After the Eye Appt

what my optometrist said..

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[TheArif01]

As an optometrist let me tell you, high prescriptions don't mean your eyes are not healthy. There is no correlation between the two. If your astigmatism was not there last year then this could be down to it not being picked up in the first place, or even aggressive prescribing on the part of this optometrist. If the cornea is healthy then I'd say it's one of the 2 previous scenarios.

Corneal health issues arise when patients don't listen to optometrists. Believe me I've seen it all too often

[3foldutopiandream]

these problems came on suddenly because i wasn't getting in enough fluids and vitamins since i had weight loss surgery. i wore glasses for months instead of contacts, used drops for months daily, switched to daily wear contacts after those few months, started taking flaxseed oil (per my corneal specialist), and they started getting better. now, i get all my nutrients and vitamins absorbed, plus 100oz of h20 a day and my eyes are perfectly back to normal again.

[TheArif01]

ok interesting :-)

[3foldutopiandream]

which is why i'm taking flaxseed oil..

my tear production is fine now.

i've had no new vessel growth since 2 years ago... being a biologist, i'm aware that the vessel growth that happened 2 years ago won't go away.

i go to my eye dr regularly and follow her orders and recommendations. how do you know that i'm not already using daily silicone hydrogel lenses?

and i did not have new vessel growth prior to surgery. it was b/c of wearing contacts while my eyes were like the sahara after

[TheArif01]

ok but you do realise the new blood vessels will never go away? Silicone hydrogel lenses will work better for your eyes both for the new blood vessels and the lack of tears. There are daily disposables out at the moment that are made of silicone hydrogel.

If you had new blood vessels before the surgery then it's overwear of contacts. Omega 3 is very good for dry eye btw.

[3foldutopiandream]

from wearing contacts while my eyes were so dry (because of the surgery) BEFORE i went to the doctor to see about it. once i went to the doctor, she told me to quit wearing them and use drops. they didn't get significantly better after a month so i went to the corneal specialist who recommended more drops and flaxseed oil and to quit wearing contacts for a long period of time. i started wearing daily wears when my eyes started producing more tears on their own... i don't have problems now.

[TheArif01]

the new blood vessels or neovascularisation was caused by the surgery or wearing the contact lenses?

[3foldutopiandream]

um, i never said that my high prescription = unhealthiness. i've always had a very high prescription almost my whole life, but healthy eyes. my eyesight was distorted back then (almost 2 years ago...)because of my dry eyes and some veins growing because of lack of oxygen, so new ones formed and it changed my vision. my actual script never changed, just my eyesight for a few months. as for me not listening to my doc, what was my noncompliance? i did everything she said to do...

[iHHCrazyHorse]

your not alone I have horrible eyesight....

[oubeddah]

you re hot sweetie