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hi, dr. stoll.
you probably don't remember, since you receive so many posts, but a few months ago, i had started a thread entitled "floaters". i had been worried about my floater situation, which i had had for a couple of years, but it seemed like it was getting worse over time. i had an appointment with the opthamologist, and you asked me to get back to you on how it went. i posted a follow-up, but i didn't notice the big sign that said not to post because bill was gone, and my post was lost, and then i completely forgot about it until now.
anyway, so this is what happened.
i went to see the opthamologist, and first they did some eyetests. then they did what i think was a glaucoma check, that i needed anesthesia for. then they dialated my pupils, and did a few checks with a few different kinds of bright light. the doc told me that my floaters were nothing to worry about but that i had a stigmatism and needed glasses. he said that my floaters were from something deteriorating when i was a fetus. i asked him why i didn't see them until a couple of years ago, and he shrugged and said he didn't know... that's a little hard to believe, and as far as i can tell, non-sensical. so i went back for a refraction, and they did the glaucoma tests again, then the refraction, and i got glasses. they asked me how my floaters were, and i said they were the same as last time.
my right eye is worse than my left, and my left is the one with floaters, but the doc said the two problems are completely unrelated. he also said i shouldn't worry unless i start seeing a curtain effect, flashes of light, or floaters that look like a flock of bugs or a spiderweb. that sounds to me like "don't figure out what it is until it's on the verge of being too late."
anyway, any thoughts?
thanks,
chris
In Reply to: floaters. continued posted by chris on November 12, 1999 at 20:32:23:
Hi Chris,
Forgive me for jumping in here, but I read your message and thought I would offer a quick reply. Last weekend, I attended a conference of the American Diabetes Association at which an opthamologist who specializes in retinal work was one of the guest speakers. During her presentation, she discussed floaters and said that while they are most often harmless, there is the odd time that they can be a precursor for more serious problems. I just checked my notes and she said VERY specifically that if someone has both floating and "lightning flashes" as she called them, that you should be given a thorough evaluation. She left no doubt that the combination of the two can mean serious business.
For what it's worth, I would suggest you might want to get a second opinion from another opthamologist, perhaps one who specializes in retinal work.
Again, sorry to intrude, but this was fresh in my mind.
Cheers,
Wayne
In Reply to: Re: floaters. continued posted by Wayne on November 12, 1999 at 21:51:46:
thanks, wayne.
i don't see lightning flashes. if i did, it would be an emergency, and would be a likely indicator that my retina was detaching.
chris
In Reply to: floaters. continued posted by chris on November 12, 1999 at 20:32:23:
Thanks, Chris, for gettin back to us.
This reminds me of the docs who took away the license of an 80 year-oid D.O. in KY because he wrote a book about his discovery that colon function (lgs) had something to do with allergy. I attended the hearing they had for him and they paraded "learned medical school professors" across the witness stand ALL of whom said that this was the worst of "quackeries" since anyone could see that there was no connection between the colon and the nose.
Of course, MY testimony was that there was NOTHING in the bodymind that was not connected to everything else. They used this testimony to accelerate their attacks on me since, with those ideas, "I was an immediate threat to the public." This was 15 years ago.
NOW, of course, this connection is being taught in medical schools. Did they give him back his license? NO! As a matter of fact, just a year ago, they hauled him back from Florida to KY in chains to await his trial for this quackery. He is now in his 90s and they have him under house arrest until his trial. They have continued to "delay" his trial hoping that he will die before they get exposed in court for their idiocy.
These ophthalmologists will be learning, during their practice time, that these conditions in the eye ARE related. Your suspicion that they are just waiting until problems are so bad that any idiot can see them is very valid but it is the "standard of practice" in this country.
In the meantime, if this were me, I would be finding a good holistically oriented ophthalmologist in my part of the country and do what I could to reduce my risks of the really damaging eye problems that the floaters may well be heralding. A place to start would be to go to the excellent website of the American Holistic Nursing Association (AHNA) and see where they can direct you for this information. Their 'site address is ahna.org
Walt
In Reply to: Re: floaters. continued posted by Wayne on November 12, 1999 at 21:51:46:
Thanks, Wayne.
It is nice to have some support for my "outlandish" positions (grin).
Namaste`
Walt
In Reply to: Re: floaters. continued posted by Walt Stoll on November 13, 1999 at 11:18:25:
Dr. Stoll wrote:
"It is nice to have some support for my "outlandish" positions (grin)."
I must admit - it was a challenge - I had to gird my loins knowing I was about to endorse common sense! Wayne
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