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Getting ready for 5th round chemo: Anyone has vision issues?

Posted by cattmann @cattmann, Dec 23, 2025

This past round of chemo has affected my eyes a bit. The neuropathy has gotten more intense and this past round vision is blurry, my eyes leak tears all day and night and my eyes flicker or twitch nonstop. Has this happened to anyone else and any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Tomorrow is 5th round and not looking forward to it. Been real tired this time.

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cattmann | @cattmann | Dec 29, 2025
In reply to @lsheehy333 "I experienced blurry vision with 5FU Chemo as well. You can get some thick eye drops,..." + (show)
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I experienced blurry vision with 5FU Chemo as well. You can get some thick eye drops, ones that keep the eye moistened longer, that seems to help. Warning, when you first put in the thick eyedrops, your vision is actually worse for a about 10 minutes. You can also get gel eye compresses that you can keep in the freezer or fridge. It helps to put these on the eyes once every hour or so, if you are working on the computer. This helps to refresh things a bit. Some medicines also mess with vision. Gabapentin also blurs the vision, so I asked to be put on oxycontin instead, even though this made me itchy. I took this with an antihistamine to help with this. Everyone is so different, and the medicines prescribed are different. Work with your doctor to find a solution. I don't know about the muscle twitches, but maybe your doctor has a solution. Best of luck to you. You are tougher than you think.

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@lsheehy333 thank you. Yes my team has started me on eye drops. I appreciate the info.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Jan 5 5:50pm
In reply to @camead815 "Thanks for sharing. My husband just had his first chemo for this esophageal cancer stage 4...." + (show)
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Thanks for sharing. My husband just had his first chemo for this esophageal cancer stage 4. Your post was really scary to read. Hope it gets better for you.

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@camead815, welcome. How did your husband do with his first chemo treatment? How are YOU doing?

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camead815 | @camead815 | Jan 9 11:45am

Hi Colleen. He did well with the first two chemotherapy treatments. Very little nausea and the medication helped. A little fatigue but he was able and to golf. The worst part is the chemo rage and anger from the steroids. The second one was a little better on the anger side effect. I saw the social worker yesterday at Mayo and she was really helpful. Thanks for asking

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cattmann | @cattmann | Jan 29 9:23am

Thank you all for the advise and kind words. I'm in today for pulmonary test and meet with a surgeon. Little nervous.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Feb 11 8:46pm
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Thank you all for the advise and kind words. I'm in today for pulmonary test and meet with a surgeon. Little nervous.

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@cattmann, how did the meeting with the surgeon go? And the pulmonary test?

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cattmann | @cattmann | Feb 11 9:21pm
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@cattmann, how did the meeting with the surgeon go? And the pulmonary test?

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@colleenyoung I passed the pulmonary test. I have echo test Monday and surgery is scheduled for Tues. Thank you for asking. I'm having the ivor procedure

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Feb 23 3:52pm
In reply to @cattmann "@colleenyoung I passed the pulmonary test. I have echo test Monday and surgery is scheduled for..." + (show)
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@colleenyoung I passed the pulmonary test. I have echo test Monday and surgery is scheduled for Tues. Thank you for asking. I'm having the ivor procedure

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@cattmann, thinking of you as you recover from surgery. I look forward to hearing how you are doing when you're able.

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cutbet | @cutbet | Feb 24 8:43pm

I've also had some blurry vision. It changes by the day, but I've been able to manage through it. Not great when trying to work on a computer though! Hang in there!

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