Any one get Avastatin treatment? (pain, blood pressure, ache, doctor)
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Went to the eye doctor today,he said i have some degeneration in the right eye, after an angiogram to confirm the condition he recommended Avastatin, i almost fell off the chair when he told me how it was administeredyou gotta be kidding.= What Is Avastin®? - Eye M.D.-approved information from EyeSmart
I can look forward to several more monthly treatments oh joy.
One of my employees has been getting this treatment....he reports no pain (although the 1st 2 treatments left him with very bloodshot eyes for a couple days)...and his vision is greatly improved!
I've been getting injections in my eyes for OVER SEVEN YEARS- EITHER EVERY 4 WEEKS OR EVERY 6 WEEKS. One eye is getting one drug and the other is getting a different drug. I was told I will be getting these injections for the rest of my life and I expect most patient do as there is no cure for macular degeneration. What hurts me the most is the betadine drop right before the injection.
I've been at this so long I've experienced the gradual change in procedures and introduction of new drugs. When I first started they laid me out in a kind of lounge chair, scrubbed my eyes and eyebrows with something, put in multiple drops for about 20 minutes to make sure eyes were numb, put in speculum, betadine drops, injection and then flush with saline and then antibiotic drops and let me rest for 20 minutes and checked my blood pressure. Everybody wore gloves and masks.
Now after the prelim procedures, (glaucoma readings, photos and measurements of change in fluid) tech barely scrubs in eye -no eyebrows anymore, numbing drops, initial over eye for which rx is used,betadine drop, doc does prelim shallow shot for extra numbing, inserts speculum and then the injection, flush, erase mark over eye, antibiotic drop. ZAP it is over with and if I'm not feeling dizzy I get up and go home.
Thanks NK.
The thought of getting monthly eye injections for the rest of my life has given me some dread of the process.A one time shot ok i can deal with it but every month?
Theres places on the body where needles should never be inserted the eye being one of them.
Problem is i dont see any deterioration of my vision and am only going by the eye doctors findings that there is a problem at all.
As for those without insurance i can see where it would get expensive. either hope you are over 65, come on up to Canada or expect to live with some level of blindness.
I've decided to abandon this line of treatment as its traumatizing me, i've thought of little else since i had the treatment a few days ago, i cringe just thinking about it..
At the moment i am 68 yrs old and have no vision issues in the eye they are treating so i cant see the point in subjecting myself to this level of stress and dread to stave off poor vision in one eye probably sometime in my 80s.
My Mom came down with macular degeneration when she was in her late 80s it didnt seem to bother her that much other than she couldnt read and at 88 the DMV pulled her drivers license.
An injection in the eye once a month? i cant live with that hanging over my head every month.
please reconsider or at the very least get a second opinion. I promise you it isn't as bad as it sounds but it does get you lots of sympathy from others. grin---
Really they put so many numbing drops in your eye first you don't feel the needle going in. I promise....you will not feel the needle going in and a good doctor hides the needle from your view. you might experience what I call 'the black spider" in your vision but it's temporary and goes away in seconds.
The only part which hurts for me is the betadine drop- but it is so necessary.
It's become so much a part of our routine I barely think about it. if it is on a sunny day my eyes ache for a bit but probably because having my eyes dilated hurts on sunny days and not the shot. I get a free lunch out of it and don't have to cook dinner that night. I sometimes milk it for more but only cause I'm lazy sometimes!
There is no other treatment and without injections people usually go blind. At least it was only 20 years ago folks were sent home to go blind.
My first sign of macular degeneration was when I was getting fitted for contacts and we just couldn't get the right rx for my left eye. I was told I had drusen, a precursor to mac and sometimes when I read things looked like they were in italics. Subsequent exam by retina specialist showed mac, wet in left eye and dry in right. eventually wet in both.
I'm very thankful the injections are available to me and so close to home. I know others who drive an hour or two (somebody else drives of course) and it is a major undertaking.
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you gotta be kidding.=
oh joy.
shocking.
