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Old 09-17-2009, 03:55 PM
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Shocked Hi GI6607

Hello and welcome BACK! It's been a looooong time!

I KNOW exactly what you mean about the whole eye thing! B/4 I was dx'ed, no one believed me when I told them I simply could not drive and was stuck in similar situations.........the very last time I drove was to p/u my son during which I looked up in the rear view mirror and discovered that my left eye was waaaaay off center! That one scared the crap out of me! That was ENOUGH for me!

Once I started on my prednisone my vision went back to 20/10! It feels GREAT!

I hope you get the help you need in order to feel better!

Take care!
Erin










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Originally Posted by GI6607 View Post
Last Friday evening, I had to travel about ninety miles to swear my nephew in as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Afterwards, it began to rain, causing a lot of road glare while I was driving home. My eyes stopped functioning! I could not even hold my eyelids open with my fingers. I decided I had to stop at my sister's home twenty five miles away from the university where I swore in my nephew. I missed the turn to my sister's and suddenly found myself driving west in the two east-bound lanes of a four lane highway that had a large island between the two sets of lanes! I take mestinon and imuran, but will do my best not to get caught out in the rain at night! Also, I know it has been mentioned here before, but I believe one reason for eye pain is the fact that I find myself constantly raising my eyebrows to help keep my eyes open. If I make an effort to keep the eyebrows down, my eyes are barely open. I am pretty sure this constant raising of the eyebrows makes those muscles tired, therefore causing aches after hours of being raised.
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