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Central retinal artery occlusion

Eye Conditions | Last Active: Sep 29 10:49pm | Replies (32)

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Thank you for asking Colleen.
I am very frustrated right now with the medical professionals. Especially the retina specialists her in Las Vegas. What my original diagnosis was now has been changed after seeing the FOURTH ophthalmologist. Now this one was says I had an Ischemic Optic neuropathy. Not one of these specialists will give me a referral to a Neuro ophthalmologist or a cardiologist so I can get a correct diagnosis. Because NONE of them seem to be able to figure out what happened to my left eye. Now my primary Dr says it was caused by repeated injections of the drug eyelea, which also happened to his father. Sorry to rattle on but I am at my wits end. Scared of what might happen down the road . Some of the so called diagnosis with limited treatment could have prevented further vision loss. But since none of these so called specialists can make up their mind. I am tired of researching online. My bad eye aches continuously from eye strain. My head aches from specialists that cannot give me answers. I just don’t know what to do or where to turn. Wendy

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Hi Wendy
I have a long history of eye problems starting with caratacts at age 37, then detachments in both eyes, and then the glaucoma set in which I've now been fighting for over 30 years. My left eye has no central vision, just a little periferal. My right eye is hanging on with about 20/40 vision but I've lost about 50% of field and I need a lot of light to read or see well. Glare bothers me a log and I'm on 3 eye drops: pilocarpine, cosopt, and rocklatan. My suggestion is to go visit one of the top eye research centers in the US such as Bascom Palmer or Wills. I have been to Bascom several times and they have been very helpful with diagnosis and refereals to great doctors. My current optimologist did a research stent at Bascom. You don't have to have a referal, you can just sign up. Have you tried one?