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eye pain

sylviahomeatlast — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 01:50:17 GMT

in my eyeball. I've made an appointment with ophthomologist for January. Have you had this?

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adelle38 — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 01:51:22 GMT

If you're having pain in your eye, don't wait until January.

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sylviahomeatlast — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 01:54:57 GMT

I think I sleep on my eye

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MickD — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 02:21:20 GMT

Sylvia - go to the er or doc tomorrow. Do not wait. It could be a pressure problem.....a nerve problem....carcinoma....this is nothing to wait on.

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ShowMe — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 02:23:02 GMT

On 11/24/2014 MickD said: Sylvia - go to the er or doc tomorrow. Do not wait. It could be a pressure problem.....a nerve problem....carcinoma....this is nothing to wait on.

I wouldn't wait until January. You could have a detached retina.....and that is painful. It needs to be checked out as soon as p

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ShowMe — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 02:24:10 GMT

Sylvia.....please don't wait until January......this could be very serious.......sometimes a detached retina can be very painful.....and if that is what it is, you need it taken care of ASAP.

Please keep us posted on this.

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Burnsite — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 02:43:23 GMT

It could be many things, from sinusitis to glaucoma. (Pressure rising in the eye can cause pain.)

Best to treat it as an emergency--even if it's not, you will have gotten your examination out of the way and won't have to go in Jan.

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foundinlv — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 02:54:06 GMT

sylvia.....when I had a detached retina in my rt eye and a torn retina in my left, I felt no pain. Obviously one should immediately see an eye doctor as soon as possible but my eye pain came later. I'll explain. If by chance one does have a detached retina and they wait too long to have it repaired then it has to be fixed by major surgery and the recovery period is long and yes painful....I didn't take narcotic meds so I felt it. But, if you catch the detachment in time, then it can painlessly be repaired by laser which was the case for my left eye for the torn retina. How I came to have these I have no idea...hereditary I'm sure for it was not from an injury.

Now, I do periodically get eye pain. I have somewhat dry eyes and when I wake up in the morning sometimes feel it at that time. The doctor told me to use Systane and have to say it is better than Refresh Plus which I was using too because I got a better price at Sam's Club but I recently began using Systane again.

Also, I used to wear contacs and scratched my cornea more than once and that too hurt plus watered like mad. While I don't wear contacs now, when I remove my mascara I have to make sure not to rub my eye....I only touch the eyelashes when removing the makeup or I get that familiar pain again the next day just like when my contac scratched my cornea.

Hope that helps. Please call your eye doctor every morning to see if they have a cancellation to get you in earlier than January.

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sylviahomeatlast — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 06:06:11 GMT

thanks, everybody----it's night time now and it's getting better----this is an occasional recurrence----ILikeShade, thanks a lot---my regular ophthomologist retired so I'm going to Mr Sylvia's -----I'm a new patient----it hurt so much today, I almost went to ER----

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sylviahomeatlast — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 06:06:53 GMT

just one eye---

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dooBdoo — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 06:08:09 GMT

On 11/24/2014 sylviahomeatlast said: thanks, everybody----it's night time now and it's getting better----this is an occasional recurrence----ILikeShade, thanks a lot---my regular ophthomologist retired so I'm going to Mr Sylvia's -----I'm a new patient----it hurt so much today, I almost went to ER----

Oh, sylvia! I just now saw this thread. Please, even as a new patient, call tomorrow and ask them to see you or refer you to someone who can. This could be serious and even if it's not it's better in this case to err on the side of extreme caution.

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sophiamarie — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 07:03:23 GMT

What Ophthalmologist hears ""eye pain"" and lets a ""new"" patient wait until January????

Are we missing something here??

OP - find yourself another doctor.......

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betteb — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 07:18:50 GMT

On 11/24/2014 sylviahomeatlast said: just one eye---

I agree with the majority here. Go get it checked ASAP. Don't forget we are going into a holiday weekend. Best get it done before that.

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Gooday — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 07:19:30 GMT

PLEASE GO NOW! Two weeks ago my dad told me his vision was going in his left eye and that he had no peripheral vision. He FINALLY had my cousin drive him to his appt. Thursday and he was told he had a stroke behind the eye and the artery that carries the blood to the retina was compromised. He will be permanently blind in that eye. Needless to say, he's mor than a little bummed out about it.

GET YOURSELF TO THE DOCTOR.

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hckynut — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 07:26:13 GMT

I've had this many times over they years and the best connection I can make is with pretty bad headaches. Once I got completely off the booze I have never had this happen since.

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Lindsays Grandma — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 07:31:31 GMT

I agree with the majority, get to a doctor ASAP. I am a bit concerned that a doctor after hearing you have eye pain will make you wait until January for an appointment.

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sylviahomeatlast — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:11:38 GMT

On 11/24/2014 hckynut said:
I've had this many times over they years and the best connection I can make is with pretty bad headaches. Once I got completely off the booze I have never had this happen since.

I don't have a migraine neither a headache----I haven't had any alcohol in 23 years--- 12/12/1991