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[I am still oxox]

I saw my retina specialist last week for a follow up on an issue, I had missed my last appointment due to my husbands health issues and now that life is back to normalish I am taking some me time

I seems that there is a new issue with fluid in my eye and I will need a course of Avastin injections. I am going back with my other half for the injection today 

I was so floored by this news I did not ask questions, but I will today.

Has anyone has this done

thanks all

[qualityshopper]

I've had three Avastin injections. Not sure exactly what you're wanting to know--how it felt, did it help, etc.--but hopefully what I say here will help you in some way.

My problems had to do with my left eye hemorrhaging. I have Type 1 diabetes, which was part of the trouble, but I also had a central retinal vein occlusion. The CRVO was the main reason for the Avastin injection. For me, the injections really helped, at least for a while. After about two and a half years, however, my eye decided to hemorrhage again. That last time, I had to get a vitrectomy.  All is OK now.

As for how the injection itself felt, it was fine. The very first time I got one, it was a surprise. My appointment that day was to have them just put dye in my vein for an angiogram to view the retina. As I was waiting out in the waiting room, I overheard two women talking about their experiences with injections. My doctor had mentioned the possibility of this during previous exams, so I butted into their conversation to ask what it was like. Little did I know that I would be having my first one that same day.

The first time, all I felt was a little pressure--no pain. The second time, I didn't even know he had given the injection until he started towards the door. I realized he was apparently leaving, and I just asked was he done? I had no idea it had been done. So, for me, the actual injection was nothing. I was bothered more afterwards. Each time, my eye would feel very irritated for about a day. Believe that was because of all of the different solutions they put into your eye to prep it. Nothing I couldn't stand, though. The only other thing I ever felt was only after the first time. The next day, I noticed that my eye would feel a little sore whenever I moved it from side to side. I finally figured out why it was sore--it was due to the injections I had had in the lower eyelid (these were to help numb the eye). Never felt that soreness the other times, just the irritation. 

Hope something I have here helps. It's really nothing to be scared about. Best of luck to you.

[I am still oxox]

@qualityshopper

Thank you this is all new to me

[LTT1]

@I am still oxox

DH's family is prone to macular degeneration.

DBIL gets the shots. DFIL got the shots.

From what I have read, the outcome is much better the sooner the shots are started.

I'm sorry you have to have this, but am hopeful for you that it was found early.

[I am still oxox]

@LTT1

I do not have macular degreneration I have a recurrent buldgeing blood vessel that is apparently treated the same was

[RedTop]

@I am still oxox,

My mother had the injection and later a laser treatment for a blood vessel that hemorrhaged.   Everything went well and she's had no further problems in the last 4 years.   

[I am still oxox]

@RedTop

Thank you I had my first and hopefully only injection this afternoon, my eye feels strange, I can force it open, I am hoping it will be better after a good nights sleep