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    From KenK@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 17 17:09:34 2017
    I had been going to a local opthamologist for macular edema. He gave me two Eylea injections. As far as I know, he did nothing else. The first
    injection helped quite a bit but I couldn't see any difference after the second. He said it reduced the retina swelling. He said he can't do
    anything else for me.

    My main problem is gaps in the image of that eye which would make driving
    and reading difficult with that eye.

    Anyone know - hopefully from experience - whether anything more can be done
    for this condition? A friend has the same thing and went to a retina
    specialist instead. He only got one Eylea injection and his eye ended up in much the same condition as mine.

    TIA


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  • From The Real Bev@21:1/5 to KenK on Fri Nov 17 19:03:23 2017
    On 11/17/2017 09:09 AM, KenK wrote:
    I had been going to a local opthamologist for macular edema. He gave me two Eylea injections. As far as I know, he did nothing else. The first
    injection helped quite a bit but I couldn't see any difference after the second. He said it reduced the retina swelling. He said he can't do
    anything else for me.

    My main problem is gaps in the image of that eye which would make driving
    and reading difficult with that eye.

    Anyone know - hopefully from experience - whether anything more can be done for this condition? A friend has the same thing and went to a retina specialist instead. He only got one Eylea injection and his eye ended up in much the same condition as mine.

    Can't help at all, but I sympathize. My mom had a macular hole which
    caused problems even after some surgery by the Doheny Eye Institute
    (maybe 15 years ago) when it was under USC. Doheny and the Jules Stein Instutute (both under UCLA) are probably as good as it gets as far as
    eye specialists. Are you near Los Angeles?

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  • From KenK@21:1/5 to The Real Bev on Sat Nov 18 13:42:49 2017
    The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote in
    news:ouo7tt$6d8$1@dont-email.me:

    On 11/17/2017 09:09 AM, KenK wrote:
    I had been going to a local opthamologist for macular edema. He gave
    me two Eylea injections. As far as I know, he did nothing else. The
    first injection helped quite a bit but I couldn't see any difference
    after the second. He said it reduced the retina swelling. He said he
    can't do anything else for me.

    My main problem is gaps in the image of that eye which would make
    driving and reading difficult with that eye.

    Anyone know - hopefully from experience - whether anything more can
    be done for this condition? A friend has the same thing and went to a
    retina specialist instead. He only got one Eylea injection and his
    eye ended up in much the same condition as mine.

    Can't help at all, but I sympathize. My mom had a macular hole which
    caused problems even after some surgery by the Doheny Eye Institute
    (maybe 15 years ago) when it was under USC. Doheny and the Jules
    Stein Instutute (both under UCLA) are probably as good as it gets as
    far as eye specialists. Are you near Los Angeles?


    A few hundred miles. But I'm not fond of driving anywhere in CA,
    especially Los Angeles.

    Ken


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  • From The Real Bev@21:1/5 to KenK on Sat Nov 18 15:05:36 2017
    On 11/18/2017 05:42 AM, KenK wrote:
    The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote in
    news:ouo7tt$6d8$1@dont-email.me:

    On 11/17/2017 09:09 AM, KenK wrote:
    I had been going to a local opthamologist for macular edema. He gave
    me two Eylea injections. As far as I know, he did nothing else. The
    first injection helped quite a bit but I couldn't see any difference
    after the second. He said it reduced the retina swelling. He said he
    can't do anything else for me.

    My main problem is gaps in the image of that eye which would make
    driving and reading difficult with that eye.

    Anyone know - hopefully from experience - whether anything more can
    be done for this condition? A friend has the same thing and went to a
    retina specialist instead. He only got one Eylea injection and his
    eye ended up in much the same condition as mine.

    Can't help at all, but I sympathize. My mom had a macular hole which
    caused problems even after some surgery by the Doheny Eye Institute
    (maybe 15 years ago) when it was under USC. Doheny and the Jules
    Stein Instutute (both under UCLA) are probably as good as it gets as
    far as eye specialists. Are you near Los Angeles?

    A few hundred miles. But I'm not fond of driving anywhere in CA,
    especially Los Angeles.

    Perhaps there are similar organizations at teaching hospitals near you,
    then. I've come to the conclusion that if you have a problem of ANY
    complexity you're better off going to the real experts than to the local people.

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    Cheers, Bev
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    into the User?" -- Steve Shaw, regarding Win95

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