Nov. 2004 and still clear of the virus >per last check 3 months ago. Even before the treatments ended my [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Anyone else getting this? Congrats on your SVR! Have you actually been diagnosed with retinopathy - or some other ocular condition - caused by IFN therapy? Did you have a thorough pre-therapy eye checkup to establish a baseline? Cheers /greyhackles > >I have been off treatment since Nov. 2004 and still clear of the virus > >per last check 3 months ago. Even before the treatments ended my [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Congrats on your SVR! Thanks > Have you actually been diagnosed with retinopathy - or some other ocular > condition - caused by IFN therapy? Did you have a thorough pre-therapy eye [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > /greyhackles No. My insurance is a group fund put in by our employers (IBEW) Our fund is low at the moment. Dental and eye benefits are temporary suspended. I plan to get glasses as soon they reinstate my befits BTW I am 44 and many people say that it is about time for my eyes to go bad, but I feel (without any proof) that it was the treatment. . >> >I have been off treatment since Nov. 2004 and still clear of the virus >> >per last check 3 months ago. Even before the treatments ended my [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >BTW I am 44 and many people say that it is about time for my eyes to go >bad, but I feel (without any proof) that it was the treatment. Ok, it's certainly in the range of possibilities, but without an actual exam, you're winging it, and you're at that age that eyesight can change rather dramatically. I'm 50-something, and while I was always moderately nearsighted, my visual acuity *really* went downhill in my 40s. I went through 3 prescription changes in the last 13 years - before therapy. I need corrective lenses to read, and to drive - the ends of my range of sight are quickly converging. But nothing to do with IFN... Cheers /greyhackles Presbyopia is a very common occurence at your age. Good possiblity it has nothing to do with treatment. Lens tends to harden with age and have trouble focusing. Maybe you just need reading glasses. Even before tx my eyes have been going down hill (farsighted). I'm f.cked if I don't have some glasses around because I can't read a damn thing anymore. Now I do have my expensive bi-focals, but I just buy cheap ones of different strengths depending on what I'm doing. Kinda just keep some laying around handy. It was about my early 40's when my eyes started to go south, I'm 50 now.  SignatureRuss Visit Alaska @ http://www.tannersacre.com > > >I have been off treatment since Nov. 2004 and still clear of the virus > > >per last check 3 months ago. Even before the treatments ended my [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > . It is the worst thing about aging. I have about 15 pairs laying around the house for hubby and me lol. Mags Terry- please even if you have to please seek an opthalmologist. The lowest cost one I've found is Walmart- or if you have a triple A card lenscrafters offers a deal that costs about the same as Walmart. There are some serious problems you can encounter from treatment with the eyes. You should get checked when you get a chance. But I can tell you that I had perfect eyesight until I hit my 40's. It started with reading glasses, and now, like Russ, I can't read a damn thing without my glasses. I'm on my second prescription, and now I'm going to +1.50 magnification. However, when I take my eye test it always comes back 20/20. I suspect that you need nothing more than some reading glasses to use the computer. Just like me. :) You could try and take some of those 19.95 reading glasses off the shelf at your local perscription store and see if that helps. >I have been off treatment since Nov. 2004 and still clear of the virus > per last check 3 months ago. Even before the treatments ended my [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Anyone else getting this? Puckertoe, same here. My right eye is 20/15! 20/20 in the left. I use +1.75 for just sitting at the computer, my "readers" are stronger. I have a pair of +3.00 in my computer tool box for when I have to "get in there close". SignatureRuss Visit Alaska @ http://www.tannersacre.com > You should get checked when you get a chance. But I can tell you that I had > perfect eyesight until I hit my 40's. It started with reading glasses, and [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > > > Anyone else getting this? HA! I know excatly what you mean. I opened a computer to do some work and had to put on two pair of glasses to read some internal hardware writing. We're just getting old. :) > Puckertoe, same here. My right eye is 20/15! 20/20 in the left. I use > +1.75 [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >> > >> > Anyone else getting this? I have found something that makes using the computer easier. It is called Windows Dragnifier. It is freeware. http://www.halley.cc/stuff/ I can still read the screen most of the time, but I can't read magazine text much now. |
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