I went to the ophthalmologist for another check yesterday. It’s a very inconvenient appointment because I need someone to drive me. The exam involves numbing drops that dilate your pupils, which means you can’t focus and the world is a blur for a few hours. You clearly can’t drive.
I won’t waste too many words on how great it feels to be 41 years old and have to ask your mummy to drop you off at the ophthalmologist. And then to ask your husband, whom you have been separated from for a year now, to pick you up. I think you can imagine…
Anyway, my eyes are fine. The black floaters are not dangerous. There is no damage to my vision; I just need to keep using lubricating drops daily. Probably forever. Just another bit of maintenance.
But it got me thinking again about all the complications and comorbidities of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Like iritis.
[…] eyes. Sometimes I have to sit in a darkened room until it subsides. This is most probably iritis (anterior […]
Thank you so much for writing about this, there is so little information out there on Uveitis, most RA sites don’t mention it.
Thank you so much for your web sight I was in total shock when I went
To the eye doctor told me it was my RA
That was attacking my eye. My. RA doctor never
Explain that this could happen. I thought it was my
Allergies and maybe am infection in my eye.
He told me to go to your web site and read more.
It has been very helpful!
Thank you,
Renecca
Thank you for this information. I have OA and my eyes are constantly tearing up and itching. I had floaters for a while but then they went away. The doctor says it is just the aging process.